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Would You Rather Questions

A good dilemma is the fastest way into a great discussion. These would you rather questions have no right answer, but the reason behind each choice says a lot about who you are. Some are pure silliness, others make you stop and think.

Good for: All ages. The questions that work for kids are marked as light.

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Tips for playing

  • Everyone has to choose, and nobody gets to say both.
  • Ask why. That's where the conversation starts.
  • Let whoever answers last pick the next card.

Depth: lightLight questions

Easy to start with. Good for warming up.

  1. Would you rather always have slightly cold feet or always have slightly sweaty hands?
  2. Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to shout?
  3. Would you rather sneeze every time someone laughs or laugh every time someone sneezes?
  4. Would you rather have a tail or have wings that are too small to fly with?
  5. Would you rather eat pizza for every meal for a month or never eat pizza again?
  6. Would you rather be able to talk to cats or be able to talk to dogs?
  7. Would you rather always have sand in your shoes or always have a sock slipping off?
  8. Would you rather only be able to walk backward or only be able to walk sideways?
  9. Would you rather have your own chef or your own driver?
  10. Would you rather wake up to birdsong every morning or to the smell of fresh bread every morning?
  11. Would you rather be twice as tall or half as tall?
  12. Would you rather live in a house made of candy or a house made of LEGO?
  13. Would you rather be able to skip ten minutes ahead in time or ten minutes back?
  14. Would you rather always sing when you talk or always dance when you walk?
  15. Would you rather have a button that fast-forwards boring moments or one that pauses the good ones?
  16. Would you rather eat only with chopsticks for the rest of your life or only with a spoon?
  17. Would you rather have your own penguin or your own llama?
  18. Would you rather always know the time without a clock or always know which way is north?
  19. Would you rather be the funniest person in the room or the smartest?
  20. Would you rather have a face that changes color with your mood or a voice that changes with it?
  21. Would you rather sleep in a hammock every night or in a tent in the middle of the living room?
  22. Would you rather only be able to answer with a question or only with a line from a song?
  23. Would you rather have unlimited ice cream or unlimited chips?
  24. Would you rather be famous for a bad song or unknown for a really good book?
  25. Would you rather get hiccups for five minutes after every meal or sneeze three times whenever you see the sun?
  26. Would you rather fly, but only a few feet off the ground, or turn invisible, but only when nobody's looking?
  27. Would you rather have a tiny elephant or a giant hamster?
  28. Would you rather live in a world without coffee or a world without chocolate?
  29. Would you rather only watch movies in black and white or only listen to music on cassette tapes?
  30. Would you rather have free taxi rides for life or a free flight every year?
  31. Would you rather have a pet dragon or a pet unicorn?
  32. Would you rather be able to shrink to the size of an ant or grow as big as a house?
  33. Would you rather live under the sea or up in the clouds?
  34. Would you rather get an extra week of vacation or a day at a theme park where everything is free?
  35. Would you rather eat only vegetables for a week or only bread for a week?
  36. Would you rather be super fast or super strong?
  37. Would you rather be able to talk to dinosaurs or be able to talk to aliens?
  38. Would you rather have a secret room behind your closet or a slide from your bedroom down to the kitchen?
  39. Would you rather be a teacher for a day or the principal for a day?
  40. Would you rather be able to tidy your room by magic or finish your homework by magic?
  41. Would you rather live in a treehouse or in a castle?
  42. Would you rather be able to jump all the way to the moon or swim to the bottom of the ocean?
  43. Would you rather have eyes that can see in the dark or ears that can hear through walls?
  44. Would you rather always wear a raincoat or always wear a swimsuit?
  45. Would you rather be able to turn invisible or be able to fly?
  46. Would you rather have a robot that cleans up or a robot that cooks?
  47. Would you rather be a penguin at the South Pole or a monkey in the jungle?
  48. Would you rather have summer vacation all year or have your birthday every month?
  49. Would you rather be able to draw anything you imagine or build anything you draw?
  50. Would you rather have a horse that can talk or a cat that can fly?
  51. Would you rather eat breakfast for dinner or dinner for breakfast?
  52. Would you rather be the first person on Mars or the first to discover a new dinosaur?
  53. Would you rather play hide-and-seek in a huge castle or tag in a big forest?
  54. Would you rather have a pencil that makes drawings come to life or an eraser that makes things disappear?
  55. Would you rather be able to walk on water or walk on the ceiling?
  56. Would you rather go on a road trip with no plan or on a vacation where everything is planned?
  57. Would you rather throw a party every weekend or one huge party a year?
  58. Would you rather share a house with your friends or live next door to each other?
  59. Would you rather always pick the restaurant or always pick the movie?
  60. Would you rather get a tattoo with your best friend or start a podcast with your best friend?
  61. Would you rather sing karaoke in front of the whole group or give a speech to the whole group?
  62. Would you rather be the one who plans everything or the one who just shows up?
  63. Would you rather watch your favorite show with friends or alone in peace and quiet?
  64. Would you rather lose every board game or win but be a sore winner?
  65. Would you rather help a friend move for a whole weekend or look after their three dogs for a week?
  66. Would you rather go to a music festival with your friends or rent a cabin together?
  67. Would you rather say yes to every invitation for a year or say no to every invitation for a year?
  68. Would you rather have a friend who knows everything about computers or one who knows everything about cars?
  69. Would you rather be able to talk to animals or understand everything babies say?
  70. Would you rather always have a song stuck in your head or never be able to remember a tune?
  71. Would you rather live on a houseboat or in a cabin on a mountain?
  72. Would you rather have a swimming pool full of jelly or a swimming pool full of bouncy balls?
  73. Would you rather have a magic carpet that takes you anywhere or a backpack that never runs out of snacks?
  74. Would you rather always have wet socks or always have a pebble in your shoe?
  75. Would you rather run as fast as a car or jump as high as a three-story building?
  76. Would you rather have an extra arm or an extra eye in the back of your head?
  77. Would you rather never eat ice cream again or never eat chips again?
  78. Would you rather have snow all year or summer all year?
  79. Would you rather have to sing every time you're on the phone or dance every time you walk?
  80. Would you rather be able to do magic with your fingers or with your eyes?

Depth: mediumA bit more personal

For when the conversation is flowing.

  1. Would you rather go back and change one decision or see one year into the future?
  2. Would you rather always tell the truth or never be lied to?
  3. Would you rather have a boring job with high pay or an exciting job with low pay?
  4. Would you rather live in your hometown for the rest of your life or never be able to go back?
  5. Would you rather be known by everyone or be known really well by a few?
  6. Would you rather lose all your photos or lose all your messages?
  7. Would you rather have more time or more money?
  8. Would you rather be the one who remembers everything or the one who easily forgets and forgives?
  9. Would you rather be able to read other people's minds or let other people read yours?
  10. Would you rather live a long, quiet life or a shorter one full of adventure?
  11. Would you rather always be a little early or always be a little late?
  12. Would you rather have one really good friend or ten good acquaintances?
  13. Would you rather know a truth that hurts or never find out?
  14. Would you rather be rich in a city you dislike or get by on little in a city you love?
  15. Would you rather talk to yourself at age 10 or yourself at age 80?
  16. Would you rather give up on something you've spent five years on or keep going even if it never works out?
  17. Would you rather never use a phone again or never drive a car again?
  18. Would you rather work four days a week for less pay or five days a week for more?
  19. Would you rather speak one more language fluently or play one instrument really well?
  20. Would you rather have a friend who always tells you the truth or one who always has your back?
  21. Would you rather live in the countryside far from everything or downtown with noise around the clock?
  22. Would you rather be a great listener or a great storyteller?
  23. Would you rather start over in a new country or stay where you are for the rest of your life?
  24. Would you rather take a year off now or retire five years early?
  25. Would you rather win a contest you didn't deserve or lose one you should have won?
  26. Would you rather have a friend group that's always together or friends spread out all over the country?
  27. Would you rather find out what your friends really think of you or never find out?
  28. Would you rather forget your best friend's birthday or accidentally let slip their secret?
  29. Would you rather always pay for everyone or always be the one who gets treated?
  30. Would you rather have a friend who's always late or a friend who always cancels?
  31. Would you rather be in a friend group where everyone is alike or one where everyone is completely different?
  32. Would you rather live close to your family or close to your friends?
  33. Would you rather know when you'll die or how you'll die?
  34. Would you rather have friends who make you laugh or friends who give great advice?
  35. Would you rather have a job where you work alone or a job where you work with a big team?
  36. Would you rather be able to undo one decision or peek at how one future decision turns out?
  37. Would you rather hear other people's thoughts or be able to erase your own memories?
  38. Would you rather live in the same place your whole life or move every year?
  39. Would you rather give up music or movies for the rest of your life?
  40. Would you rather be famous for one year or rich and unknown for the rest of your life?

120 cards in this deck.