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Would you rather questions for any group.

A would you rather question gives two choices and asks everyone to pick one, then say why. Here are 100 we wrote ourselves, from easy to hard, plus rules for playing in a room, on a call or in class.

Sample

Run as a live poll

Would you rather give up music for a year or give up films and TV for a year?

Ask it live as a 2-option poll – everyone votes from their phone, free for 100 people.

All 100 questions

Every question works as a 2-option live poll. A few are more personal: the picker hides them while Work-safe only is on.

Easy

  1. Would you rather give up music for a year or give up films and TV for a year?
  2. Would you rather live in a home that cleans itself or have a garden that looks after itself?
  3. Would you rather always know what time it is without a clock or always know which way is north?
  4. Would you rather have perfect handwriting or type twice as fast as you do now?
  5. Would you rather read a book in one minute or remember everything you read?
  6. Would you rather never wait in a queue again or never sit in traffic again?
  7. Would you rather wake up with a view of the mountains or wake up with a view of the sea?
  8. Would you rather hear your favorite song for the first time again or get a new song from your favorite artist every week?
  9. Would you rather have every traffic light turn green for you or never miss a bus or train again?
  10. Would you rather get a free coffee every day or get a free book every month?
  11. Would you rather draw anyone’s portrait from memory or sing any song after hearing it once?
  12. Would you rather have a phone battery that never runs out or have a strong Wi-Fi signal everywhere you go?
  13. Would you rather wake up to the smell of fresh bread or wake up to the sound of rain?
  14. Would you rather know how to fix any bike or know how to fix any computer?
  15. Would you rather spend a day alone in a giant library or spend a day alone in a giant aquarium?
  16. Would you rather have a hidden room in your home or have a rooftop terrace?
  17. Would you rather solve any puzzle in seconds or build any flat-pack furniture without the instructions?
  18. Would you rather always get the window seat or always get the aisle seat?
  19. Would you rather have a pen that never runs out or have an umbrella that never turns inside out?
  20. Would you rather know everyone’s coffee order by heart or know everyone’s birthday by heart?

Thoughtful

  1. Would you rather know the answer to one big question about the universe or ask one question to anyone who ever lived?
  2. Would you rather be known for your kindness or be known for your talent?
  3. Would you rather have one close friend or have ten good friends?
  4. Would you rather master one skill or be pretty good at twenty?
  5. Would you rather relive your best day once or see one day of your life ten years from now?
  6. Would you rather always tell the truth or always know when someone is lying to you?
  7. Would you rather have more time or have more energy?
  8. Would you rather be the best player on an average team or be an average player on the best team?
  9. Would you rather live somewhere with four clear seasons or live somewhere warm all year?
  10. Would you rather have a mentor for any skill for one year or have a free year to learn whatever you like?
  11. Would you rather make one big discovery late in life or make lots of small discoveries all through it?
  12. Would you rather remember every dream you have or never have a bad dream again?
  13. Would you rather paint one famous picture or write one famous book?
  14. Would you rather play any instrument by ear or dance any style the first time you see it?
  15. Would you rather spend a year traveling alone or spend a year living in one new city with friends?
  16. Would you rather be great at starting things or be great at finishing things?
  17. Would you rather always get honest feedback or never hear criticism again?
  18. Would you rather understand how every machine works or understand why people do what they do?
  19. Would you rather have a quiet life you love or have an exciting life full of ups and downs?
  20. Would you rather be remembered for one great idea or be remembered for helping lots of people in small ways?

Hard choices

  1. Would you rather lose every photo you’ve ever taken or lose every message you’ve ever sent?More personal
  2. Would you rather never use social media again or never watch a film again?
  3. Would you rather listen to only one song for the rest of your life or never hear the same song twice?
  4. Would you rather hear everyone’s thoughts all the time or never be able to tell what anyone is thinking?
  5. Would you rather have your search history read out to the room or have your last 20 messages read out to the room?More personal
  6. Would you rather never use a keyboard again or never use a touchscreen again?
  7. Would you rather be stuck in an elevator for three hours with a stranger who never stops talking or be stuck there alone?
  8. Would you rather know how every film ends before you start it or never get to see the end of a film?
  9. Would you rather go back to school for a year or start a brand-new career tomorrow?
  10. Would you rather live without the internet for a month or live without a fridge for a month?
  11. Would you rather be liked by everyone you meet but truly known by no one or be truly known by a few people?More personal
  12. Would you rather say yes to every invitation for a year or turn down every invitation for a year?
  13. Would you rather tell a small white lie every day or give your blunt opinion every time someone asks?
  14. Would you rather give a talk to a full stadium or sing alone in front of 20 people?
  15. Would you rather keep every friendship you have now but make no new ones or lose touch with half your friends and make new ones every year?More personal
  16. Would you rather teleport anywhere, but only once a year, or travel anywhere by train for free, any time?
  17. Would you rather lose an hour of sleep every night or lose an hour of free time every day?
  18. Would you rather be famous but disliked or be unknown but loved by the people who know you?
  19. Would you rather always have to say what you’re thinking or never be allowed to give your opinion?
  20. Would you rather redo the last five years knowing what you know now or skip ahead five years and miss them?

Food

  1. Would you rather give up cheese forever or give up chocolate forever?
  2. Would you rather only eat sweet breakfasts or only eat savory breakfasts?
  3. Would you rather have every meal be a soup or have every meal be a sandwich?
  4. Would you rather only eat dishes you’ve never tried or eat the same five dishes forever?
  5. Would you rather cook every meal yourself or never be allowed to cook again?
  6. Would you rather eat dessert first at every meal or never eat dessert again?
  7. Would you rather only use chopsticks or only use a spoon?
  8. Would you rather give up spicy food or give up sugar?
  9. Would you rather have unlimited fresh fruit or have unlimited fresh bread?
  10. Would you rather only eat pizza with fruit on top or never eat pizza again?
  11. Would you rather have a picnic on a mountain top or have dinner on a boat?
  12. Would you rather taste every food in the world once or eat your favorite meal whenever you like?
  13. Would you rather only eat crunchy food or only eat soft food?
  14. Would you rather have every snack be a little too salty or have every snack be a little too sweet?
  15. Would you rather live above a bakery or live above a noodle bar?
  16. Would you rather eat breakfast food for dinner every day or eat dinner food for breakfast every day?
  17. Would you rather never wash dishes again or never go food shopping again?
  18. Would you rather cook any dish after tasting it once or never burn anything you cook?
  19. Would you rather eat every meal in silence or eat every meal at a long table full of strangers?
  20. Would you rather try a new fruit every week or try a new spice every week?

Travel

  1. Would you rather visit every country once or live in one other country for ten years?
  2. Would you rather travel only by train or travel only by boat?
  3. Would you rather explore a rainforest or explore a desert?
  4. Would you rather sleep in a glass cabin under the northern lights or sleep in a hut on stilts over the sea?
  5. Would you rather only ever travel with a small backpack or never have to pack, because your bags are always waiting for you?
  6. Would you rather take a trip with no plan at all or take a trip where every hour is planned?
  7. Would you rather be the one who plans every trip or never get a say in where you go?
  8. Would you rather see the world from a hot-air balloon or see it from a submarine?
  9. Would you rather visit a city that never sleeps or visit an island with no roads?
  10. Would you rather learn the language before every trip or have a perfect translator in your ear?
  11. Would you rather go back to your favorite place again and again or always go somewhere new?
  12. Would you rather never get jet lag or never lose your luggage?
  13. Would you rather take a night train across a continent or take a slow boat down a river?
  14. Would you rather visit the hottest place on Earth or visit the coldest place on Earth?
  15. Would you rather sleep under the stars every night of a trip or stay in a fancy hotel room with no windows?
  16. Would you rather travel with a guide who knows every story or wander with no guide at all?
  17. Would you rather spend a week in a tiny village or spend a week in the biggest city you can find?
  18. Would you rather keep a travel journal or take a photo of everything?
  19. Would you rather hike up a mountain or kayak down a river?
  20. Would you rather get lost in a famous city or get lost in a quiet forest?

More would you rather questions

How to play would you rather

The rules fit in one line: read a question, everyone picks an option, then a few people explain why. There are no wrong answers and no points, unless you want to give one for the best argument.

  • In a room. Point to one side of the room for each option and ask people to walk to their pick. Ask one person from each side to argue their case, then let anyone switch.
  • On a video call. Post the question in the chat and ask for A or B, or run it as a live poll so everyone answers at once without unmuting. Then ask the smaller side to explain.
  • In class. Show the question on screen and give the class ten seconds to choose. Pair up students who picked differently, and give each pair one minute to change the other’s mind.

What makes a good would you rather question

Both options should be tempting, or both a little bad. If one choice is clearly better, the room agrees in a second and nothing happens. The Hard choices section is written so neither option wins easily.

Start easy. An Easy or Food question warms people up, and once they are talking, the Thoughtful and Hard choices questions lead to better conversations.

For questions with more than two answers, see our icebreaker questions. For quick two-word picks, try this or that questions.

Ask it live

In RiLiFi, a would you rather question becomes a poll with two answers. People join from their phones with a PIN or QR code, vote, and the bar chart on the big screen fills as the votes come in.

Turn off Ask name and every vote is anonymous, so people pick what they really think. How to run an anonymous poll.

FAQ

Questions about would you rather

What is a would you rather question?
A question with two options where everyone has to pick one, such as “Would you rather visit every country once or live in one other country for ten years?” The fun is in the reasons, so ask a few people why they chose what they did.
How do you play the would you rather game?
One person reads a question and everyone picks an option. People on each side explain their choice, and anyone can switch. Play as many rounds as you like. In a room, people can walk to one side; online, they can vote in the chat or in a live poll.
What makes a good would you rather question?
Two options that are both tempting, or both a little bad, so the room splits. The Hard choices section on this page is built that way. For a light start, use the Easy section.
Are these questions safe for work and school?
Most are. A few on this page carry a More personal tag, and the picker hides them while Work-safe only is on, which is the default. For work, use the work list: it leaves out health, money, religion, politics, appearance and family status. For ages 13 to 17, use the teens list.
How does the random picker work?
Press Give me a question. The picker shuffles the questions with the random source built into your browser and shows them one at a time, with no repeats until you have seen them all. Choose a list, then press Full screen to show the two choices on a projector. It all runs in your browser.
Can I run would you rather as a live poll?
Yes. In RiLiFi, make a poll with the question and the two choices as answers. People join from their phones and vote, and the bar chart on the big screen fills as votes come in. The free plan covers 100 people per session.