Would You Rather Questions for Kids, Family and Friends

More than 150 original would you rather questions, sorted for kids, family, friends and work, with tips for good questions and how to play the game on one phone.

Updated October 31, 20269 min read

The best would you rather questions give two options that are equally tempting, or equally silly, so the group splits and everyone wants to explain their pick. Here are 151 original ones for kids, family, friends and work, all clean enough to read out at dinner, in class or on a long drive.

Read “Would you rather…” aloud first, then the question. Each list matches a deck in our Would You Rather game, so you can play it on one phone.

What makes a good would you rather question

Both options pull. If everyone picks the same side, it’s over in a second.
You can picture it at once. “A pet penguin or a pet koala” needs no explaining.
It asks for a reason. Why would your brother rather breathe underwater than fly?
Nobody feels bad. Skip looks, money and anything embarrassing.

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Would you rather…

Option A: have a quiet library day
or
Option B: have a loud music day

Would you rather questions for kids

Simple questions for ages six to twelve.

Animals and pets

Have a pet penguin or a pet koala?
Understand what dogs say or what birds sing about?
Ride a giant turtle or a giant rabbit to school?
Have a tail like a monkey or wings like a bat?
Swim with dolphins or slide on the ice with penguins?
Have a goldfish that sings or a hamster that dances?
Be a cheetah for a day or an eagle for a day?
Live in a treehouse with squirrels or a burrow with rabbits?
Have an elephant as a best friend or a giraffe as a babysitter?
Find a talking frog or a glowing snail in the garden?
Feed the animals at a zoo or the fish at an aquarium?
Have a puppy that stays small forever or a kitten that plays fetch?

Superpowers and magic

Be able to fly or breathe underwater?
Be invisible for a day or as small as an ant for a day?
Have a paintbrush that brings drawings to life or a backpack that holds anything?
Freeze time or rewind time by one minute?
Have toys that come alive at night or a bed that can fly?
Be a wizard or a superhero?
Have a robot that tidies your room or a robot that makes your lunch?
Shrink to the size of a mouse or grow as tall as a house?
Visit the moon or the bottom of the ocean?
Have a door that opens anywhere or a window that shows any time?
Be the fastest runner in the world or the highest jumper?
Make it snow whenever you like or make rainbows whenever you like?

Food

Eat pancakes for dinner or pizza for breakfast?
Have ice cream that never melts or popcorn that never runs out?
Eat only sweet food or only salty food for a day?
Eat a rainbow-colored sandwich or a sparkly blue pancake?
Have a chocolate river or a lemonade fountain in your garden?
Invent a new ice cream flavor or a new pizza topping?
Eat spaghetti with a spoon or soup with a fork?
Have a lunchbox with a surprise every day or your favorite lunch every day?
Pick strawberries or apples on a farm?
Bake one giant cake or a hundred tiny cupcakes?
Have breakfast in a treehouse or dinner on a boat?

School and play

Have a recess twice as long or a lunch break twice as long?
Have a slide from your bedroom to the kitchen or a trampoline floor?
Go to school in a hot air balloon or a submarine?
Have art class every day or music class every day?
Be the best at hide and seek or the best at tag?
Build the tallest sandcastle or the biggest snowman?
Have a pillow fort or a blanket tent?
Read a book that comes to life or step inside a cartoon?
Go on a field trip to a farm or a science museum?
Win a spelling contest or a drawing contest?
Play in the rain or in the snow?
Have a birthday party on a pirate ship or in a castle?

Play this deck: Would You Rather, Kids deck

Would you rather questions for family

For every age at the table, from grandparents to the youngest reader.

Home and everyday life

Do the dishes or fold the laundry?
Have breakfast in bed or a picnic in the living room?
Have a movie night or a board game night?
Live in a lighthouse or a windmill?
Have a secret room behind a bookcase or a slide instead of stairs?
Cook dinner together or each make one dish?
Wake up to birdsong or to the smell of pancakes?
Grow a garden full of vegetables or a garden full of flowers?
Start a family band or a family cooking show?
Tidy up to music or tidy up as a race?
Have a snow day or a beach day?
Have a dog that opens the fridge or a cat that answers the door?

Trips and holidays

Camp in the mountains or stay in a cabin by a lake?
Travel by train or by boat?
Visit a place with snow all year or sunshine all year?
Explore an old castle or a rainforest?
Spend a holiday on a farm or in a big city?
Go on a road trip with no plan or with every stop planned?
See the northern lights or a sky full of shooting stars?
Sleep in a tent or a treehouse on holiday?
Have one long summer holiday or two short ones?

Time travel and what-ifs

Visit the past or the future for one day?
Meet a dinosaur or a robot from the year 3000?
Live a hundred years ago or a hundred years from now?
Know what your pet is thinking or what the weather will do all week?
Have a time machine that only goes back or only goes forward?
Be a kid again for one day or a grown-up for one day?
Relive your best birthday or your best holiday?
Write a letter to your future self or read one from your past self?

Talents and just for fun

Play every instrument or speak every language?
Be a great cook or a great gardener?
Always know the right thing to say or always find what you lost?
Have a perfect memory or a perfect sense of direction?
Sing everything you say for a day or dance everywhere you walk?
Have a house that cleans itself or a car that drives itself?
Be great at puzzles or great at riddles?
Tell the funniest jokes or the best bedtime stories?
Never feel cold or never feel sleepy?
Have one big family party a year or a small one every month?
Learn to juggle or learn magic tricks?
Whistle any song perfectly or draw anything perfectly?

Play this deck: Would You Rather, Family deck

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Funny would you rather questions for friends

For teens and adults, and still clean.

Funny would you rather questions

Have a theme tune when you walk in or a narrator for everything you do?
Only whisper or only shout for a day?
Talk like a pirate for a week or speak only in rhymes for a day?
Hop everywhere or skip everywhere?
Have a pet that sings opera or a pet that tells terrible puns?
Forget the words to every song or forget how every film ends?
Wear socks on your hands or mittens on your feet for a day?
Hear applause whenever you open a door or a squeak whenever you sit down?
Be followed for a day by a friendly goose or a curious seagull?
Say every sentence backward or sing every sentence like an opera?
Have a laugh track for your life or dramatic music for your life?
Live in a world run by cats or a world run by dogs?

Hard would you rather questions

Know every language or be able to talk to animals?
Have a pause button or a rewind button for your life?
Be brilliant at one thing or pretty good at everything?
Explore outer space or the deep ocean?
Give up music or films for a year?
Turn your favorite hobby into a job or keep it just for fun?
Always know how a story ends or never guess a single twist?
Go a month without your phone or a month without snacks?
Always win at board games or always win at video games?
Be the funniest friend or the most reliable friend?
Plan the perfect trip for your friends or be surprised by one?
Live by the sea or in the mountains?

Everyday dilemmas

Eat your favorite meal every day or never eat the same meal twice?
Have breakfast food or dessert for every meal?
Give up pizza or ice cream for a year?
Go to a concert or a theme park with friends?
Have a group chat that only allows voice notes or only allows drawings?
Road trip with no music or the same song on repeat?
Always choose the film or always choose the snacks?
Watch the sunrise at the beach or the stars from a hill?
Be the best at karaoke or the best at dancing?
Make anyone laugh or make anyone feel calm?
Spend a day inside a painting or inside a book?
Have a three-day weekend every week or a month off every summer?

Play this deck: Would You Rather, Friends deck

Would you rather questions for work

Icebreakers for a team meeting, fine for a manager to read out.

Have meetings standing up or walking outside?
Work from a treehouse office or a houseboat office?
Give a talk to a hundred people or write a ten-page report?
Have a desk by the window or by the coffee machine?
Start early and finish early or start late and finish late?
Lead the project or be the expert everyone asks?
Have a team lunch every Friday or a team breakfast every Monday?
Never have a slow computer again or never untangle another cable?
Read emails in one batch or answer each one as it arrives?
Learn a new skill every month or master one skill this year?
Work in a quiet office or a lively one?
Plan the team outing or write the team quiz?
Be great at public speaking or great at writing?
Have a mentor or be a mentor?
Share an office with a dog or a parrot?
Work on one big project or lots of small ones?
Have a whiteboard wall or a standing desk?
Get feedback in person or in writing?
Swap jobs with a colleague for a day or with someone in another field?
Brainstorm with sticky notes or on a whiteboard?
Be in charge of the office playlist or the office snacks?
Work in a library or in a garden?
Have a one-minute commute or a scenic train ride?
Solve a hard puzzle alone or an easy one as a team?
Never make small talk again or never send another reminder?
Organize the shared files or the team calendar?
Present first or present last?

Play this deck: Would You Rather, Work deck

How to play Would You Rather on one phone

Would You Rather deals the questions, counts the votes and shows the split on one phone or tablet, for 2 to 12 players.

The reader reads the card out loud: “Would you rather A or B?”
Hands up for A, or a secret vote as the phone goes round.
The phone shows how the group split.
Tap Next card, and the next person reads.

Enter the names and choose the decks. A “Play this deck” link above opens the game with that deck picked.
Vote by a show of hands, or in secret as the phone goes round behind a pass screen.
See the split, then go on to the next question.

Questions don’t repeat within a game, and you can add your own. The Would You Rather rules cover the rest.

More question games

Try our never have I ever questions and who’s most likely to questions, or see all the question games and party games. Truth or Dare has clean decks for kids, families and friends too.

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Frequently asked questions

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What are good would you rather questions?

A good would you rather question gives two options that are equally tempting or equally silly, so the group splits and everyone wants to explain their pick. Flying or breathing underwater, pancakes for dinner or pizza for breakfast: both sides win somebody over, and the reasons are half the fun.

What are good would you rather questions for kids?

Kids love questions they can picture straight away: animals, superpowers, food and school. Would you rather have a pet penguin or a pet koala? Would you rather ride a giant turtle or a giant rabbit to school? Keep both options happy ones, and let younger children answer with a reason or a drawing.

How do you play would you rather?

One person reads a question with two options, everyone picks one, and then each person says why. You can pick out loud, with a show of hands, or with a secret vote that is revealed all at once. There is no winner needed: the fun is seeing how the group splits and hearing the reasons.

Can you play Would You Rather on one phone?

Yes. Would You Rather on this site deals the questions on one phone or tablet for 2 to 12 people. Choose the Kids, Family, Friends or Work deck, or several at once, then vote with a show of hands or pass the phone for a secret vote. You can also add your own questions, which stay on your device.

How do you write your own would you rather questions?

Pick two options from the same world, such as two pets, two superpowers or two meals, and make them equally good or equally odd. Keep each option short enough to say in one breath, and leave out anything that would make a player feel bad or left out. Test it on yourself: if you can't choose at once, it's a good question.