Funny Would You Rather Questions
Two ridiculous options, no sensible answer, and something to laugh at whichever way you pick.
- Time
- 10–30 min
- Players
- Two or more players
- Best for
- Team lunches, family dinners and road trips
- Deck
- 150 questions in 6 categories
How to use these funny would you rather questions
- Pick a category from the menu under the card, or keep “All categories”.
- Read the top card aloud and let everyone answer it, going around the group.
- Swipe the card away, or tap “Next question”, for the next one. Questions do not repeat until you have seen the whole category.
- Tap the heart to save a question on this device, or tap “Make a 10-question list” for a list you can copy.
When to play funny would you rather questions
Funny would you rather questions ask for nothing but a quick pick between two silly ideas, so they work the moment a group needs a laugh. There is no wrong answer, and the reasons people give are usually the best part.
A long car ride
The passenger reads Animal antics or Food chaos aloud, and the driver can answer without looking away from the road.
A team lunch or meeting warm-up
One card from Strange jobs or Everyday absurd gets a quiet room laughing in under a minute, and nobody has to share anything personal.
After a big family dinner
Ridiculous powers and Embarrassing but harmless work across a long table, from cousins to grandparents, while the dishes wait.
Ways to play funny would you rather
Hands up, then switch
Read the card, then count to three: hands up for the first option, hands down for the second. One person from each side gets one sentence to explain, and anyone who likes the other reason better can switch before the next card.
Show, don’t tell
The reader keeps the card hidden and acts out their own pick for five seconds without a word, like riding a speedy ostrich or fluffing an invisible pillow. Everyone else guesses which option they chose, then the card is read aloud.
Fingers up on a video call
One person shares the card on screen and counts to three. Everyone holds up one finger for the first option or two for the second, right at the camera, so the whole gallery of answers appears at once.
Tips for a good laugh
- Read the card with a straight face and pause before the “or”. The second option lands better after a beat.
- Ask one follow-up about the picture in people’s heads, like what the duck lifeguard wears. The details are often funnier than the pick.
- Match the category to the crowd: Strange jobs and Everyday absurd for coworkers, Animal antics and Food chaos for a family table, Embarrassing but harmless once everyone has warmed up.
All 150 funny would you rather questions by category
The complete list, grouped by category. The cards above draw from the same list, so you can read ahead here and play there.
Ridiculous powers
Magic that is almost useless, like un-baking a cake or winning every staring contest.
- Would you rather be able to un-bake any cake back into flour and eggs, or un-melt any puddle back into ice cream?
- Would you rather always guess the number of jellybeans in a jar, or the weight of any pumpkin to the ounce?
- Would you rather fold every fitted sheet perfectly, or untangle any knot just by looking at it?
- Would you rather change the TV channel by humming, or turn the pages of a book by snapping your fingers?
- Would you rather have arms that stretch to any top shelf, or a voice that switches off any light across the room?
- Would you rather turn any puddle into a tiny trampoline, or any sidewalk into a moving walkway?
- Would you rather always pour exactly the right amount of cereal, or always cut a cake into perfectly equal slices?
- Would you rather shoot party streamers from your fingertips, or pull a rubber chicken out of any pocket?
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- Would you rather vanish in a puff of glitter when you leave, or arrive on a gust of wind when you enter?
- Would you rather make every umbrella open itself when it rains, or every zipper zip itself when you feel a chill?
- Would you rather have a superpower that only works on Tuesdays, or one that only works while you’re wearing a hat?
- Would you rather make anything you touch squeak like a rubber toy, or anything you point at do a little spin?
- Would you rather turn into a beanbag chair whenever you get sleepy, or into a floor lamp whenever you get bored?
- Would you rather win every staring contest, or every game of rock, paper, scissors?
- Would you rather speak perfectly backward, or sing beautifully but only in a chicken voice?
- Would you rather stop time but only while tying your shoes, or fast-forward time but only during commercials?
- Would you rather land every crumpled paper in the trash from across the room, or fly every paper airplane exactly where you aim?
- Would you rather hear the thoughts of parked cars, or read the diary of every shopping cart in the lot?
- Would you rather walk on ceilings but only in your own home, or walk on water but only in puddles?
- Would you rather erase any song stuck in someone’s head, or put your favorite song into anyone’s head on purpose?
- Would you rather always win at musical chairs, or always find the last piece of any jigsaw puzzle first?
- Would you rather pull an endless scarf from your sleeve, or a perfectly ripe banana from any hat?
- Would you rather skate across any floor as if it were ice, or swim through any room as if it were full of water?
- Would you rather always know what’s for dinner before anyone says, or exactly when a delivery will knock?
- Would you rather blow soap bubbles as big as a car, or make snowflakes land in neat little stacks?
Food chaos
Snacks that misbehave, giant grapes, tiny pizzas and kitchens with opinions.
- Would you rather have every sandwich you make come out the size of a stamp, or the size of a mattress?
- Would you rather eat every soup with a fork, or every salad through a straw?
- Would you rather have every pizza arrive cut into a hundred tiny squares, or as one giant uncut circle?
- Would you rather have a lunchbox that sings opera when opened, or a cookie jar that gasps when someone lifts the lid?
- Would you rather every grape be the size of a watermelon, or every watermelon the size of a grape?
- Would you rather have a ketchup bottle that only squirts smiley faces, or a mustard bottle that only writes your name?
- Would you rather have toast that always lands butter side up, or pasta sauce that never splatters, however hard it bubbles?
- Would you rather eat breakfast at a table that slowly spins, or dinner on a plate that keeps sliding away?
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- Would you rather have an oven that gives cooking advice nobody asked for, or a blender that cheers when you press start?
- Would you rather have every cookie you bake come out shaped like a duck, or every cake come out shaped like a boot?
- Would you rather have a spoon that hums while you eat, or a cup that applauds every time you finish a drink?
- Would you rather have a bag of chips that never runs out but crunches like thunder, or a silent bag with three chips?
- Would you rather have square spaghetti, or perfectly round french fries?
- Would you rather have a sourdough starter that follows you around the kitchen, or a loaf of bread that hums when it’s ready?
- Would you rather be served every meal on a snow shovel, or in a clean upside-down hat?
- Would you rather have every banana peel itself when you look at it, or every orange peel off in one perfect spiral?
- Would you rather host a dinner where everyone eats with giant spoons, or one where every dish arrives on a doll-sized plate?
- Would you rather have soup that changes flavor every spoonful, or a sandwich that changes filling every bite?
- Would you rather bake a cake that rises until it touches the ceiling, or one that sinks into a perfectly flat cookie?
- Would you rather have a fruit bowl that rolls away from your hand, or a bread box that changes shelves every night?
- Would you rather have a juice box the size of a refrigerator, or a refrigerator the size of a juice box?
- Would you rather have popcorn that pops in slow motion, or ice cubes that clink a little tune in your glass?
- Would you rather eat at a restaurant where everything is served upside down, or one where dishes come in alphabetical order?
- Would you rather have onions that apologize before you chop them, or carrots that cheer when they land in the pot?
- Would you rather have a toaster that launches toast across the kitchen, or a microwave that counts down like a rocket launch?
Animal antics
Polite bears, chess-playing crows and pets with very strange habits.
- Would you rather have a cat that answers the phone for you, or a dog that sorts your mail by size?
- Would you rather have a horse that insists on riding in the car, or a cow that demands a seat at dinner?
- Would you rather share your couch with a very polite bear, or your kitchen with a very curious moose?
- Would you rather have a dog that barks in perfect musical notes, or a cat that meows in full sentences, but only about fish?
- Would you rather have a giraffe peek in your upstairs window every morning, or a hedgehog living in your slipper?
- Would you rather lose a race to a turtle in front of a crowd, or tie a race with a very determined hen?
- Would you rather hire a beaver as your handyman, or a kangaroo who carries your groceries in its pouch?
- Would you rather walk a dog that won’t leave home without sunglasses, or a cat that walks only in a top hat?
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- Would you rather have frogs sing outside your window in perfect harmony, or crickets that only chirp your favorite song?
- Would you rather be adopted as an honorary member of a family of geese, or a herd of very calm cows?
- Would you rather keep a rabbit that rearranges your bookshelf, or a mouse that tidies your desk drawers?
- Would you rather have a dog that howls along when you sing, or a cat that sits on whatever you read?
- Would you rather have an elephant water your garden every morning, or a pelican deliver your takeout in its beak?
- Would you rather have a line of ants carry your groceries in from the car, or a team of mice fold your laundry?
- Would you rather be beaten at chess by a crow, or at checkers by a raccoon?
- Would you rather own a pig that wins every dog show, or a dog that wins every pig race?
- Would you rather have a walrus as your swimming coach, or a flamingo as your balance coach?
- Would you rather have a koala nap in your coat hood every afternoon, or a lizard sunbathe on your keyboard every morning?
- Would you rather be bossed around by a tiny but very confident chicken, or ignored by a giant, very lazy tortoise?
- Would you rather have a peacock that shows off whenever guests arrive, or an armadillo that rolls into a ball when anyone says hello?
- Would you rather have a dog that fetches only the crossword page, or a cat that brings you one leaf every morning?
- Would you rather ride to work on a speedy ostrich, or float there on a very relaxed manatee?
- Would you rather have a woodpecker that knocks before coming in, or a mole that digs a shortcut to your mailbox?
- Would you rather have a seal clap every time you finish a chore, or a dolphin flip every time you reach the beach?
- Would you rather have a cat that thinks it’s a dog, or a dog that thinks it’s a cat?
Everyday absurd
Ordinary days with one odd twist: piano-key hallways, riddling maps, a backward clock.
- Would you rather have every door in your home open the wrong way, or every light switch be upside down?
- Would you rather have stairs that play a note on every step, or an elevator that tells a knock-knock joke between floors?
- Would you rather have shoelaces that untie whenever you hear a bell, or a hat that flips off whenever someone says hello?
- Would you rather have a vacuum that wanders off to clean the neighbor’s house, or a dishwasher that only washes spoons?
- Would you rather have every pen you pick up write in rainbow ink, or every pencil be exactly one inch long?
- Would you rather live in a house where every room is round, or one where every door is a different size?
- Would you rather have a mailbox that sings when a letter arrives, or a trash can that thanks you for every scrap?
- Would you rather have a grocery cart that steers itself to the cookie aisle, or a car that heads for every drive-through?
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- Would you rather have clouds spell out your to-do list each morning, or birds tweet the weather forecast at your window?
- Would you rather have a coat that hugs you when it gets cold, or boots that tap dance whenever you stand still?
- Would you rather have a clock that runs backward but is always right, or a calendar with a strange extra day every month?
- Would you rather ride a bicycle that only pedals backward, or a scooter that only goes in circles?
- Would you rather sign every email with a short poem, or start every phone call with a weather report?
- Would you rather sleep in a bed shaped like a race car, or in a bed hung from the ceiling like a giant nest?
- Would you rather have a lawn that grows in polka dots, or a hedge that trims itself into a new animal every week?
- Would you rather have a washing machine that returns every shirt a new color, or a dryer that folds clothes into paper cranes?
- Would you rather have a living room rug of real grass, or a hallway floor made of piano keys?
- Would you rather drive a car that only goes in reverse, or one with the steering wheel in the back seat?
- Would you rather see rain fall upward for a day, or snow fall in every color of the rainbow?
- Would you rather live in a house shaped like a giant teapot, or one shaped like a giant pineapple?
- Would you rather have keys that jingle a tune whenever they’re lost, or a phone that giggles from under the couch cushions?
- Would you rather have grocery bags that weigh as much as a feather, or a trash bag that takes itself out on Tuesdays?
- Would you rather have a porch that slowly turns to face the sunset, or a window that shows a different city every morning?
- Would you rather always be dressed for a ski trip, or always for a beach day, whatever the weather?
- Would you rather have a map app that speaks only in riddles, or a smart speaker that answers only in song?
Embarrassing but harmless
Small mix-ups everyone laughs at, like reply-all mistakes and runaway grocery carts.
- Would you rather accidentally call your boss “Grandma” in a meeting, or sign a work email with your childhood nickname?
- Would you rather have your laptop blast a cartoon theme song during a video call, or your phone quack during a quiet movie?
- Would you rather be caught dancing in an elevator when the doors open, or caught chatting with your houseplants by a delivery driver?
- Would you rather wear a sticker on your back saying “ask me about soup” all day, or a price tag on your hat?
- Would you rather hold a door for someone still far down the hall, or offer a handshake to someone going for a high five?
- Would you rather send a voice note of yourself humming to the whole family chat, or reply-all to the office with your grocery list?
- Would you rather wear a squeaky shoe through a silent library, or a jangly bracelet through a hushed museum?
- Would you rather get stuck inside a sweater in front of guests, or get wrapped up in a curtain while opening it?
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- Would you rather show up to a costume party in ordinary clothes, or to an ordinary party in full costume?
- Would you rather start clapping when nobody else does, or keep clapping after everyone else has stopped?
- Would you rather be overheard giving a pep talk to your car, or found rehearsing an award speech with a shampoo bottle?
- Would you rather call someone by the wrong name all evening, or be called the wrong name and be too polite to say so?
- Would you rather wear your shirt backward all day with the tag in front, or wear two different shoes without noticing?
- Would you rather mispronounce a dish at a fancy restaurant, or order something that isn’t on the menu?
- Would you rather go around three extra times in a revolving door, or step off at the wrong floor and pretend you meant to?
- Would you rather share your screen at work and reveal a cat in a costume, or a grocery list that says “cheese” ten times?
- Would you rather doze off on a train and miss your stop by six, or nap in a café and wake to an empty room?
- Would you rather wave at a car you think is your ride, or tug the door of a car that only looks like yours?
- Would you rather run into your boss at the store while in pajamas, or while carrying fifty rolls of paper towels?
- Would you rather answer a meeting question meant for someone else, or unmute yourself in the middle of humming?
- Would you rather set off the store alarm with something you paid for, or argue with a self-checkout while a line watches?
- Would you rather knock over a pyramid of oranges in a store, or set off a whole shelf of singing teddy bears?
- Would you rather introduce yourself to someone you’ve met three times, or forget your own phone number out loud?
- Would you rather be seen chasing your hat down the street in the wind, or chasing a runaway grocery cart across a parking lot?
- Would you rather have your umbrella flip inside out in front of a crowd, or pop a balloon loudly during a quiet speech?
Strange jobs
Seat warmers, duck lifeguards and scarecrow stylists: odd work you could pick for a day.
- Would you rather work as a pillow fluffer at a fancy hotel, or a seat warmer at an outdoor stadium?
- Would you rather get paid to name new paint colors, or to write the tiny messages inside fortune cookies?
- Would you rather hold places in line for other people all day, or test park benches for comfort?
- Would you rather be an ice cream tester who tries every strange flavor, or a waterslide tester at brand-new parks?
- Would you rather walk twelve dogs at once, or babysit one very bossy cat?
- Would you rather wind every clock in a giant clock museum, or dust every dinosaur bone in a natural history museum?
- Would you rather judge a giant pumpkin contest, or a contest for the tallest hat?
- Would you rather voice a talking toaster in commercials, or make the sound of footsteps for movies?
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- Would you rather test every new swing at the park, or choose the songs for an ice cream truck?
- Would you rather be a balloon artist who can only make giraffes, or a cake decorator who can only pipe ducks?
- Would you rather write crossword clues for a living, or think up the jokes printed on ice pop sticks?
- Would you rather be a full-time goose herder, or a part-time duck lifeguard?
- Would you rather run a museum of pencil sharpeners, or a gallery of bottle caps?
- Would you rather test whether new couches are comfy enough, or check that every umbrella opens before it leaves the factory?
- Would you rather be the keeper of one very picky panda, or the coach of a very lazy sea lion?
- Would you rather be the official taster at a cheese factory, or the official sniffer at a candle factory?
- Would you rather paint the stripes on candy canes by hand, or the spots on toy ladybugs?
- Would you rather wrap oddly shaped gifts for a living, or untangle holiday lights for a living?
- Would you rather run a Ferris wheel and ride every loop, or run a merry-go-round and pick all the music?
- Would you rather fold napkins into swans all day, or arrange fruit into smiley faces at a breakfast buffet?
- Would you rather be a scarecrow’s personal stylist, or a snowman’s full-time hat fitter?
- Would you rather jump in puddles to test rain boots, or fly kites on the windiest beach to test the string?
- Would you rather run a bookstore where every book is about clouds, or a library where every shelf is upside down?
- Would you rather twirl the giant baton at the front of a parade, or sweep up the confetti after every parade?
- Would you rather build giant towers of soup cans in grocery stores, or sort every jar at a button shop by color?
Frequently asked questions
How many funny would you rather questions are there?
There are 150 questions, 25 in each of six categories: ridiculous powers, food chaos, animal antics, everyday absurd, embarrassing but harmless, and strange jobs. The cards and the list on this page use the same set.
How are these different from the other would you rather questions?
The general would you rather questions mix silly picks with real choices about travel, food and everyday life. Every card here is silly on purpose, with two options that are both a little ridiculous. For two people on one phone, would you rather for couples hides each pick until both of you have chosen.
Are these questions OK for work or a family gathering?
Yes. The jokes come from the situations, like a cow at the dinner table or a cake that rises to the ceiling, never from someone in the room. Nothing on the cards is gross, unkind or private, so they suit a team meeting as well as a long table of relatives.
What should we play after funny would you rather questions?
Try hard would you rather questions. They keep the same two-option format, but both sides are things you might really want, so the answers take longer and the reasons go deeper.