Would you rather questions: a random generator

Get a random would you rather question from 298 ones. Pick funny, deep, kids, food, travel or work, with a family-friendly switch.

How it works

  1. Choose a category, or leave it on All
  2. Keep Family-friendly only on for mixed ages
  3. Read the question out loud and press Next question

What you get and how it is picked

This generator gives you a random would you rather question from a list of 298 that were written for it, so a car ride, a classroom or a dinner table never runs out of choices. Each question is two options, such as being able to fly or being able to breathe underwater, and the page asks it as one sentence: Would you rather be able to fly or be able to breathe underwater? The six categories are Funny, Deep, Kids, Food, Travel and Work. Your browser's secure random source, when available, picks the question, so every question that is still on the list is equally likely. The page does not count votes, keep scores or tell you which answer is better, because there is no right one.

Categories and the family-friendly switch

With Family-friendly only on, which is how the page opens, the pool holds 246 questions: 40 Funny, 34 Deep, 50 Kids, 44 Food, 44 Travel and 34 Work. Turning it off adds 52 grown-up questions, which brings the total to 298. Those extra ones are still clean, but they touch work stress, money, dating, death or alcohol, for example giving up coffee or giving up wine. The Kids category has 50 questions and no grown-up ones, so the switch changes nothing there. Every category is a guide, not a rating. You know the group, so skip any question that does not suit it. An adult should choose the settings when children play.

No repeats and the Already asked box

With No repeats on, a question is not shown twice until all of them have been asked. The page remembers by writing each question into the Already asked box, which you can read and edit. For example, Kids has 50 questions, so after 50 presses the 51st shows a note and starts the list again. At All with Family-friendly only on, the list is 246 long. Clear empties the box and starts a fresh game, and so does reloading the page: nothing is saved except your settings. Switching category keeps the box, but only questions in the current category count as asked. Turn No repeats off to draw with replacement, so the same question can come up twice in a row. Pressing Next question is also how you skip one you do not like.

Limits

The list is fixed at 298 English questions and you cannot add your own here, so a long game will repeat them. The questions are written for a general English-speaking audience and use spellings such as colour and holiday. There is no voting, no timer and no player list: it is a question source, not a full game. To pick who answers first, paste the names into the random name picker. For rolling dice in the same game, use the dice roller at /dice-roller.

Frequently asked questions

How do I play would you rather?

One person reads a question such as would you rather hiccup for a day or sneeze every time you hear your name. Everyone picks A or B at the same moment, then explains why. Press Next question for the following round.

Are there would you rather questions for kids?

Yes. The Kids category has 50 questions, such as being as small as an ant or as tall as a giraffe. All are family-friendly, and so are the 196 other family questions in Funny, Deep, Food, Travel and Work.

What does the family-friendly switch remove?

It removes 52 questions about work stress, money, dating, death or alcohol, such as choosing between a big salary and a job you love. They are not graphic, but they are written for adults. Leave it on whenever children or mixed ages are playing.

Why did the same question not come up twice?

No repeats is on, so each question shown is written into the Already asked box and skipped until the whole list has been used. At Funny with the family switch on that is 40 questions. Turn the setting off to draw with replacement.

Can I add my own would you rather questions?

No. The 298 questions are fixed. To draw from your own list, paste your questions into the random name picker, one per line, and pick one. It accepts up to 5,000 lines.

Are my settings or the questions asked uploaded or saved?

No. Questions are chosen in your browser, in this tab, and no server receives the Already asked list. Your category and switch choices are saved in this browser; the list is not. Google Analytics counts visits and copy presses, never questions.