Would you rather questions force a choice between two options — both usually terrible, embarrassing or impossible — with no "neither" allowed. Below are 40 that start real arguments, sorted by category. Want an endless supply? Our free Would You Rather Generator rolls a fresh dilemma every tap.
How do you play Would You Rather?
One person poses the question — "Would you rather X or Y?" — and everyone answers on the spot and defends it. No abstaining, no picking "both", no "neither". The best rounds get genuinely heated because a good question has no easy win: whichever you pick, you're giving something up. Play it round-robin at a party, use it as an icebreaker with new people, or turn it into a road-trip game where the loser (most boring answer, as voted by the group) does a forfeit.
40 would you rather questions
Silly & gross
- Would you rather always smell like garlic or always sound like you have a cold?
- Would you rather sneeze glitter or cry confetti?
- Would you rather have hiccups for a year or itchy feet for a month?
- Would you rather eat a spoonful of mustard or a spoonful of mayo, right now?
- Would you rather your sweat smell like maple syrup or your breath always smell like coffee?
- Would you rather have spaghetti for hair or corn on the cob for fingers?
- Would you rather lick a public bin or shake hands with a stranger's used tissue?
- Would you rather sound like a duck when you laugh or waddle when you walk?
Impossible dilemmas
- Would you rather be able to read minds or teleport anywhere?
- Would you rather lose all your memories or never make a new one again?
- Would you rather be famous but broke or rich but unknown?
- Would you rather always know when someone's lying or always get away with your own lies?
- Would you rather live without music or without movies?
- Would you rather have unlimited money or unlimited time?
- Would you rather be the funniest person in the room or the smartest?
- Would you rather never use social media again or never watch TV again?
Would you rather for couples
- Would you rather I forget our anniversary or forget your birthday?
- Would you rather I be brutally honest or a little too nice, always?
- Would you rather we never argue but never grow, or argue sometimes but always grow?
- Would you rather know exactly what I'm thinking or never know at all?
This or that, life edition
- Would you rather work your dream job for average pay or an average job for huge pay?
- Would you rather live in a city apartment or a countryside cottage?
- Would you rather be able to fly slowly or be invisible whenever you want?
- Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always 20 minutes early?
- Would you rather have a rewind button on life or a pause button?
Party chaos
- Would you rather fart loudly every time you laugh or sneeze every time you lie?
- Would you rather give up your phone for a month or your bed for a week?
- Would you rather be stuck in a lift with your ex or your boss?
- Would you rather everyone know your search history or your bank balance?
- Would you rather babysit ten toddlers or ten drunk adults?
Deep cuts
- Would you rather relive your best day forever or never repeat a bad one?
- Would you rather know how you'll die or when you'll die?
- Would you rather have one wish granted now or three wishes in ten years?
- Would you rather everyone forget your worst mistake or everyone forget your biggest win?
- Would you rather be feared or forgotten?
Just for laughs
- Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized horses?
- Would you rather have a pause button for other people or a rewind button for yourself?
- Would you rather always have to sing instead of speak or dance everywhere you walk?
- Would you rather be a superhero with a lame power or a villain with an amazing one?
- Would you rather lose the ability to lie or lose the ability to keep a secret?