Would You Rather Questions for Teens

Would you rather questions for teens

Teens can spot a cheesy icebreaker from across the room. These would you rather questions for teens aim at what they actually think about: phones, school, friends, music and what comes after graduation. The deck has 58 of them, and each tap of Next pulls one at random.

Here are three:

• “Would you rather lose your phone for a week or lose your voice for a week?”
• “Would you rather redo middle school or skip straight to graduation?”
• “Would you rather be the funniest person in school or the smartest?”

How it works

1. Open the page on a projector, a TV or a phone.
2. Read the card, or let a student read it.
3. Everyone picks a side.
4. Press Next, the space bar or the right arrow to move on.
5. Press Previous or the left arrow to go back.

The “Seen so far” list keeps a record of this session’s questions. Start over shuffles a new round and clears the list.

Ways to play with a group

This side or that side

Point to the left wall for the first answer and the right wall for the second. Everyone moves. It wakes up a sleepy room and shows the split at a glance.

Stand or sit

For tight spaces, stand up for the first choice and stay seated for the second. Quick and easy to count.

Hot seat

One person sits in front of the group and answers three cards in a row with a reason for each. Then they pick who goes next.

Majority guess

Before each vote, players write down which side they think will win. Whoever predicts the majority most often after ten cards wins the round.

Where it fits

• Youth group nights. A warm up before the main talk, or a filler when the pizza is late.
• Advisory and homeroom. A five minute opener that gets quiet students talking.
• Sleepovers. Go around the circle and take turns reading.
• Camp and retreats. Use it on the bus or between activities.
• First week of school. A low pressure way for new classmates to learn about each other.

Tips for leaders

Let teens run it. Hand the phone to a different student each week and let them read and call on people. Accept “both” or “neither” now and then, but ask for a reason when someone uses it. If the group is new, keep it to quick votes for the first few cards before asking anyone to explain out loud.

Random every time

Cards are shuffled with your browser’s cryptographic random generator. Nobody can pick their favorite card, and every question in the set shows up once before any repeat.

Related games for teens

For rapid fire picks with two words each, try the this or that questions for teens. When the group is ready for something bolder, the truth or dare questions wheel has a Friends filter aimed at teens and adults.

Examples from this deck

A few of the 58 questions you can get above:

• Would you rather be able to fly or be invisible?
• Would you rather be a famous artist or a famous inventor?
• Would you rather have a summer that lasts forever or a winter break that lasts forever?
• Would you rather have a famous parent or be famous yourself?
• Would you rather start your own business or become a scientist?
• Would you rather spend a year traveling or a year learning a new skill?
• Would you rather have a giant room or a room with an amazing view?
• Would you rather always know when someone is lying or always know the right thing to say?
• Would you rather have one best friend or a big group of good friends?
• Would you rather never have to sleep or never have to eat?
• Would you rather design your own video game or your own theme park?
• Would you rather be the youngest in your class or the oldest?