50 Would You Rather Questions for Kids and Families

“Would you rather” is the perfect family game because it has no rules, no winner, and no way to end without at least one heated argument about whether a dragon would beat a T-rex. (It would. Moving on.)

It works in the car, at the dinner table, in a waiting room, and at 8:47pm when someone says “I’m bored” in that specific tone. Ask the question, make everyone commit to an answer, then make them defend it. The defense is the game.

Here are 50 questions that work for actual families — silly enough for a 7-year-old, tricky enough that the adults will argue longer than the kids.

How to make it a real game

Everyone answers at the same time — count of three, point left or right, or hold up one finger for the first option and two for the second. Anyone in the minority has to explain themselves. That’s it. If you want stakes, the best defense (as voted by the table) gets a point.

Silly ones to start

1. Would you rather have a pet dinosaur or a pet dragon?
2. Would you rather honk instead of laugh or squeak instead of sneeze?
3. Would you rather have spaghetti hair or broccoli fingers?
4. Would you rather be 10 feet tall or 10 inches tall?
5. Would you rather only walk backwards or only hop everywhere?
6. Would you rather have a tail or antlers?
7. Would you rather talk like a pirate for a year or moo after every sentence for a month?
8. Would you rather sleep upside down like a bat or standing up like a horse?
9. Would you rather have eyes in the back of your head or ears on your knees?
10. Would you rather live in a treehouse or a cave with wifi?

Food dilemmas

11. Would you rather give up pizza or give up ice cream?
12. Would you rather eat breakfast for every meal or dinner for every meal?
13. Would you rather everything you eat taste like ketchup or like cinnamon?
14. Would you rather drink pickle juice or eat a spoonful of mustard?
15. Would you rather never eat candy again or never eat fries again?
16. Would you rather eat soup with a fork or cereal with your hands?
17. Would you rather have a personal chef or a bottomless snack drawer?
18. Would you rather eat one food forever or never eat the same food twice?
19. Would you rather your food be always slightly too hot or always slightly too cold?
20. Would you rather share every dessert or never be offered a bite of anyone else’s?

Superpowers & magic

21. Would you rather fly or be invisible?
22. Would you rather talk to animals or speak every human language?
23. Would you rather pause time or rewind it?
24. Would you rather have super strength or super speed?
25. Would you rather breathe underwater or walk on clouds?
26. Would you rather shoot spaghetti from your hands or sneeze glitter?
27. Would you rather read minds or never need sleep?
28. Would you rather shrink to ant size or grow to giraffe size on command?
29. Would you rather have a magic door to anywhere or a magic pocket with anything?
30. Would you rather be the world’s best dancer or the world’s best singer?

Family life

31. Would you rather swap chores with a sibling for a month or swap bedrooms forever?
32. Would you rather your parents pick your clothes or your sibling pick your haircut?
33. Would you rather be the oldest or the youngest?
34. Would you rather have a family band or a family sports team?
35. Would you rather go on vacation with no phones or stay home with unlimited screens?
36. Would you rather always win family game night or always pick the movie?
37. Would you rather have dinner with your great-great-grandparents or your great-great-grandkids?
38. Would you rather your whole family read your diary or watch your search history?
39. Would you rather never do dishes again or never fold laundry again?
40. Would you rather have 10 siblings or be an only child?

Impossible calls (the arguing section)

41. Would you rather know every answer on every test or never lose another game?
42. Would you rather it always be Saturday morning or always be summer?
43. Would you rather have a robot best friend or a talking pet?
44. Would you rather be a little famous now or very famous in 100 years?
45. Would you rather live one day as anyone in history or see one day of your own future?
46. Would you rather never be bored or never be nervous?
47. Would you rather always say what you’re thinking or never speak first?
48. Would you rather find $100 or guarantee your whole family finds $20 each?
49. Would you rather restart your favorite show fresh or get one new perfect season?
50. Would you rather win an argument with your family or be right but let it go?

The version where the cards make you do it

The Family Roast has a whole category built on this exact chaos — it’s called My Way or the Highway. The cardholder secretly picks an option, everyone else guesses which one they chose, and the reveal is where families discover how confidently wrong they can be. A few real cards from the game: “Always skip breakfast or always skip dinner?”, “Control the weather or control time?”, and “Clean the kitchen or clean the bathroom?”

You can play it tonight without buying anything — the free print-and-play deck has every category, no email required. Take the family member quiz to find out who at your table is the drama queen, and if you need even more questions after this, we made 75 who’s-most-likely-to questions too.