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These 50 hard would you rather questions are close calls, not dark ones. Twice the money or twice the free time? Respected or liked? A guaranteed good life or a coin-flip chance at an amazing one? Each one is a real trade-off about values, time, work and friendship, picked because people tend to split on it.

Make your choice, and once a question has 10 answers you'll see how players split, with the number of votes, so you can tell which ones divide the room down the middle. They work well for debate nights, deep conversations, classrooms with older students and streams.

All 50 Would You Rather questions

A question shows how players split once it has 10 answers, marked “early” until it has 30.

  1. Would you rather have twice as much free time or have twice as much money?

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  2. Would you rather be respected but not liked or be liked but not respected?

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  3. Would you rather relive your best day once a year or preview one day of your future once a year?

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  4. Would you rather be the best in a small town or be average in the biggest city?

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  5. Would you rather always say exactly what you think or always keep your opinions to yourself?

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  6. Would you rather have a job you love that pays little or have a job you dislike that pays a lot?

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  7. Would you rather restart at age 10 knowing what you know now or stay where you are and get $1 million?

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  8. Would you rather be famous for something you're not proud of or be unknown for something amazing you did?

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  9. Would you rather have one true best friend or have a big group of good friends?

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  10. Would you rather always win arguments or always know when you're wrong?

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  11. Would you rather have a photographic memory or be able to forget anything you choose?

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  12. Would you rather undo one decision every year or know the best choice once a year?

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  13. Would you rather know exactly what people think of you or never find out what anyone thinks of you?

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  14. Would you rather change the world but get no credit or get famous but change nothing?

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  15. Would you rather be a genius at one thing or be pretty good at everything?

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  16. Would you rather have a quiet life with lots of free time or have a busy life full of adventure?

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  17. Would you rather never be able to lie or never be able to keep a secret?

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  18. Would you rather see 10 seconds into the future at all times or see 10 years into the future, once?

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  19. Would you rather never feel tired again or never feel bored again?

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  20. Would you rather be the one everyone asks for advice or be the one everyone invites everywhere?

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  21. Would you rather have all the answers but no one believes you or have no answers but everyone trusts you?

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  22. Would you rather give up all social media or give up all streaming?

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  23. Would you rather only talk to people face-to-face or only talk to people by text?

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  24. Would you rather be the best at your job but nobody notices or be average and get all the credit?

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  25. Would you rather get a do-over of your most embarrassing moment or get an instant replay of your proudest moment?

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  26. Would you rather drop one bad habit instantly or gain one good habit instantly?

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  27. Would you rather have a guaranteed good life or have a 50/50 chance at an amazing one?

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  28. Would you rather never use a phone again or never use a computer again?

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  29. Would you rather know every secret of the universe but tell no one or make one big discovery you can share?

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  30. Would you rather give up hot showers forever or give up your comfy bed forever?

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  31. Would you rather spend a year with no internet or spend a year never leaving your town?

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  32. Would you rather always get new tech first, with bugs or always get it a year late, but perfect?

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  33. Would you rather go back 20 years with what you know now or jump ahead 20 years with what you know now?

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  34. Would you rather always be a little overdressed or always be a little underdressed?

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  35. Would you rather talk your way out of anything or build anything you can imagine?

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  36. Would you rather sit next to a nonstop talker on a long flight or sit next to a crying baby on a long flight?

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  37. Would you rather rewind any conversation by 10 seconds or see subtitles for what people really mean?

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  38. Would you rather always know how someone feels or always know what to say to help?

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  39. Would you rather have a job where you travel all the time or have a job where you never travel?

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  40. Would you rather work for a brilliant boss who's tough or work for a kind boss who's disorganized?

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  41. Would you rather let someone else make all your choices for a year or make every choice for your friends for a year?

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  42. Would you rather speak 10 languages okay or speak one extra language perfectly?

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  43. Would you rather have your whole life planned out or have no plan and lots of surprises?

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  44. Would you rather give up your favorite food forever or give up your favorite song forever?

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  45. Would you rather have one huge success or have many small wins?

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  46. Would you rather be great at small talk or be great at deep talks?

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  47. Would you rather read every book ever written or watch every movie ever made?

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  48. Would you rather always get brutally honest feedback or always get gentle, kind feedback?

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  49. Would you rather live without air conditioning or live without heating?

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  50. Would you rather spend a week alone in a quiet cabin or spend a week in a busy city with strangers?

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Would You Rather: questions and answers

How do you play Would You Rather?

Read a question out loud and everyone picks one of the two options: no "both" and no "neither". Then each person says why. Try "Would you rather have twice as much free time or have twice as much money?" Here you can tap a side (or press 1 or 2), and once a question has 10 answers you see how other players split.

Are these questions OK for school?

Yes. All 50 questions in Hard Would You Rather Questions are written to be school-safe: nothing scary, gross beyond silly, or mean, and no dating, politics or religion. They suit classrooms, youth groups, family game night and team calls.

What do the percentages mean?

Each split is the share of players on BracketRanker who picked each side, with n, the number of answers. A question shows a split once it has 10 answers, marked "early" until it has 30; before that you see how many answers it has so far. Big Screen and classroom votes are counted separately, so one room can't swamp the numbers.

Can I play these on a big screen or in class?

Yes. "Play on the big screen" shows one question at a time in a projector-sized layout. The room votes by show of hands, or with 1 or 2 in a stream chat, and the host taps the winning side.

How many questions are on this page?

50 on this page, all listed above. Play 10 or 20 in a random order, or go through every one.