Hot seat questions for a party (and how to play hot seat)

How the hot seat game works

1. Pick who goes first. In Wrecked, the app picks for you and favors whoever has been drinking least.
2. The reader asks a question about the player in the seat, or sets up a mini game about them.
3. The player answers honestly, or drinks. Many cards flip it around so the group drinks if they guess wrong.
4. Next card, next player.

Guessing questions: how well does the group know them?

In these, the table has to predict the answer. Wrong guessers drink, which keeps everyone invested.

1. Everyone guesses Sam's go-to comfort movie. Sam reveals, anyone correct assigns a drink.
2. What's the most money you've spent on food delivery in one week? Group guesses, closest assigns a drink.
3. Demonstrate your go-to dance move. Group rates 1–5. Under 3? Drink.
4. Describe the last DM you sent without naming who it was to. Group guesses the recipient, wrong guessers drink.
5. How many tabs does Sam have open right now? Everyone guesses, Sam checks. Furthest off drinks.
6. What's Sam's most used excuse? Group guesses, Sam reveals. Anyone who got it right assigns a drink.
7. Sam must explain their worst haircut ever. Group rates the story 1–5. Under 3? Drink.
8. Sam must impersonate the person to their right for 30 seconds. Group votes, accurate or offensive? Offensive = drink.
9. How many times have you been in love? Group guesses first. If majority is right, Sam drinks. If wrong, the group drinks.
10. Rate Sam's handwriting 1–10. Sam guesses the average, off by 2 or more, drink.
11. What's something you pretend to like but secretly hate? Group tries to guess before you reveal, matches drink.
12. What's your most toxic social media habit? Group votes, relatable or unhinged? Unhinged = drink 2.
13. Rate Sam's storytelling ability 1–10. Sam guesses the average, off by 2 or more, drink.
14. Have you ever faked being sick to avoid plans? Group votes, how many times this year? Off by 3 or more? Drink.
15. What's the worst thing you've eaten to be polite? Group votes, relatable or insane? Insane = drink.
16. Do your best fake cry right now. Group rates the performance, Oscar or Razzie? Razzie = drink.
17. What's the longest you've binge-watched something? Group guesses the show. Wrong guessers drink.
18. Everyone guesses Sam's alarm time on weekdays. Sam reveals, furthest off drinks.
19. Sam must guess what each person at the table had for lunch today. Wrong? Drink per miss.
20. What's a skill you've lied about having? Demonstrate it now. Can't? Drink 2.

Honest-answer questions

Answer, or drink. Simple, and the reason people remember the night.

21. Sam must tell the group their hot take. If anyone is genuinely offended, Sam drinks 2.
22. Sam must say their most-used phrase. Group confirms, fake answer? Drink 2.
23. What's the weirdest thing you've Googled this week? Refuse to answer? Drink 2.
24. What's a red flag you've ignored in a relationship? Group judges, understandable or delusional? Delusional = drink 2.
25. What's the most childish thing you still do? Refuse to answer? Drink 2.
26. What's your most unpopular food take? Anyone who agrees drinks alongside you.
27. What's the longest you've gone without showering? Group predicts, if they're right, Sam drinks 2.
28. What's the most embarrassing autocorrect you've sent? Refuse to share? Drink 2.
29. What's one thing you're secretly really good at? Group judges, impressive or meh? Meh = drink.
30. Sam must tell the group their most unpopular opinion. Anyone who agrees drinks alongside Sam.
31. If you won the lottery tomorrow, what's the first thing you'd buy? Group predicts before they answer, matches assign a drink.
32. What's the pettiest reason you've ended a friendship or relationship? Group judges, justified or petty? Petty = drink.
33. What's a trend you secretly participated in? Group judges, cringe or iconic? Cringe = drink.
34. Sam must tell the group what they really thought the first time they met the person to their right. Too mean? Drink.
35. What's the longest grudge you've ever held? Group judges, fair or toxic? Toxic = drink.
36. Tell us the meanest thing you've thought about someone at this table today. Refuse? Drink 2.
37. What's the worst advice you've ever followed? Group judges, deserved or unlucky? Deserved = drink.
38. Sam picks someone to ask them any question. They must answer truthfully or drink 3.
39. What habit are you most ashamed of? Refuse to answer? Drink 2. Group thinks it's mild? Also drink.
40. Everyone describes Sam in one word. If any two people match, Sam drinks.

Debate questions: defend it or drink

From Wrecked’s free Debate mode. The player gets a hot take to defend, and the group decides if they won.

41. Would you rather be famous but hated, or unknown but loved? Argue your case. Everyone who disagrees takes a drink. But if nobody disagrees, YOU drink 3 for having a boring take.
42. Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button for your life? Make your argument. Group votes, losing side drinks 1 each.
43. Defend the take that mornings are better than nights (or vice versa, your choice). Group votes. If you picked the unpopular side and still won, assign 3 drinks.
44. Cats or dogs? You MUST pick one and argue why the other is inferior. Group votes on the winner, pet lovers on the losing side drink 2.
45. Convince the group that your least favorite food is actually delicious. Group votes, not convinced? Drink 2. Convinced? Everyone else drinks 1.
46. What's the most overrated movie of all time? State your case. Anyone who loves that movie can challenge you, group votes after each clash, loser drinks 1.
47. Would you rather live without music or without movies for the rest of your life? Defend your answer. Group votes, minority opinion drinks 2.
48. Would you rather have unlimited money but no friends, or be broke forever with amazing friends? Defend your pick. Group votes on who agrees, minority drinks.
49. What's the worst pizza topping? State your case. If anyone at the table actually likes that topping, they can challenge you, group decides the winner. Loser drinks 2.
50. Convince the group that a ridiculous superpower (like talking to furniture) is the best superpower. Group votes, unconvinced means drink 2.
51. Is cereal a soup? Argue your position. Group votes. If you lose, drink 2. If it's unanimous against you, drink 4.
52. Toilet paper, over or under? Make your argument. Anyone who disagrees with you drinks 1. But if you're in the minority, YOU drink 3.
53. Would you rather always have to sing instead of talk, or always have to dance instead of walk? Defend it. Group picks the better option, wrong side drinks.
54. Would you rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or 1 horse-sized duck? Explain your battle strategy. Unconvincing? Drink 2.
55. Name the best fast food chain and defend it to the death. Anyone who disagrees gets to challenge you. Group votes after each clash, losers drink 1.
56. Give your hottest take about breakfast food. Group rates it, if it's not actually controversial, drink 2 for being boring.
57. Would you rather know how you die or when you die? Explain why. The group debates back. Whoever changes their mind drinks 2.
58. Would you rather be able to fly but only 2 feet off the ground, or run at 100mph but only in a straight line? Defend your choice. Group votes, minority opinion drinks.
59. Is a hot dog a sandwich? You have 40 seconds to make your case. Group votes, lose and drink 3.
60. Pineapple on pizza, defend it or destroy it. Group votes on your argument. Lose the vote? Drink 2.

Tips for a better hot seat

• Keep it moving. One question per turn is plenty. Long interrogations kill the energy.
• Involve the table. Questions where the group guesses or votes beat questions where everyone just listens.
• Give an out. Drinking instead of answering is part of the game. Nobody should feel forced to share something they do not want to.
• Spread the seat. If the same person keeps landing in it, switch. The app already balances this for you.

More games from the same deck

Hot Seat is one of eight card types in Wrecked. Between hot seat rounds you will get most likely to votes, Never Have I Ever, timed challenges and King’s Rules that stay in play for the rest of the game.