Would you rather questions that split the room

How to play Would You Rather as a drinking game

1. One person reads the question.
2. On three, everyone points: left hand for the first option, right hand for the second.
3. The smaller side drinks. A tie means everyone drinks.
4. Optional: one person from the losing side gets 20 seconds to convince others to switch. Anyone who switches drinks for being easily swayed. (That rule comes straight from a Wrecked Debate card.)

40 would you rather questions

Written for drinking games: every one is designed to split a table roughly in half.

Funny and ridiculous

1. Would you rather have to sing everything you say, or dance every time you hear music?
2. Would you rather always smell like garlic, or always smell like a wet dog?
3. Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button for your life?
4. Would you rather sneeze every time you laugh, or laugh every time you sneeze?
5. Would you rather only be able to whisper, or only be able to shout?
6. Would you rather have a personal theme song that plays when you walk in, or a laugh track that plays after everything you say?
7. Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck, or a hundred duck-sized horses?
8. Would you rather have fingers as long as your legs, or legs as short as your fingers?
9. Would you rather be unable to use your phone for a month, or unable to shower for a week?
10. Would you rather have to wear clown shoes every day, or a clown nose every day?

Party and social

11. Would you rather be the funniest person in every room, or the smartest?
12. Would you rather always be 10 minutes late, or always be 30 minutes early?
13. Would you rather have your search history made public, or your camera roll?
14. Would you rather go to a party where you know nobody, or a party where you know everyone’s secrets?
15. Would you rather accidentally send a text about your boss to your boss, or about your ex to your ex?
16. Would you rather give up music forever, or give up TV and movies forever?
17. Would you rather be famous for something embarrassing, or completely unknown for something amazing?
18. Would you rather have to say yes to every invitation for a year, or no to every invitation for a year?
19. Would you rather host every party, or never be allowed to host one?
20. Would you rather know exactly what everyone thinks of you, or never know?

Hard choices

21. Would you rather lose all your old photos, or all your old messages?
22. Would you rather relive the same day for a year, or skip a year of your life?
23. Would you rather be able to talk to animals, or speak every human language?
24. Would you rather have unlimited money but no free time, or unlimited free time but just enough money?
25. Would you rather know the date of your death, or the cause?
26. Would you rather be the best player on a losing team, or the worst player on a winning team?
27. Would you rather go back and change one thing, or see one thing in your future?
28. Would you rather live without the internet, or without air conditioning and heating?
29. Would you rather have a partner who is always honest, or one who is always kind?
30. Would you rather be stuck on a desert island alone, or with someone you cannot stand?

Food and daily life

31. Would you rather give up coffee or give up alcohol for a year?
32. Would you rather eat only pizza forever, or never eat pizza again?
33. Would you rather have pineapple on every pizza, or never have cheese on pizza again?
34. Would you rather only eat breakfast food, or never eat breakfast food again?
35. Would you rather have a hangover every Sunday, or never drink again?
36. Would you rather always have a slightly too-small shoe, or a slightly too-big hat?
37. Would you rather do laundry forever, or dishes forever?
38. Would you rather wake up at 5am every day, or go to bed at 9pm every day?
39. Would you rather lose your keys every week, or your phone once a month?
40. Would you rather be stuck in traffic for an hour, or on hold for an hour?

This-or-that and debate cards from Wrecked

Real cards from the Debate deck. The rule for who drinks is on the card.

41. Defend the position that the group assigns you, no matter how absurd. You have 60 seconds. If even one person is swayed, assign 2 drinks. If nobody's convinced, drink 3.
42. THIS OR THAT: Ability to talk to animals or speak every human language? Pick a side. Tied? Everyone drinks 1. Otherwise, losing side drinks 1 each, then the winning side must justify their choice, unconvincing winners also drink 1.
43. 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.
44. SHOWDOWN: Teleportation or flying? Pick your side. Tied? Everyone drinks 1. Otherwise, losing side drinks 1, then each side picks their strongest argument in 20 seconds, group votes on best argument. Losing arguer drinks 2 more.
45. SHOWDOWN: Summer or winter? Everyone picks a side. Minority group drinks 1 each. If it's a tie, everyone drinks.
46. Who at this table would be the worst lawyer? Voted player must defend themselves in 30 seconds, group rules. Guilty? Drink 3.
47. THIS OR THAT: Invisibility or time travel? Pick a side. The side with fewer people drinks 2 each.
48. THIS OR THAT: Live in the past or the future? Pick a side. Tied? Everyone drinks 1. Otherwise, the losing side nominates a debater. The winning side nominates one too. They go head-to-head, group re-votes. Loser of the rematch drinks 3.
49. SHOWDOWN: Pancakes or waffles? Pick your side. Tied? Everyone drinks 1. Otherwise, minority drinks 1, then the minority picks a champion to argue their case, if they flip even one person, the flipper drinks 3.
50. BATTLE: Beach vacation or mountain getaway? Everyone picks. Tied? Everyone drinks 1 and skip the debate. Otherwise, minority side makes a 20-second case to switch people. Anyone who switches drinks 2 for being easily swayed.
51. THIS OR THAT: Never use social media again or never watch TV/movies again? Pick a side. Minority drinks 2 each.
52. BATTLE: Marvel or DC? Pick a side. Losing side drinks 1. Anyone who says 'I don't care about either' drinks 3 for dodging the question.
53. Who at this table thinks they're always right? Voted player: the group gives you a wrong opinion to defend. If you can convince even one person, assign 3 drinks. If not, drink 3.
54. Sam and Alex: Rapid-fire 'would you rather.' Take turns asking each other, first person to hesitate for more than 3 seconds drinks 2.
55. THIS OR THAT BLITZ! Go rapid-fire around the table: cake or pie, Netflix or YouTube, texting or calling, summer or winter, city or countryside. Anyone who matches the person before them drinks 1.
56. Sam and Alex: Co-counsel. The group gives you an impossible thing to defend (like 'Mondays are the best day'). If your combined argument convinces anyone, that person drinks 2. If nobody's convinced, both of you drink 2.

Tips for the drinking version

• Point at the same time. If people answer one by one, they copy the room.
• Close options only. If a question gets a unanimous answer, skip it and read the next one.
• Let the minority argue. The drinking is the penalty, but the argument is the entertainment.
• Mix with other games. Would You Rather is great for five minutes. Wrecked mixes debate cards with hot seat questions, most likely to votes and challenges so the night does not get repetitive.