“How was school?” is always a valid question at the dinner table, but it’s not a very interesting one. Would you rather questions for kids can jumpstart their creativity and spark a fun family debate.
Instead of asking the same old questions every night, try asking these amusing would you rather questions instead. Some of them are deeper than you’d think!
Animal Would You Rather Questions
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- Would you rather have a pet dog or a pet cat?
- Would you rather ride a giant bunny or a unicorn to school?
- Would you rather swim in a tank of spiders or snakes? (Assuming none of them are venomous)
- Would you rather have a pet koala or a pet raccoon?
- Would you rather have a pet dragon or a pet pegasus?
- Would you rather fight a tiger or a bear?
- Would you rather get sprayed by a skunk or spat on by a llama?
- Would you rather have no dogs for your entire life, or 10?
- Would you rather be a squirrel or a lizard?
- Would you rather be able to fly like a bird or swim like a dolphin?
- Would you rather save pandas or tigers from extinction, if you could only pick one?
- Would you rather have a small dog or a large dog?
- Would you rather drink pig milk or reindeer milk?
- Would you rather swim with sharks or jellyfish?
- Would you rather hold a venomous snake if you knew it wouldn’t bite you, or a hamster that would bite you constantly for an hour?
Travel Would You Rather Questions
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- Would you rather visit every country in the world or go to space?
- Would you rather travel for the rest of your life or never leave your home state again?
- Would you rather travel through time or space?
- Would you rather go to a new place every year or return to the same place over and over again?
- Would you rather visit somewhere snowy or tropical?
- Would you rather visit France or England?
- Would you rather be able to fly or teleport to your destination?
- Would you rather travel alone or live alone?
- Would you rather spend 10 minutes on the moon or take a two-week trip to Hawaii for free?
- Would you rather have unlimited free food at any restaurant for the rest of your life or unlimited free flights anywhere for the rest of your life?
- Would you rather have a new car for free or travel to any destination for free?
- Would you rather camp in a tent or rent a cabin?
- Would you rather take a trip to a big city or a national park?
- Would you rather give up the internet for life or airplane flights?
- Would you rather travel in an RV or a yacht?
Movie Would You Rather Questions for Kids
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- Would you rather be Captain America or Iron Man?
- Would you rather only be able to watch black and white movies for the rest of your life or never get to watch a movie again?
- Would you rather have to live with Stuart Little or have to eat Babe?
- Would you rather have Nemo as a pet or Pascal from Tangled?
- Would you rather be a part of Mirabel’s family in Encanto and get a superpower or be a Disney princess?
- Would you rather go to Hogwarts or have a full scholarship to the muggle university of your choice?
- Would you rather be in a Hunger Games arena or be on the Death Star during the Rebel Alliance attack?
- Would you rather watch a romantic comedy or an action movie?
- Would you rather be a star in Hollywood or on Broadway?
- Would you rather be a werewolf from “Twilight” or a vampire?
- Would you rather visit Narnia or Middle Earth?
- Would you rather have Moana’s connection with water or Elsa’s ice powers?
- Would you rather fight the Joker or The Penguin?
- Would you rather be a Plastic in “Mean Girls” or be a member of the “Breakfast Club?”
- Would you rather own a minion from “Despicable Me” or own Woody and Buzz from “Toy Story?”
Family Would You Rather Questions
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- Would you rather have six siblings or be an only child?
- Would you rather switch lives for a day with your mom or dad?
- Would you rather have an identical twin or a fraternal twin?
- Would you rather have to keep a terrible haircut for a month or let your mother dress you for a month?
- Would you rather share clothes with your sibling every day but never have to do another chore again, or have any clothes you want but have to do all your sibling’s chores, too?
- Would you rather celebrate only your birthday or only Christmas?
- Would you rather be the smartest person in the house or the strongest?
- Would you rather have to share a room with your sibling or have your own room without a door?
- Would you rather have your own kids or be the fun aunt/uncle?
- Would you rather your family surprise you with breakfast in bed or brunch at a nice restaurant?
- Would you rather have no curfew or never have any homework?
- Would you rather your parents be able to read your mind or let them go through your phone?
- Would you rather meet your great-great grandparent or your future great-great grandchild?
- Would you rather be allowed to eat as much junk food as you want or have as much screen time as you want?
- Would you rather have to do all of the grocery shopping or all of the cooking?
Thought Provoking Would You Rather Questions
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- Would you rather be the richest person in the world or the smartest?
- Would you rather be the best in the world at one thing and awful at everything else or somewhat good at most things?
- Would you rather go through life unable to forget anything ever or go through life unable to remember anything?
- Would you rather have a job that pays $30 an hour but lets you work from home or a job that pays $50 an hour but requires you to work in an office?
- Would you rather people look up to you for being a good person or respect you for your power?
- Would you rather live the rest of your life in jail or alone in the wilderness?
- Would you rather live in a world where everyone is mean to you or one in which no one notices you at all?
- Would you rather live in a country with no crime or no privacy?
- Would you rather be immortal, but none of your friends or family are, or die at 60 after getting to spend a full life surrounded by people you love?
- Would you rather visit the future or the past?
- Would you rather live in a world with no disease or one with no poverty?
- Would you rather make decent money doing what you love or get rich from a job that you hate?
- Would you rather know when you’re going to die or how you’re going to die?
- Would you rather never be able to lie or never be able to tell when someone’s lying to you?
- Would you rather never be able to go out during the day or never be able to go out at night?
Funny Would You Rather Questions for Kids
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- Would you rather have a hamster-sized dog or a dog-sized hamster?
- Would you rather get a face tattoo that you can pick or a tattoo selected by someone else in a place of your choosing?
- Would you rather have a head the size of a watermelon or the size of a tennis ball?
- Would you rather have to sing along to every song you hear or dance to it?
- Would you rather glow pink every time you have a crush on someone or glow red every time you’re annoyed with someone?
- Would you rather be able to use rainbows as slides or use clouds as trampolines?
- Would you rather be super fast or super flexible?
- Would you rather have four arms or only one?
- Would you rather be able to control water or fire?
- Would you rather kiss a frog or lick a slug?
- Would you rather have uncontrollable farts all day or have your pants fall down in public?
- Would you rather eat a bowl of spaghetti noodles without sauce or a bowl of spaghetti sauce without noodles?
- Would you rather look like a skunk or smell like a skunk?
- Would you rather wear your underwear on the outside of your pants for a day or wear the same underwear for a week straight?
- Would you rather use your hands as your feet or your feet as your hands?