Would you rather questions for teens

Teens can spot a cringey question from a mile away. That's why these avoid baby-ish choices and focus on real dilemmas: giving up TikTok or YouTube, the strict teacher who teaches you a lot or the chill one who doesn't, a million followers or ten real friends.

Teachers and youth leaders use them as icebreakers and discussion openers, especially the deep questions for teens section. At sleepovers, go straight to the funny and sleepover sections.

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Tap an option to make your pick. Then ask the group what they'd choose.

Clean, relatable questions for 11 to 14 year olds. They work well for advisory period, youth group and sleepovers.

• Would you rather have a phone with no internet or have internet with no phone?
• Would you rather be the best player on a bad team or be the worst player on a great team?
• Would you rather switch lives with your best friend for a week or switch lives with your teacher for a week?
• Would you rather have no homework for a year or have summer break last twice as long?
• Would you rather be able to skip every awkward moment or be able to rewind every awkward moment?
• Would you rather go viral for something embarrassing or never go viral at all?
• Would you rather have a secret talent nobody knows about or be known for a talent you don't really have?
• Would you rather be stuck in an elevator with your crush or be stuck in an elevator with your principal?
• Would you rather always have to say what you're thinking or never be able to speak in class again?
• Would you rather have your parents chaperone every school dance or never be allowed to go to a school dance?
• Would you rather be famous at your school or be famous in a town you've never visited?
• Would you rather wear the same outfit every day for a month or let your little sibling pick your outfit for a month?
• Would you rather lose your phone for a week or lose your voice for a week?
• Would you rather have a locker that never jams or have a backpack that never gets heavy?
• Would you rather get a text from your favorite celebrity or get a follow from your favorite creator?
• Would you rather eat cafeteria food forever or pack your own lunch forever?
• Would you rather be really good at drawing or be really good at singing?
• Would you rather have an older sibling to look up to or have a younger sibling to look after?
• Would you rather be stuck at a family reunion for a day or be stuck in detention for a day?
• Would you rather have your diary read out loud or have your search history shown on the school screen?
• Would you rather be the first to try a new trend or be the one who ignores trends completely?
• Would you rather have a sleepover every weekend or have a party once a month?
• Would you rather read minds for one day or be invisible for one day?
• Would you rather play a video game with your favorite streamer or play a sport with your favorite athlete?
• Would you rather get a new pet or get a new gaming console?

For 14 to 18 year olds. A bit more thought, and still classroom appropriate.

• Would you rather get into your dream college or get a full scholarship to a good college?
• Would you rather have your dream job at 25 or have your dream job at 40 with more money?
• Would you rather take a gap year to travel or start college right away?
• Would you rather be valedictorian or be prom king or queen?
• Would you rather have a car with no gas money or have gas money with no car?
• Would you rather know your exact future career now or have no idea but love every job you try?
• Would you rather be friends with everyone or have two friends who would do anything for you?
• Would you rather work a summer job you love for low pay or work a summer job you hate for great pay?
• Would you rather have a perfect GPA or have a perfect social life?
• Would you rather move to a big city after graduation or stay in your hometown after graduation?
• Would you rather never have to study again but get average grades or study two hours a day and get top grades?
• Would you rather have your senior year last forever or skip straight to graduation?
• Would you rather take every class online or take every class in person?
• Would you rather be the captain of a team or be the lead in the school musical?
• Would you rather go to school four days a week with longer days or five days a week with shorter days?
• Would you rather be able to learn every subject by sleeping or never need to sleep?
• Would you rather have a dream job with no college or go to college but not know what job you want?
• Would you rather get your license at 15 or never have to take a driving test?
• Would you rather know what everyone thinks of you or never know what anyone thinks of you?
• Would you rather have your yearbook quote be chosen by your friends or chosen by your parents?
• Would you rather start a business in high school or get an internship at a big company?
• Would you rather be the funny friend or be the friend everyone goes to for advice?
• Would you rather attend a huge high school or attend a tiny high school?
• Would you rather have prom on a yacht or have prom in a castle?
• Would you rather be the smartest person in class or be the most creative person in class?

Teens live online, so these hit home and start great debates.

• Would you rather give up TikTok for a year or give up YouTube for a year?
• Would you rather have a million followers or have ten real best friends?
• Would you rather never be able to use emojis or never be able to use GIFs?
• Would you rather have your phone battery always be at 10% or always have a cracked screen?
• Would you rather only text in all caps or only text in voice messages?
• Would you rather lose every photo on your phone or lose every contact on your phone?
• Would you rather have your screen time shown to your parents or have your texts shown to your friends?
• Would you rather be a famous gamer or be a famous musician?
• Would you rather live without Wi-Fi for a month or live without music for a month?
• Would you rather be able to delete one post from everyone's memory or be able to see who looks at your profile?
• Would you rather only use your phone for one hour a day or only use a flip phone forever?
• Would you rather have your photos always look perfect or have your videos always go viral?
• Would you rather never have to charge your phone or never have your phone run out of storage?
• Would you rather be in a group chat with every celebrity or be in a group chat with every president?
• Would you rather have an AI do your homework but you learn nothing or do it yourself and ace the test?
• Would you rather game with no lag forever or stream with no buffering forever?

Questions about loyalty, drama and the people who matter.

• Would you rather have a friend who always tells you the truth or a friend who always makes you laugh?
• Would you rather know a secret about everyone or have no one know any of your secrets?
• Would you rather be invited to every party but have to go or be invited to none?
• Would you rather have a best friend move away or move away from your best friend?
• Would you rather be the one who plans every hangout or never have to plan anything?
• Would you rather go to a concert with your friends or go on a trip with your family?
• Would you rather have one amazing birthday party or have ten small hangouts?
• Would you rather be the friend who is always early or the friend who is always late?
• Would you rather have a friend group of twenty or have a friend group of three?
• Would you rather lend your favorite hoodie and never get it back or lend your favorite game and never get it back?
• Would you rather have your friends plan your perfect day or have your family plan your perfect day?
• Would you rather always know when someone is lying or always know when someone likes you?

Big-picture questions that help teens talk about who they want to be.

• Would you rather be rich and unknown or be famous and have an average income?
• Would you rather travel the world for work or work from home in your dream house?
• Would you rather invent something world-changing or write a book that everyone reads?
• Would you rather live in another country or live near your family forever?
• Would you rather retire at 40 or love your job so much you never want to retire?
• Would you rather have a job that helps people or have a job that makes you rich?
• Would you rather become an astronaut or become a movie star?
• Would you rather learn a language fluently in a week or learn an instrument perfectly in a week?
• Would you rather be the boss or be the best on the team?
• Would you rather own a sports team or own a music festival?
• Would you rather live in a penthouse in New York or live on a ranch in Montana?
• Would you rather see your life at 30 for one minute or never know until you get there?

Low-stakes, laugh-out-loud questions for game nights and road trips.

• Would you rather have to sing every time you enter a room or dance every time you leave one?
• Would you rather have your mom as your only follower or have your teacher as your only follower?
• Would you rather only be able to speak in movie quotes or only be able to speak in song lyrics?
• Would you rather accidentally call your teacher mom or accidentally send a heart emoji to your coach?
• Would you rather trip in front of your whole school or sneeze on your crush?
• Would you rather have a permanent bad hair day or have a permanent pimple on your nose?
• Would you rather wear your grandparents' clothes for a week or let your parents post anything about you for a week?
• Would you rather have a laugh that sounds like a goose or a sneeze that sounds like a trumpet?
• Would you rather narrate everything you do out loud or hear a narrator describe everything you do?
• Would you rather have your stomach growl in every quiet test or have your chair squeak every time you move?
• Would you rather live with a roommate who snores or a roommate who talks in their sleep?
• Would you rather be caught singing in the shower by your crush or be caught dancing alone by your whole class?
• Would you rather have every text autocorrect to something weird or have every call go to the wrong person?
• Would you rather smell like onions forever or always have a squeaky voice?
• Would you rather have your dog grade your homework or have your cat pick your clothes?

Relatable for anyone who's survived a school week.

• Would you rather have a pop quiz every day or a huge final with no other grades?
• Would you rather sit in the front row or sit in the back row?
• Would you rather have the strictest teacher and learn a lot or the chillest teacher and learn nothing?
• Would you rather eat lunch in the cafeteria or eat lunch in the library?
• Would you rather be in the marching band or be on the dance team?
• Would you rather do a group project or do an individual project?
• Would you rather give an oral report or write a ten-page paper?
• Would you rather have gym first period or have gym last period?
• Would you rather have school start at 10 a.m. or school end at noon?
• Would you rather be the new kid at school or be the only one who knows everyone?
• Would you rather take a class on video game design or a class on cooking?
• Would you rather have a school with no dress code or a school with free lunch?
• Would you rather get detention for something you didn't do or get away with something you did?
• Would you rather go to a school dance or go to the homecoming game?
• Would you rather have a hall pass that never expires or a free pass on one test every semester?

Thoughtful questions for journaling, youth groups and late-night talks.

• Would you rather be popular or be respected?
• Would you rather change one thing about your past or know one thing about your future?
• Would you rather be really talented or be really kind?
• Would you rather have your parents understand you or have your friends understand you?
• Would you rather follow your dreams and risk failing or play it safe and succeed?
• Would you rather be honest and lose a friend or lie and keep them?
• Would you rather feel confident every day or feel calm every day?
• Would you rather make one huge difference or many small differences?
• Would you rather be yourself and be left out or fit in and hide who you are?
• Would you rather have your future planned or have your future be a surprise?
• Would you rather never feel anxious or never feel lonely?
• Would you rather be remembered by your friends or by your teachers?

Late-night questions for sleepovers and camp. Clean and silly.

• Would you rather stay up all night or wake up for a sunrise breakfast?
• Would you rather watch a scary movie or watch a funny movie?
• Would you rather have a pillow fight or have a dance party?
• Would you rather eat pizza at midnight or pancakes at 3 a.m.?
• Would you rather sleep in a tent in the living room or on a trampoline outside?
• Would you rather prank-call a pizza place or prank your friend's sibling?
• Would you rather tell ghost stories or tell embarrassing stories?
• Would you rather do makeovers or play video games all night?
• Would you rather be the first to fall asleep or the last one awake?
• Would you rather share a sleeping bag with a snorer or with someone who kicks?
• Would you rather wake up with a drawing on your face or wake up with your hair braided?
• Would you rather play truth or dare or play would you rather all night?

How to use these questions

• Let teens ask the questions. It's more fun when it isn't an adult running the game.
• In a classroom, use a quick show of hands, then call on one person from each side to explain.
• Use the deep questions for teens as journal prompts or advisory-period discussion starters.
• For online groups, drop a question in the group chat and let people vote with reactions.

Frequently asked questions

What are good would you rather questions for teens?

Good questions for teens are relatable, like "Would you rather give up TikTok or YouTube for a year?" or "Would you rather have a million followers or ten real best friends?"

Are these questions appropriate for middle school?

Yes. The middle school section is written for 11 to 14 year olds, and every question on this page is clean and classroom-appropriate.

What would you rather questions work for high school students?

High schoolers like questions about college, careers, driving and social life. See the high school section, with questions like "Would you rather take a gap year to travel or start college right away?"

How can teachers use would you rather questions?

Use them as bell-ringers, icebreakers, persuasive writing prompts or debate warm-ups. Students pick a side, then give their best argument.