150 how well do you know me questions

How to play the how well do you know me game

One subject, 10 questions, about 15 minutes. All you need is paper.

1. 1Pick who the quiz is about. One person is the subject: the birthday person, a new manager, the teammate who is leaving. In a small group, everyone can take a turn.
2. 2Choose 10 questions. Use the builder above. Start with easy ones, such as a favorite food, and end with two or three that only a close friend would get.
3. 3The subject writes the answers first. Privately, before anyone guesses. A written answer key settles every argument later.
4. 4Everyone else guesses. On paper, on a card or in a private message. No talking it over: each person answers alone.
5. 5Reveal and score. The subject reads each answer out. A match scores one point, and the subject rules on anything close. The highest score wins.

What a score out of 10 means

• 9 or 10: you could order lunch for them without asking.
• 6 to 8: you have clearly been listening.
• 3 to 5: you know the basics. Sit together at the next team lunch.
• 0 to 2: you have only just met, and now you know ten new things about them.

If two people tie, ask one number question, such as “How many browser tabs do I have open right now?” The closest guess wins.

Run it as a Newlywed Game-style game show at work

On the TV show, couples try to match each other's answers. At work, swap the couples for pairs of coworkers. It takes about 20 minutes.

Who to pair

• A manager and someone who reports to them.
• Desk neighbors, or two people who share a shift.
• An onboarding buddy and the new hire they looked after.
• Two people who have run a project together.
• The two people who have been on the team longest.

How a round works

1. 1Seat each pair back to back. Give every player a marker and a stack of index cards, or a small whiteboard. Back to back, nobody can peek.
2. 2Ask a question about one partner. Say who it is about: “What is Sam's go-to coffee order?” Sam writes the true answer. Sam's partner writes a guess.
3. 3Reveal on three. Both hold up their cards at the same moment. A match scores the pair 5 points. The host decides whether a near match counts.
4. 4Swap after three questions. For the next three questions the other partner is the subject, and each match scores 10 points.
5. 5End on one bonus question. Each pair gets a last question worth 25 points, so any pair can still win. A perfect game is 70 points.

Tips for the host

• Ask for volunteers. Three or four pairs play, and everyone else is the audience.
• Only ask questions with one short answer. “Favorite dessert” fits on a card. “Biggest dream” does not.
• Take every question from the coworker set below. Nothing about family, health, money or age.
• Before each reveal, ask the audience for a show of hands: match or no match? It keeps the whole room in the game.
• Either partner can pass on a question. Draw another one and move on.

On Zoom, Teams or Google Meet

• The host reads the question out loud and pastes it into the chat.
• On Zoom, the subject sends the true answer to the host as a direct message, and everyone else sends the host a guess the same way. Nobody sees anyone else's answer.
• The host reads the true answer and names everyone who matched. One point each, kept on a shared doc or a slide.
• On Teams or Google Meet, where meeting chat goes to everyone, use a countdown: everyone types a guess, and nobody presses Enter until the host says go. Do the same on Zoom if direct messages are switched off.
• For the pairs version, both partners write on paper and hold their answers up to the camera on three.
• Ten questions take about 15 minutes. With more than 20 people, split into breakout rooms with one subject in each room.

60 how well do you know me questions for coworkers

The main set. Every answer is something a person would happily say out loud in a meeting.

A new team won’t know these answers yet. Spend a few meetings on get to know you questions or a round of hot seat questions first, then run this quiz to see what stuck.

60 how well do you know me questions for friends and family

The same game away from work. Still clean, so it works with kids and grandparents at the table.

30 Newlywed Game-style questions for couples

For a wedding shower, an anniversary party or a holiday party with partners invited. Both partners answer every question, apart or back to back, and a match scores a point.

1. 121

   121. What was the first meal we ate together?

2. 122

   122. Where was our first trip together?

3. 123

   123. Which of your dishes would I ask for every week?

4. 124

   124. Who takes longer to get ready?

5. 125

   125. Who is the better driver?

6. 126

   126. How would I spend a day off with no plans?

7. 127

   127. Which household job would I hand to you forever?

8. 128

   128. Which emoji would I send you most?

9. 129

   129. What would I say is our song?

10. 130

    130. Who said hello first?

11. 131

    131. What's the best gift you ever gave me?

12. 132

    132. What's my favorite thing for us to do on a weekend?

13. 133

    133. Who picks the movie?

14. 134

    134. Who controls the thermostat?

15. 135

    135. What's my go-to takeout order?

16. 136

    136. What did I wear the day we met?

17. 137

    137. What's my favorite photo of us?

18. 138

    138. Where would I take us for a surprise weekend away?

19. 139

    139. Who is the bigger morning person?

20. 140

    140. What's the first thing I would grab at the grocery store?

21. 141

    141. Which show would I never watch without you?

22. 142

    142. What's my favorite nickname for you?

23. 143

    143. Who cooks more often?

24. 144

    144. What's my favorite holiday tradition of ours?

25. 145

    145. What would I say is your best quality?

26. 146

    146. Which of your hobbies would I most like to try?

27. 147

    147. Where would I put our dream home: city, suburbs or countryside?

28. 148

    148. Who remembers birthdays and anniversaries better?

29. 149

    149. What's the best meal we ever had together?

30. 150

    150. How would I describe our first year together in three words?

The Newlywed Game is a TV game show. KraftyLab is not affiliated with the show or its owners: “Newlywed Game-style” only describes the match-your-partner format.

The “how well do you know [Name]” quiz for a birthday, farewell or retirement

One guest of honor, 10 questions, and a room full of people who each think they know them best.

1. 1Get the answers a week ahead. Send 10 questions to the guest of honor. For a surprise party, ask a close teammate or a family member to answer for them.
2. 2Make the sheet. Type the name into the builder at the top of this page, pick the questions and copy the sheet. Print one for each guest, or paste it into the party chat.
3. 3Give everyone five minutes. Guests fill it in alone as they arrive. It gives the early arrivals something to do.
4. 4Read the answers together. The guest of honor reads each real answer and tells the story behind it. This is the best part, so leave time for it.
5. 5Crown the winner. The top score gets a small prize or the first slice of cake. At a retirement party, collect the sheets afterwards: they make a good page in a memory book.

20 questions about the guest of honor

Swap [Name] for the person the party is for. The builder at the top of the page does it for you: choose the Send-off set and type the name.

1. 1

   1. What was [Name]'s first role here?

2. 2

   2. Which project would [Name] be proudest of?

3. 3

   3. What would [Name] write on a team T-shirt?

4. 4

   4. How many different teams did [Name] work on here?

5. 5

   5. What's the first thing [Name] would do on a Monday off?

6. 6

   6. Which coworker did [Name] sit next to the longest?

7. 7

   7. What's [Name]'s order when the team goes out for lunch?

8. 8

   8. Which company event would [Name] never miss?

9. 9

   9. What's the one thing [Name] would take from the office as a souvenir?

10. 10

    10. What will people miss most about working with [Name]?

11. 11

    11. Which song would [Name] pick for a farewell playlist?

12. 12

    12. Which treat did [Name] bring in most often?

13. 13

    13. Where would [Name] go first with a month of free time?

14. 14

    14. What hobby would [Name] take up next?

15. 15

    15. Which piece of advice did [Name] give most often?

16. 16

    16. What's [Name]'s birthday month?

17. 17

    17. What was the biggest change [Name] saw at the company?

18. 18

    18. Which meeting would [Name] happily attend one more time?

19. 19

    19. In three words, how would the team describe [Name]?

20. 20

    20. Which office tradition did [Name] start?

Planning the rest of the event? See our retirement party ideas and farewell party ideas. For more quick games with no supplies, try 20 questions or most likely to questions.

Want someone to run this for your team?

A quiz about one person fills 15 minutes. For the rest of the party, a live host can run a Family Feud-style game or a virtual game show for the whole group: teams, a scoreboard and nothing for you to prepare. It suits a farewell, a retirement or a regular team social. Book about 2 weeks ahead, or get a free quote.