200 clean never have I ever questions for work
Five fingers up. Done it? Put one down. All 200 statements are small mishaps and good stories you can admit to with your manager in the room.
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Never have I ever is a classic party game, and most lists of never have I ever questions are written for exactly that kind of party. This one is written for a team meeting. The 200 statements below cover work life, remote work, tech fails, food, travel, holidays and childhood, and none of them asks anyone to share something they would rather keep to themselves. They work just as well with friends and family.
How does never have I ever work?
All you need is hands. The rules take five steps.
- Everyone holds up five fingers. Use ten for a longer game. Sit or stand so the whole group can see every hand.
- One person reads a statement. It always starts with “Never have I ever”. Use the deck above or pick a number from the lists below.
- Done it? Put a finger down. If you have done the thing, one finger goes down. If you never have, your hand stays as it is.
- Hear one story. Anyone who put a finger down can tell the story in a sentence or two. Nobody has to.
- Last hand up wins. Take turns reading. The game ends when one person still has a finger up, or after 15 statements, whichever comes first.
On Zoom, Teams or Slack
- Hands on camera: everyone holds five fingers up next to their face, so the whole gallery can see the count.
- Reactions: if cameras are off, people who have done it click a thumbs up or raise a hand. The host calls out how many.
- Chat: everyone who has done it types “me” in the chat. Ask one of them for the story.
- Cameras as lives: start with cameras on, and turn yours off when you run out of fingers. The last face on screen wins.
- In Slack or Teams chat: post one statement a day and ask people to react with an emoji if they have done it.
Four ways to change the game
1. Points instead of fingers
Flip the scoring so doing more things is good. Everyone keeps a tally and scores a point for each statement they have done. The highest score after 20 statements wins the title of most adventurous.
2. Stand up, sit down
For a big room. Everyone sits. Read a statement, and everyone who has done it stands. Nobody keeps score: the fun is seeing who stands with you.
3. Step into the circle
Stand in a circle. Anyone who has done the thing steps in, looks around, and steps back out. Good for a team that sits all day.
4. The only one
Players take turns making up their own statement, trying to name something nobody else in the group has done. Score a point if every hand stays put.
Try: “Never have I ever been to all seven continents.”
A 10-minute never have I ever game for a team meeting
A script you can run as written. It fits ten statements, a handful of stories and a winner into the first ten minutes of a meeting.
- Minute 0 to 1: set it up. Say: “Five fingers up. If you've done it, put one down. Nobody has to explain anything.” Read the house rules below once.
- Minutes 1 to 8: ten statements. Read one about every 40 seconds. Start with two from Work life, then two from Tech fails, then six from any other set. After each, ask one person with a finger down for a one-sentence story.
- Minutes 8 to 9: find the winner. Whoever has the most fingers up wins. Ties share the title. Clap, and don't ask the winner to explain what they haven't done.
- Minute 9 to 10: close. Ask everyone to type one word in the chat, or say it out loud: which statement surprised you most? Then start the meeting.
House rules to read out first
- No explaining required. A finger goes down, and that is the whole answer unless the person wants to say more.
- Anyone can pass on any statement by keeping their hand still. Nobody checks.
- Stories are offered, never requested twice. If someone says “long story”, move on.
- Stick to the lists, or to statements in the same spirit: small mishaps and good experiences. Nothing about health, money, relationships or rule-breaking.
- The reader can skip any card without saying why.
- What comes up stays light. Nobody brings an answer back later to tease.
75 never have I ever questions for work
Three sets about the job itself: office life, working from home and the technology that gets the better of all of us.
Work life
Office moments nearly everyone has had at least once.
1. Never have I ever sent an email without the attachment.
2. Never have I ever walked into the wrong meeting room.
3. Never have I ever said good morning at three in the afternoon.
4. Never have I ever left my packed lunch on the kitchen counter at home.
5. Never have I ever waved at a coworker who turned out to be a stranger.
6. Never have I ever gotten lost in my own office building.
7. Never have I ever printed something and never picked it up.
8. Never have I ever named a file “final” and then saved a “final 2”.
9. Never have I ever left the office still wearing my name badge.
10. Never have I ever booked a meeting room just for the whiteboard.
11. Never have I ever brought in donuts for no reason.
12. Never have I ever won a prize in a work raffle.
13. Never have I ever memorized a coworker's coffee order.
14. Never have I ever decorated my desk for a holiday.
15. Never have I ever eaten cake at work twice in one day.
16. Never have I ever clicked to the next slide too early.
17. Never have I ever written a task on my list just to cross it off.
18. Never have I ever organized a team outing.
19. Never have I ever been the first person in the office.
20. Never have I ever had a favorite mug at work.
21. Never have I ever spilled coffee on my keyboard.
22. Never have I ever locked myself out of my computer on a Monday.
23. Never have I ever shown up dressed the same as a coworker.
24. Never have I ever performed in a company talent show.
25. Never have I ever kept a snack drawer at my desk.
Remote work
For teams that have seen each other's kitchens.
26. Never have I ever worn slippers on a video call.
27. Never have I ever worked from the couch all day.
28. Never have I ever had a pet walk across my keyboard.
29. Never have I ever had a delivery arrive in the middle of my presentation.
30. Never have I ever taken a meeting from my car.
31. Never have I ever worked in a different time zone from my team.
32. Never have I ever eaten lunch during a video call.
33. Never have I ever used a virtual background to hide the room behind me.
34. Never have I ever forgotten what day of the week it was.
35. Never have I ever gone a whole workday without stepping outside.
36. Never have I ever had a family member wander into my video call.
37. Never have I ever turned a closet into a home office.
38. Never have I ever rearranged my bookshelf for the camera.
39. Never have I ever gone for a walk during a call.
40. Never have I ever worked from a public library.
41. Never have I ever answered a message before my first coffee.
42. Never have I ever kept a blanket at my desk.
43. Never have I ever met a teammate in person after a year of video calls.
44. Never have I ever recognized a coworker by their voice before their face.
45. Never have I ever lost my internet at the worst possible moment.
46. Never have I ever bought something just to improve my video call setup.
47. Never have I ever done laundry between meetings.
48. Never have I ever said “you go ahead” at the same time as someone else.
49. Never have I ever been the last one left on a call without noticing.
50. Never have I ever used a stack of books as a laptop stand.
Tech fails
Proof that it happens to everyone, including the person who runs IT.
51. Never have I ever replied to an email that was years old.
52. Never have I ever asked “can you hear me?” three times in a row.
53. Never have I ever shared the wrong screen.
54. Never have I ever emailed myself a reminder.
55. Never have I ever forgotten a password I set five minutes earlier.
56. Never have I ever typed a whole message with caps lock on.
57. Never have I ever closed a tab I needed and never found it again.
58. Never have I ever hunted for the tab that was playing music.
59. Never have I ever fixed a tech problem by turning it off and on again.
60. Never have I ever dropped my phone on my face.
61. Never have I ever looked for my phone while I was holding it.
62. Never have I ever sent a voice-to-text message that made no sense.
63. Never have I ever had autocorrect change a coworker's name.
64. Never have I ever printed 50 copies when I wanted 5.
65. Never have I ever joined a call on two devices and caused an echo.
66. Never have I ever frozen on a video call with a strange expression.
67. Never have I ever reacted to a serious message with the wrong emoji.
68. Never have I ever left a video filter on by mistake.
69. Never have I ever waved goodbye on a call and then couldn't find the leave button.
70. Never have I ever argued with a voice assistant.
71. Never have I ever saved a file and never seen it again.
72. Never have I ever unplugged the wrong cable.
73. Never have I ever let my laptop battery run out in the middle of a meeting.
74. Never have I ever searched online for how to do something I've done a hundred times.
75. Never have I ever taken a video call with the camera pointed at the ceiling.
75 funny never have I ever questions
Nothing here is embarrassing. It's the small stuff that makes a whole room say “wait, you too?”
Harmless confessions
The funniest set. Small, silly things people do when they think nobody is looking.
76. Never have I ever rehearsed a conversation in the shower.
77. Never have I ever named a household appliance.
78. Never have I ever kept a gift card until it expired.
79. Never have I ever clapped at the end of a movie.
80. Never have I ever bought a book and never opened it.
81. Never have I ever bought all the gear for a hobby and tried it once.
82. Never have I ever watched a whole season of a show in one weekend.
83. Never have I ever put my keys in the fridge.
84. Never have I ever left the house in two different shoes.
85. Never have I ever answered someone who was talking into their headphones.
86. Never have I ever apologized to a piece of furniture I bumped into.
87. Never have I ever had one song stuck in my head for a week.
88. Never have I ever taken a selfie with a statue.
89. Never have I ever started telling a story and forgotten the ending.
90. Never have I ever practiced my signature.
91. Never have I ever looked something up mid-conversation to prove I was right.
92. Never have I ever set five alarms for one morning.
93. Never have I ever finished a jigsaw puzzle and found one piece missing.
94. Never have I ever gone to the store for one thing and come home with ten.
95. Never have I ever hummed along to hold music.
96. Never have I ever stood in the wrong line for ten minutes.
97. Never have I ever used a made-up name for a coffee order.
98. Never have I ever done a victory dance over a parking spot.
99. Never have I ever said thank you to an automatic door.
100. Never have I ever held a door for someone who was much too far away.
Food
Good before lunch. Expect strong opinions about cereal.
101. Never have I ever argued about whether a hot dog is a sandwich.
102. Never have I ever burned the toast and eaten it anyway.
103. Never have I ever eaten cold pizza for breakfast.
104. Never have I ever cooked a meal for more than ten people.
105. Never have I ever followed a recipe and ended up with something else entirely.
106. Never have I ever tried a dish I couldn't pronounce.
107. Never have I ever made pasta from scratch.
108. Never have I ever taken a photo of my food before eating it.
109. Never have I ever entered a chili cook-off.
110. Never have I ever set off the smoke alarm while cooking.
111. Never have I ever eaten something on a stick at a fair.
112. Never have I ever used chopsticks for a whole meal.
113. Never have I ever grown my own herbs.
114. Never have I ever taken a cooking class.
115. Never have I ever eaten cereal for dinner.
116. Never have I ever ordered the same thing at a restaurant for years.
117. Never have I ever loved a food I refused to eat as a kid.
118. Never have I ever eaten cookie dough straight from the bowl.
119. Never have I ever eaten dessert first.
120. Never have I ever picked one flavor out of a bag of mixed candy.
121. Never have I ever asked a restaurant for the recipe.
122. Never have I ever eaten lunch before 11 am.
123. Never have I ever brought the same lunch every day for a week.
124. Never have I ever decorated a cake that looked nothing like the picture.
125. Never have I ever reheated fish in the office microwave.
Holidays
For the holiday party, the last meeting of the year or any week with a long weekend in it.
126. Never have I ever regifted a present.
127. Never have I ever finished my holiday shopping before December.
128. Never have I ever wrapped a gift in newspaper.
129. Never have I ever worn a holiday sweater on purpose.
130. Never have I ever fallen asleep before midnight on New Year's Eve.
131. Never have I ever kept a New Year's resolution all year.
132. Never have I ever carved a pumpkin.
133. Never have I ever dressed up a pet for Halloween.
134. Never have I ever run out of candy on Halloween.
135. Never have I ever hosted Thanksgiving dinner.
136. Never have I ever watched the same holiday movie every single year.
137. Never have I ever built a snowman taller than me.
138. Never have I ever mailed my holiday cards in January.
139. Never have I ever left the decorations up until spring.
140. Never have I ever won a costume contest.
141. Never have I ever baked for a cookie swap.
142. Never have I ever drawn my own name in a gift exchange.
143. Never have I ever guessed a present before I opened it.
144. Never have I ever traveled on the busiest travel day of the year.
145. Never have I ever built a gingerbread house that collapsed.
146. Never have I ever gone ice skating.
147. Never have I ever sung along to a holiday song in a store.
148. Never have I ever untangled a string of lights for an hour.
149. Never have I ever forgotten where I hid a gift.
150. Never have I ever bought myself a gift while shopping for other people.
50 never have I ever game questions about travel and childhood
The best sets for new teams, mixed ages and family gatherings, because they have nothing to do with work.
Travel
These start the longest stories, so save them for when you have time.
151. Never have I ever packed for a trip an hour before leaving.
152. Never have I ever waited at the wrong gate.
153. Never have I ever slept through an entire flight.
154. Never have I ever taken an overnight train.
155. Never have I ever been upgraded on a flight.
156. Never have I ever gotten on a bus going the wrong way.
157. Never have I ever missed my stop because I was reading.
158. Never have I ever been on a road trip longer than ten hours.
159. Never have I ever visited a country where I didn't speak the language.
160. Never have I ever traveled for a week with only a carry-on.
161. Never have I ever slept in a hammock.
162. Never have I ever loved a guided tour.
163. Never have I ever posed for the tourist photo everyone takes.
164. Never have I ever sat next to a stranger on a plane and made a friend.
165. Never have I ever spent a night on a boat.
166. Never have I ever lost my luggage and gotten it back.
167. Never have I ever found my way with a paper map.
168. Never have I ever driven on the other side of the road.
169. Never have I ever been somewhere with no phone signal at all.
170. Never have I ever gone back to the same vacation spot three times.
171. Never have I ever ordered in another language and gotten a surprise.
172. Never have I ever seen the northern lights.
173. Never have I ever left a phone charger in a hotel room.
174. Never have I ever watched three movies on one flight.
175. Never have I ever hiked to the top of a mountain.
Childhood
Easy for new teams: everyone was a kid once, and nobody has to talk about work.
176. Never have I ever built a blanket fort.
177. Never have I ever had an imaginary friend.
178. Never have I ever been in a school play.
179. Never have I ever entered a spelling bee.
180. Never have I ever run a lemonade stand.
181. Never have I ever climbed a tree and gotten stuck.
182. Never have I ever kept a diary with a lock.
183. Never have I ever collected stickers, trading cards or rocks.
184. Never have I ever played an instrument in the school band.
185. Never have I ever had a pet hamster.
186. Never have I ever read under the covers with a flashlight.
187. Never have I ever worn a costume to school.
188. Never have I ever built a volcano for a science fair.
189. Never have I ever gone to summer camp.
190. Never have I ever had a treehouse.
191. Never have I ever been a team captain.
192. Never have I ever put a message in a bottle.
193. Never have I ever memorized every line of a movie as a kid.
194. Never have I ever invented a secret handshake.
195. Never have I ever passed a note in class.
196. Never have I ever buried a time capsule.
197. Never have I ever had a nickname that stuck for years.
198. Never have I ever kicked a ball over the neighbor's fence.
199. Never have I ever played the floor is lava.
200. Never have I ever hidden so well in hide and seek that the game ended without me.
These statements also make good squares for a find-someone-who card. Our icebreaker bingo generator builds printable cards in a click.
30 have you ever questions
Same idea, asked straight. Use these one on one or around a table when you want the story more than the game.
1. Have you ever met someone with exactly your name?
2. Have you ever won a trophy?
3. Have you ever been in a newspaper?
4. Have you ever taught a class?
5. Have you ever ridden in a hot air balloon?
6. Have you ever seen a whale in the wild?
7. Have you ever gone a whole week without your phone?
8. Have you ever written a letter to your future self?
9. Have you ever learned a magic trick?
10. Have you ever fostered or rescued an animal?
11. Have you ever been in the audience for a TV show?
12. Have you ever run into someone you know in another country?
13. Have you ever built something you still use?
14. Have you ever seen your favorite band live?
15. Have you ever volunteered at a big event?
16. Have you ever been the only person in a movie theater?
17. Have you ever caught a fish?
18. Have you ever finished a book in one sitting?
19. Have you ever milked a cow?
20. Have you ever taken a dance class?
21. Have you ever flown in a helicopter?
22. Have you ever started a club?
23. Have you ever found a four-leaf clover?
24. Have you ever sung a solo?
25. Have you ever made something you wore in public?
26. Have you ever been on a zip line?
27. Have you ever fixed up something old, like a bike or a chair?
28. Have you ever swapped jobs with someone for a day?
29. Have you ever watched a meteor shower?
30. Have you ever been snowed in?
For 150 more closed questions, see our yes or no questions. Other games that get a team talking: most likely to questions, two truths and a lie and 35 get to know you games.
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