Question games: 20 fun games to play with friends or your team

20 question games at a glance

Pick by group size, time and whether you're on a video call. Every game links to its card below.

Quick question games for a meeting opener

Five to ten minutes, no prep, and everyone answers. Play one, then start the agenda.

1. 1. Rapid Fire

   Short questions, instant answers, no explaining.

   3 to 30 players · 5 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. The host asks one person a quick question; they answer in under three seconds.
   2. No follow-ups and no explaining: the answer stands and the host moves on.
   3. Go around once with one question each, or put one volunteer through ten in a row.

   Try these questions

   • Best snack for a long meeting?
   • A song you never skip?
   • The best kind of weather for a day off?
   • A city you'd move to tomorrow?
   • The most useful app on your phone?

   Tip: Keep every question about things, places and opinions, never about people in the room.

   More: Rapid fire questions

2. 2. This or That

   Two options, everyone picks one at the same time.

   Any number of players · 5 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. Read two options out loud.
   2. Everyone picks at once: a hand for the first, two hands for the second, or a reaction in the chat.
   3. Ask one person from each side why, then read the next pair.

   Try these questions

   • Notebook or notes app?
   • Sticky notes or a whiteboard?
   • Window desk or quiet corner desk?
   • Headphones on or office background noise?
   • Sunday reset or Monday fresh start?

   Tip: Simultaneous voting means nobody waits to see what the manager picks.

   More: 100 this or that questions

3. 3. Answer in One Word

   Big questions, one-word answers, then one story.

   3 to 15 players · 5 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. Ask a question that would normally get a long answer.
   2. Everyone replies with exactly one word, out loud in turn or all at once in the chat.
   3. Pick the most surprising word and ask its owner for the 20-second story behind it.

   Try these questions

   • What one word sums up your week so far?
   • What one word describes your very first job?
   • What one word would you put on our team flag?
   • What one word describes a perfect Friday afternoon?
   • What one word would you use for the last book or show you finished?

   Tip: The story is optional: anyone can keep their word mysterious.

4. 4. Would You Rather

   Two odd choices, a vote and a 15-second defense.

   Any number of players · 5 to 10 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. Read a would you rather question.
   2. Everyone votes at once with a poll, reactions or a show of hands.
   3. One person from each side gets 15 seconds to defend their pick, then re-vote.

   Try these questions

   • Would you rather have a desk on a train or a desk on a boat?
   • Would you rather learn juggling in a day or whistling with two fingers in an hour?
   • Would you rather have a robot that makes your bed or one that answers your doorbell?
   • Would you rather get one extra hour of sleep a night or one extra day off a month?
   • Would you rather swap jobs with a zookeeper or a museum curator for a week?

   Tip: Absurd beats personal: hypothetical choices keep it light for everyone.

   More: 150 funny would you rather questions

Question games for big groups and parties

Games that work with a full room or a long video grid, where one answer gets the whole group laughing.

1. 5. Two Truths and a Lie

   Three statements about yourself, and one of them is false.

   4 to 25 players · 20 to 30 min · prep: 1 min to think · works on video

   1. Each person shares three short statements about themselves: two true, one made up.
   2. Everyone else votes on which one is the lie.
   3. Reveal it; score a point for every right guess, or one for everyone you fooled.

   Statement ideas

   • I once had a summer job at a place you'd never guess.
   • I once got lost inside a museum for two hours.
   • I've been on a stage in front of more than a hundred people.
   • I learned to cook one dish from a grandparent's handwritten card.
   • I've visited a country where I didn't speak a word of the language.

   Tip: Ask for true facts people are happy to share: hobbies, places and odd skills.

   More: Two truths and a lie: rules and ideas

2. 6. Most Likely To

   Read a prompt; everyone points at, or types, the person who fits it best.

   6 to 30 players · 10 to 15 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. Read a prompt that starts with who's most likely to.
   2. On three, everyone points or types one name in the chat.
   3. The person with the most votes gets ten seconds to accept or appeal.

   Try these prompts

   • Who's most likely to bring snacks nobody else has heard of?
   • Who's most likely to know a shortcut to every room in the building?
   • Who's most likely to fix the printer without reading the manual?
   • Who's most likely to plan the team trip down to the minute?
   • Who's most likely to start a book club and actually finish the book?

   Tip: Use only prompts anyone would be glad to win, and let people sit a round out.

   More: Most likely to questions

3. 7. Never Have I Ever (work edition)

   Everyone starts with five fingers up and lowers one for each thing they've done.

   5 to 30 players · 10 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. Everyone holds up five fingers, or starts on five points.
   2. Read a never have I ever line; anyone who has done it lowers a finger.
   3. Last person with a finger up wins. Nobody has to explain anything.

   Try these lines

   • Never have I ever talked for a full minute on mute.
   • Never have I ever worn slippers to a video meeting.
   • Never have I ever nodded along to an acronym I didn't know.
   • Never have I ever reset the same password twice in one day.
   • Never have I ever posted in the wrong channel and hoped nobody saw.

   Tip: Keep it to harmless work moments. Skip anything about money, drinking or relationships.

   More: Never have I ever questions

4. 8. The Question Game (questions only)

   A conversation where every line must be a question. Answer with a statement and you lose the point.

   2 or more players · 5 to 10 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. Pick a topic. The first player asks a question; the other replies with a question that follows on.
   2. A statement, a long pause, a repeat, a rhetorical question or an unrelated question is a foul, and the other player scores.
   3. First to three points wins the game. For a group, two lines face each other and whoever fouls goes to the back.

   Opening questions to serve

   • Did you hear that strange noise from the supply closet?
   • Why is the coffee always gone by ten?
   • Who moved the plant from the reception desk?
   • Are we still meeting in the room with the broken blinds?
   • What should we name the new office printer?

   Tip: Pick a silly topic (the office plant, a missing stapler) so nobody has to answer anything real.

5. 9. Question Ball

   Toss a ball covered in questions and answer the one under your thumb.

   5 to 20 players · 10 to 15 min · prep: a beach ball and a marker · in person

   1. Write 20 to 30 questions all over an inflatable beach ball.
   2. Toss it around the circle. Whoever catches it answers the question under their right thumb.
   3. They toss it on. No repeats: if the same question comes up, use the left thumb.

   Try these questions

   • What's the best thing you've ever built with your hands?
   • What's a talent nobody here knows you have?
   • Which museum could you happily spend a whole day in?
   • What's the strangest food you've tried and liked?
   • What's the nicest compliment a stranger has given you?

   Tip: Write the questions yourself so you know every one is safe to land on.

Question games for video calls and group chats

Built for Zoom, Teams, Slack or a group text, including games that run all day in the background.

1. 10. The Text Question Game

   One question a day in the group chat or a Slack thread.

   2 to 50 players · All day, in the background · prep: none · by text or chat

   1. Post one question in the group chat or a team channel in the morning.
   2. Everyone answers whenever they like before the end of the day.
   3. The best answer, by emoji vote, picks tomorrow's question.

   Try these questions

   • What song has been stuck in your head this week?
   • What's the best thing you ate this weekend?
   • What's one app you'd recommend to everyone in this chat?
   • What's on your lunch plate today, in three words?
   • What's the view from where you're sitting right now, in five words?

   Tip: Nobody has to answer; a quiet day in the thread is fine.

   More: Games to play over text

2. 11. 21 Questions

   Twenty-one open questions, asked one at a time, to get to know each other.

   2 to 6 players · 15 to 20 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. Agree on the format first: one person asks all 21, or you take turns.
   2. Answer honestly; each player can pass three times.
   3. Stop at 21. Each player names the answer that surprised them most.

   Try these questions

   • What's a hobby you'd pick up if you had a free month?
   • Which trip would you happily repeat exactly as it was?
   • Which fictional place would you visit for a weekend?
   • What's a small win from this week?
   • What's a habit you're proud you've kept?

   Tip: There's no official rule set, so say the pass rule out loud before you start.

3. 12. Story Chain Questions

   Build a ridiculous story where every turn ends in a new question.

   4 to 12 players · 10 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. The first person asks a question that starts a story.
   2. The next person answers it in one sentence, then asks a new question that follows on.
   3. Keep going in a fixed order until the story ends or someone laughs too hard to talk.

   Story openers

   • Why is there a llama waiting in the lobby?
   • Who left a treasure map in the printer tray?
   • What was inside the box that arrived with no label?
   • Why is the elevator playing jazz backward?
   • How did the office plant end up on the roof?

   Tip: On video, post the speaking order in the chat so nobody talks over each other.

Question games for deeper conversation

Slower games for a small group that wants to get to know each other, from light questions to real stories.

1. 13. Hot Seat

   One person, two minutes, as many questions as the group can ask.

   4 to 20 players · 10 to 15 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. One volunteer takes the hot seat for two minutes.
   2. Everyone else asks quick questions; the person in the seat can pass twice.
   3. Swap until everyone who wants a turn has had one.

   Try these questions

   • What's a skill you taught yourself from videos?
   • Which app would you delete last?
   • What's your go-to order at a diner?
   • What's a hobby you dropped and might pick back up?
   • What's your most-used emoji, and what does it mean when you send it?

   Tip: Volunteers only, and the person in the seat can end their turn early.

   More: Hot seat questions and rules

2. 14. Question Ladder (three levels)

   Climb from light questions to opinions to real stories, one level at a time.

   2 to 8 players · 20 to 30 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. Level 1 is light, level 2 is opinions, level 3 is reflection.
   2. Everyone answers one question at a level before the group climbs to the next.
   3. Anyone can stay on a lower level for a round; nobody is pushed up.

   Try these (two at level 1, two at level 2, one at level 3)

   • What snack do you always keep within reach?
   • Which season suits you best, and why?
   • What's one work habit you'd recommend to everyone?
   • What's a skill you'd like to have a year from now?
   • Who taught you something that still shapes how you work?

   Tip: Level 3 works best in small groups of people who already know each other a little.

3. 15. Desert Island

   Everyone's stranded together; each round asks for one pick.

   3 to 15 players · 10 to 15 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. Set the scene: the team is stranded on a desert island for a month.
   2. Ask a question; everyone answers with one pick and one sentence of defense.
   3. After five rounds, vote on who'd survive longest.

   Try these questions

   • Which three tools would you bring to build a shelter?
   • Which skill from your job would help most on the island?
   • Which song would you be happy to hear on repeat for a month?
   • What food would you most want to wash up on the beach?
   • Which everyday gadget would you miss the most?

   Tip: Keep it about the island, not about who on the team you'd leave behind.

4. 16. One Must Go

   Read three or four things; everyone gets rid of one forever.

   3 to 20 players · 10 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. Read a list of three or four items from one category.
   2. Everyone names the one that must go, all at once.
   3. Compare picks and let the odd one out make their case.

   Try these lists

   • Pens, highlighters, sticky notes, paper clips: one must go.
   • Waffles, crepes, French toast, bagels: one must go.
   • Board games, card games, puzzles, video games: one must go.
   • Elevators, escalators, moving walkways, revolving doors: one must go.
   • Spring cleaning, fall leaves, winter snow, summer heat: one must go.

   Tip: Use objects, foods and habits, never people or teams.

   More: One has to go questions

Question and answer games with right answers

Quiz-style games where there is a correct answer and a winner. Answers sit under each question.

1. 17. 20 Questions

   One person thinks of a thing; everyone else gets 20 yes-or-no questions to guess it.

   2 to 20 players · 10 min · prep: none · works on video

   1. One player thinks of an object, animal or place and says which of the three it is.
   2. Everyone else asks yes-or-no questions, 20 in total, and can guess at any time.
   3. Guess it within 20 and the askers win; otherwise the thinker does.

   Strong first questions

   • Would I find it in a normal office?
   • Could it fit in a backpack?
   • Does it need electricity to work?
   • Would most people own at least one?
   • Has it been around for more than a hundred years?

   Tip: Say the category up front so new players aren't lost on question one.

   More: 20 questions game with a free dealer

2. 18. Who Am I?

   A name on your back that everyone can see but you.

   4 to 30 players · 15 min · prep: sticky notes and a pen · in person

   1. Write a well-known character, animal or object on a sticky note and stick it on each player's back.
   2. Mingle and ask other players yes-or-no questions about your own note.
   3. Guess right and move your note to your front; play until everyone knows who they are.

   Good questions to ask

   • Am I a character from a book or a movie?
   • Would I be found in a kitchen?
   • Am I bigger than a car?
   • Could I be a pet?
   • Am I known for being funny?

   Tip: Use characters, animals and objects rather than real people, so nobody is stuck on a name they don't know.

3. 19. Trivia Lightning Round

   Ten fast questions, 15 seconds each, teams write their answers.

   4 to 50 players · 10 min · prep: a list of 10 questions · works on video

   1. Split into teams of three to five, each with a scorekeeper.
   2. The host reads ten questions, 15 seconds each, with no repeats.
   3. Swap answer sheets, read the answers and mark each other's.

   Try these questions

   • How many sides does a hexagon have?

     Six

   • What shape is a standard stop sign?

     An octagon

   • How many players from one team are on a soccer field at once?

     Eleven, including the goalkeeper

   • How many degrees are in a right angle?

     90

   • Which gas do plants take in from the air to make their food?

     Carbon dioxide

   Tip: Mix easy and hard questions so every team scores something.

   More: Trivia questions with answers

4. 20. Fact or Fiction

   The host reads a claim; everyone votes fact or fiction.

   Any number of players · 10 min · prep: a list of statements · works on video

   1. Read one statement out loud.
   2. Everyone votes at once: thumbs up for fact, thumbs down for fiction.
   3. Reveal the answer with one line of why; a point for every right vote.

   Statements to read

   • A koala is a type of bear.

     Fiction. Koalas are marsupials, carrying their young in a pouch like kangaroos.

   • Very old windows are thicker at the bottom because glass slowly flows downward.

     Fiction. Old panes were uneven when made, and builders often set the thick edge at the bottom.

   • Venus spins in the opposite direction to Earth.

     Fact. Venus rotates backward compared with most planets, so the Sun rises in the west there.

   • A live Maine lobster is usually bright red before it is cooked.

     Fiction. Live Maine lobsters are usually a dark greenish brown; a naturally red one is very rare. Cooking turns the shell red.

   • The Eiffel Tower gets a little taller on hot summer days.

     Fact. Its iron expands in the heat, so on the hottest days it can stand roughly 10 to 15 centimeters taller than in winter.

   Tip: Add one statement about your own office to finish, like how many floors the building has.

   More: True or false questions

Want a longer quiz? Our trivia questions come with answers by category.

20 questions for the question game

For the take-turns version: each person asks one, everyone answers, and you can pass once a round. They start light and get more thoughtful.

1. 1

   1. What's something you're weirdly good at?

2. 2

   2. What's the best thing you've bought for under ten minutes of thought?

3. 3

   3. Which decade's music would you pick if you could only hear one?

4. 4

   4. What's a rule you follow that nobody taught you?

5. 5

   5. What's the most interesting place you've ever been lost?

6. 6

   6. What would your perfect lazy Sunday include, hour by hour?

7. 7

   7. Which sound instantly puts you in a good mood?

8. 8

   8. What's a food pairing you'll defend to anyone?

9. 9

   9. What's the last thing you changed your mind about?

10. 10

    10. If you ran a tiny shop, what would it sell?

11. 11

    11. What's a small luxury you'd never give up?

12. 12

    12. Who in history would you most like to interview, and what's your first question?

13. 13

    13. What's a project you started for fun that got out of hand?

14. 14

    14. What's one thing on your to-learn list that you keep putting off?

15. 15

    15. What did you spend way too much time on as a teenager?

16. 16

    16. Which fictional family would you happily join for a holiday dinner?

17. 17

    17. What's the most useful thing you learned outside of school?

18. 18

    18. What's a tradition you'd start if you were in charge of everything?

19. 19

    19. What's the best surprise you've ever planned or received?

20. 20

    20. What's something you hope people say about you when you're not in the room?

Need more? Our get to know you questions and ice breakers have hundreds sorted by situation.

House rules for any question game

• Anyone can pass on any question, no reason needed, and the game moves on.
• Ask about things, places, opinions and stories, not money, health, relationships or politics.
• Vote all at once (hands, chat or reactions) so nobody waits to see what the boss picks.
• Stop while people are still laughing: ten good minutes beat thirty tired ones.

Want a host to run the questions?

For a team event, a live host runs a full quiz or game show while everyone plays. See our virtual game shows and virtual trivia, or get a free quote. Book about 2 weeks ahead, and earlier for December, when dates fill first. Teams split across time zones can play in two sessions.