Rapid fire questions: 160 quick questions for work and games
160 rapid fire questions you can read out fast, and how to turn them into a game. Quick picks, work, food, travel and fun, all safe for coworkers.
Rapid fire questions are short questions asked back to back, answered with the first thing that comes to mind. That speed is the point: nobody has time to overthink, the answers come out honest and funny, and a whole team can go around in a few minutes. Use these quick questions to open a meeting, warm up a call or run a full rapid fire round at game night.
How to run a rapid fire round
- Set a timer. 30 seconds per person for a meeting opener, 60 seconds for a game round.
- One person asks, one answers. The asker reads questions from a list below as fast as they can. The answerer says the first thing that comes to mind.
- No explaining. One word or one line, then straight to the next question. Stories can wait until after.
- Pause too long and it's a pass. Anything over about three seconds counts as a pass. Anyone can also just say "pass".
- Swap and repeat. The answerer becomes the next asker. In a game, count the answers each person gets through.
How long it takes
- Standup opener: three questions each, about 30 seconds a person.
- Team of 6 to 10: 60 seconds each, about 10 minutes in total.
- Bigger groups: split into pairs or breakout rooms and run rounds at the same time.
- Game night: three rounds of 60 seconds, a different list each round.
Rapid fire on Zoom, Teams or Slack
- On Zoom or Teams, spotlight the person answering so the whole call can watch.
- Try the all-at-once version: the host asks, everyone types an answer in the chat, and the host reads a few out.
- Big call? Breakout rooms of four to six, a list pasted in each room's chat, one timer.
- In Slack or Teams chat, post five quick questions and ask people to answer all five in one reply.
Rapid fire quick picks
This-or-that picks, answered in one word. The easiest start for a new team.
1. Coffee or tea?
2. Early bird or night owl?
3. Beach or mountains?
4. Call or text?
5. Sweet or salty?
6. Cats or dogs?
7. Books or podcasts?
8. Summer or winter?
9. Pancakes or waffles?
10. Text or voice note?
11. Movie at home or in a theater?
12. City or countryside?
13. Sunrise or sunset?
14. Pizza or tacos?
15. Morning workout or evening workout?
16. Board games or video games?
17. Spreadsheet or slide deck?
18. Camera on or camera off?
19. Email or chat?
20. Standing desk or chair?
21. Headphones or speakers?
22. Plan everything or wing it?
23. Chocolate or vanilla?
24. Road trip or flight?
25. Dine in or takeout?
26. Fiction or nonfiction?
27. Paper planner or calendar app?
28. Cake or pie?
29. Comedy or drama?
30. Concert or comedy show?
31. Sneakers or boots?
32. Ketchup or mustard?
Rapid fire questions for work
Light questions about how people work. Nothing that sounds like a performance review.
33. Favorite day of the week?
34. First job you ever had?
35. Best work snack?
36. Ideal meeting length?
37. Favorite app for getting things done?
38. Most productive time of day?
39. Desk plant: yes or no?
40. Best work perk you've ever had?
41. One word for your week?
42. Dream job as a kid?
43. Go-to focus music?
44. Inbox zero or thousands unread?
45. Favorite office supply?
46. Best career advice, in five words?
47. Ideal lunch break?
48. Most-used emoji at work?
49. Favorite way to celebrate a win?
50. A skill you want to learn this year?
51. Best place you've ever worked from?
52. Your coffee order?
53. Most-used keyboard shortcut?
54. How many browser tabs are open right now?
55. Favorite meeting of the week?
56. Best team outing you've been on?
57. Desk: tidy or creative chaos?
58. Your work superpower, in one word?
59. Favorite holiday to celebrate at work?
60. Most useful thing your first job taught you?
61. Ideal number of meetings in a day?
62. Walking meeting or sit-down meeting?
63. Video call background: real or virtual?
64. One thing on your desk you couldn't work without?
Food rapid fire questions
Everyone has strong opinions about food, which makes these the liveliest round.
65. Favorite pizza topping?
66. Pineapple on pizza: yes or no?
67. Best breakfast food?
68. Spiciest thing you've ever eaten?
69. Favorite comfort food?
70. Go-to sandwich?
71. Favorite ice cream flavor?
72. A food you hated as a kid but love now?
73. Best road trip snack?
74. Favorite cuisine?
75. Most overrated food?
76. Most underrated food?
77. Fries: thin or thick?
78. Favorite fruit?
79. Favorite vegetable?
80. Last thing you cooked?
81. Your signature dish?
82. Best dessert?
83. Favorite candy?
84. Milk first or cereal first?
85. Favorite condiment?
86. Coffee: black or with milk?
87. Favorite holiday food?
88. Go-to takeout order?
89. Popcorn: butter or caramel?
90. Favorite soup?
91. A dish you could eat every day for a month?
92. Best food city you've visited?
93. Breakfast for dinner: yes or no?
94. Favorite cheese?
95. Chocolate: dark, milk or white?
96. Favorite drink that isn't coffee?
Travel rapid fire questions
Hometowns and dream trips count, so these work for people who rarely travel too.
97. Dream destination?
98. Window seat or aisle seat?
99. Best trip you've ever taken?
100. Favorite city you've visited?
101. Pack light or pack everything?
102. Beach vacation or city break?
103. Favorite airport snack?
104. Farthest you've been from home?
105. A place you'd go back to tomorrow?
106. Best road trip song?
107. Best souvenir you've brought home?
108. Train, plane or car?
109. Hotel or vacation rental?
110. A country you'd live in for a year?
111. Must-have travel item?
112. Best meal you've had on a trip?
113. Camping or glamping?
114. Favorite park or nature spot?
115. Longest flight you've taken?
116. Sunrise hike or sleep in?
117. Most beautiful place you've seen?
118. Favorite travel memory, in three words?
119. Next trip on your list?
120. Museum or market?
121. A language you'd love to speak?
122. Staycation or vacation?
123. Snow trip or sun trip?
124. First trip you remember?
125. Travel solo or with friends?
126. Favorite spot to show visitors in your hometown?
127. Carry-on only or checked bag?
128. Earliest flight you've ever taken?
Fun rapid fire questions
Pure fun for the last round, or a Friday call.
129. Superpower you'd pick?
130. Favorite movie of all time?
131. Your karaoke song?
132. Last show you binge-watched?
133. Favorite board game?
134. A famous person you'd have lunch with?
135. Hidden talent?
136. Favorite season?
137. Song stuck in your head right now?
138. A fictional character you'd be friends with?
139. Best concert you've been to?
140. Favorite animal?
141. Your pet's name, or your dream pet's name?
142. Favorite holiday?
143. A book you'd recommend to anyone?
144. Favorite cartoon as a kid?
145. Your walk-up song?
146. A game show you'd win?
147. Favorite word?
148. A hobby you'd start if you had time?
149. Best gift you've ever received?
150. Favorite color?
151. First thing you'd buy if you won the lottery?
152. Time travel: past or future?
153. Favorite sport to watch?
154. Your go-to dance move?
155. Funniest movie you've seen?
156. A movie you can quote all of?
157. Favorite smell?
158. Favorite day of the year?
159. Favorite thing about where you live?
160. Last thing that made you laugh out loud?
5 rapid fire games to play at work
Same questions, more competition. Each works in a room or on a call.
1. The 60-second round
One person answers as many questions as they can in 60 seconds while a teammate keeps count. Highest count after everyone has gone wins.
2. Game show buzzer round
Split into two teams. The host fires quick trivia questions and the first person to unmute or raise a hand answers. Wrong answers pass to the other team.
Try it: "How many legs does a spider have?" (8) "What planet is closest to the Sun?" (Mercury)
3. Match the room
The host asks a quick pick and everyone answers in the chat at the same moment. You score a point when your answer matches the most popular one.
4. Last one standing
Go around the group with one question each. Hesitate, repeat an earlier answer or laugh too hard to answer and you're out. Last person in wins.
5. Hot seat sprint
One person takes the seat and the whole group fires questions at them for 60 seconds. Then the seat passes on.
For slower, story-length answers, put one person in the hot seat, or post a question of the day in Slack and let people answer when they have a minute.
Need a different kind of question? Try our yes or no questions, this or that questions and get to know you questions.
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