150 yes or no questions for work, fun and getting to know people
Funny, work, food, travel and thoughtful yes or no questions anyone can answer in one second. Plus four quick games that use them.
Yes and no questions are the fastest icebreaker there is: nobody has to think of an answer, and the whole room can reply at once with a hand, a thumbs up or a poll. The fun comes after, when you ask one yes to tell the story. Every question below is safe to ask coworkers.
Funny yes or no questions
Small confessions everyone can laugh at. Most of the room will answer yes, which is the joke.
1. Have you ever waved back at someone who was waving at the person behind you?
2. Have you ever pushed a door that clearly said pull?
3. Do you sing in the car when you're alone?
4. Have you ever said “you too” when a server told you to enjoy your meal?
5. Have you ever walked into a room and forgotten why you went in?
6. Have you ever laughed at a joke you didn't get?
7. Do you rehearse phone calls before you make them?
8. Have you ever sent a text to the wrong person?
9. Do you talk to your houseplants?
10. Have you ever given your car a name?
11. Do you hit snooze more than twice most mornings?
12. Have you ever lost your car in a parking lot?
13. Do you keep a drawer full of cables you can't identify?
14. Have you ever cried at a commercial?
15. Do you sleep with socks on?
16. Have you ever faked knowing the words to a song?
17. Do you dance while you cook?
18. Have you ever worn a shirt inside out all day without noticing?
19. Can you whistle?
20. Do you narrate your day in your head?
21. Have you ever tripped on a perfectly flat floor?
22. Do you read the last page of a book first?
23. Have you ever hidden in a store aisle to avoid small talk?
24. Is a hot dog a sandwich?
25. Have you ever been caught talking to yourself?
Yes or no questions about work
Habits, meetings and inbox crimes. Good for a stand-up or the first five minutes of a team meeting.
26. Do you check email before you get out of bed?
27. Have you ever talked for a full minute on a video call while muted?
28. Do you keep your camera on in most meetings?
29. Do you work better with music on?
30. Have you ever spotted a typo one second after hitting send?
31. Do you plan tomorrow before you log off today?
32. Have you ever hit reply all by accident?
33. Do you have more than 20 browser tabs open right now?
34. Do you do your best work before lunch?
35. Would you take a four-day week with longer days?
36. Do you prefer a quick call over a long email thread?
37. Have you ever forgotten someone's name right after they told you?
38. Do you keep a paper to-do list?
39. Is your desk tidy right now?
40. Have you ever worked from a coffee shop for a whole day?
41. Do you eat lunch at your desk most days?
42. Do you read the agenda before every meeting?
43. Have you ever answered emails during a meeting?
44. Do you prefer a quiet office to a busy one?
45. Have you ever mentored someone at work?
46. Would you swap jobs with a teammate for a day?
47. Do you have a favorite emoji reaction in chat?
48. Have you ever finished a project ahead of schedule?
49. Should every meeting have an agenda?
50. Have you ever learned a new skill just for one project?
Get to know you yes or no questions
Quick facts that start real conversations. Ask the yes-sayers for the story behind it.
51. Do you have a nickname most people here don't know?
52. Were you born in the city you live in now?
53. Can you play a musical instrument?
54. Do you speak more than one language?
55. Have you ever lived in another country?
56. Are you a morning person?
57. Have you ever met someone famous?
58. Do you have a pet?
59. Have you ever run a 5K?
60. Do you collect anything?
61. Have you ever been on TV or the radio?
62. Are you the planner in your friend group?
63. Do you still use your first email address?
64. Have you ever performed on a stage?
65. Do you have a favorite sports team?
66. Have you ever grown your own vegetables?
67. Do you read more than one book at a time?
68. Have you ever built a piece of furniture from scratch?
69. Did you have a job in high school?
70. Have you ever won a contest?
71. Would your friends call you competitive?
72. Do you enjoy jigsaw puzzles?
73. Can you juggle?
74. Do you play board games for fun?
75. Have you ever had a pen pal?
Yes or no questions about food
The safest debates at work. Expect strong opinions about pineapple.
76. Does pineapple belong on pizza?
77. Do you eat breakfast every day?
78. Do you like spicy food?
79. Have you ever eaten dessert first?
80. Can you cook one dish without a recipe?
81. Do you drink coffee every day?
82. Do you put ketchup on eggs?
83. Have you ever tried sushi?
84. Do you eat the crust on your sandwich?
85. Have you ever dipped fries in a milkshake?
86. Do you save the best bite for last?
87. Have you ever baked bread from scratch?
88. Do you like cilantro?
89. Do you eat leftovers for breakfast?
90. Is chocolate ice cream better than vanilla?
91. Do you read a restaurant's menu online before you go?
92. Have you ever sent a dish back at a restaurant?
93. Would you eat the same lunch every day if it were free?
94. Do you pour the milk before the cereal?
95. Would you try a cooked insect if someone else went first?
Yes or no questions about travel and weekends
Good on a Monday or a Friday, when everyone's head is half out the door anyway.
96. Do you pick the window seat when you fly?
97. Have you ever traveled somewhere on your own?
98. Do you pack the night before a trip?
99. Have you ever missed a flight or a train?
100. Do you like road trips?
101. Have you ever been camping?
102. Do you plan every day of a vacation?
103. Have you ever visited a national park?
104. Do you buy souvenirs?
105. Have you ever swum in an ocean?
106. Do you sleep in on weekends?
107. Do you have a Saturday morning routine?
108. Have you ever taken a spontaneous day trip?
109. Do you try street food when you travel?
110. Have you ever been to a music festival?
111. Do you prefer the beach to the mountains?
112. Have you ever seen snow fall?
113. Do you take more than 100 photos on a vacation?
114. Have you ever watched a sunrise on purpose?
115. Would you book a trip without knowing the destination?
Hypothetical yes or no questions
Would you, or wouldn't you? One-word answers, then let people defend them.
116. Would you go to space if someone offered you a free seat?
117. Would you want to know how a movie ends before you watch it?
118. Would you live on a boat?
119. Would you want to be famous?
120. Would you eat the same dinner every night for a year to never cook again?
121. Would you swap homes with a stranger for a month?
122. Would you want a robot that does all your chores?
123. Would you want to read minds?
124. Would you go back to high school for one week?
125. Would you give up your phone for a month for a free vacation?
126. Would you want to know what your pet is thinking?
127. Could you go a full day without your phone?
128. Would you work on a cruise ship for a year?
129. Would you try a new hobby every month for a year?
130. Would you want to live in a different decade?
131. Would you go on a reality TV cooking show?
132. Would you send a clone to your meetings?
133. Could you live without the internet for a week?
134. Would you take a free trip if you had to leave tomorrow?
135. Would you want to live to 150?
Thoughtful yes or no questions
A yes or no that's worth a follow-up. Save these for smaller groups who already know each other a bit.
136. Are first impressions usually right?
137. Is it ever OK to break a small promise?
138. Does luck matter as much as hard work?
139. Do you find it easy to ask for help?
140. Have you ever changed your mind about something big?
141. Is kindness a sign of strength?
142. Would your 10-year-old self like the job you have now?
143. Do you need a plan before you start something new?
144. Is it better to be a specialist than a generalist?
145. Does failure teach more than success?
146. Do you keep in touch with friends from school?
147. Would you choose a job you love over one that pays more?
148. Are you the same person at work and at home?
149. Should everyone learn to cook in school?
150. Is boredom good for you?
4 yes or no games to play with a team
Each game uses the questions for yes or no above and works in a conference room or on a video call, with no other prep.
1. Stand up, sit down
Read a question. Everyone who would answer yes stands up (on a video call, raise a hand or turn your camera thumb up). Ask one yes and one no for a 20-second story, then read the next.
Try it with: Have you ever met someone famous?
2. Guess the room
Before a question is answered, one person predicts how many people will say yes. Closest guess wins a point. On Slack or Teams, post the question as a poll and reveal the count at lunch.
Try it with: Do you sleep with socks on?
3. 20 questions
One person thinks of a famous person, place or object. Everyone else gets 20 yes or no questions to work out what it is. Whoever guesses it picks the next one.
Start with: Is it bigger than a breadbox? Is it alive? Could I buy it at a store?
4. Don't say yes or no
One person answers rapid-fire questions for 60 seconds without saying yes, no, yeah or nope, and without nodding. Everyone else fires questions from this list to trip them up. Longest streak wins.
The trap: Did you just say yes? (Answer: “I did not.”)
Want one person to field every question instead? That’s the hot seat game, and our list has 100 questions to fire at them.
How to use yes or no questions in a meeting
- Ask for a show of hands, a reaction emoji or a poll, so everyone answers in one second.
- Follow every yes with one person's story. The question is the setup; the story is the point.
- Pick five questions for a 10-minute warm-up. Twenty is a game, not a warm-up.
- Let people pass. Nobody owes the room a story.
- Rotate who reads. The person who reads picks the next question.
Need a different kind of question? Try our would you rather questions, this or that questions, icebreaker questions, what if questions and true or false questions.
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