40 deep would you rather questions
Would you rather questions about values, how to live, truth and other people, for friends, couples or a discussion group. Choose, give a reason if you like, and pass on any question.
40 questions · Deep would you rather questions · prompts to play
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Character and values
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Would you rather be known as someone who is fair or someone who is generous?
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Would you rather be the person who notices when someone is left out or the person who fixes the problem nobody else wants to touch?
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Would you rather have great patience or great determination?
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Would you rather be an excellent listener or an excellent explainer?
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Would you rather have more curiosity or more self-discipline?
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Would you rather make big choices with your head or with your heart?
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Would you rather be praised for your talent or for your effort?
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Would you rather have a talent that brings you joy or a talent that helps other people?
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Would you rather be brave enough to try anything once or wise enough to know what is worth trying?
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Would you rather be trusted by everyone or understood by everyone?
How you want to live
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Would you rather have a life full of small daily pleasures or a life with a few unforgettable high points?
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Would you rather have a life that is peaceful but predictable or one that is exciting but uncertain?
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Would you rather spend a year learning something purely for the joy of it or a year mastering something practical?
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Would you rather have complete freedom with little security or complete security with little freedom?
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Would you rather have your biggest dream come true tomorrow or work ten years toward it and then have it come true?
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Would you rather feel comfortable with uncertainty or always have a clear plan?
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Would you rather follow a path you chose alone or a path you share with people you love?
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Would you rather give your time or your money to a cause you care about?
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Would you rather be a master of one craft or skilled at many different things?
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Would you rather have the courage to start over or the patience to see something through?
Knowledge and truth
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Would you rather always know when you are wrong or always know when you are right?
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Would you rather see every issue from all sides or act with complete conviction?
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Would you rather learn how the universe began or how the human mind works?
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Would you rather have many opinions you are willing to change or a few you would never give up?
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Would you rather change the mind of one person you care about or of a thousand strangers?
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Would you rather learn mainly from your own mistakes or mainly from other people's?
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Would you rather be the first to discover something or the one who explains it so everyone understands?
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Would you rather see the world as it is or as it could be?
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Would you rather know the answer to one great mystery of history or one great mystery of science?
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Would you rather remember everything you have ever read or fully understand everything you have ever read?
People and the world
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Would you rather have a friend who always tells you what they really think or a friend who always makes you feel understood?
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Would you rather understand everyone's point of view instantly or have everyone understand yours?
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Would you rather spend an afternoon talking with a great thinker from the past or with an ordinary person from a thousand years in the future?
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Would you rather end one global problem for good or make every person's daily life a little easier?
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Would you rather give every child one great teacher or give every adult one true friend?
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Would you rather make something beautiful or something useful?
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Would you rather protect one wild place completely or slow the loss of nature everywhere a little?
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Would you rather be free to say anything or be sure everything you say is understood?
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Would you rather teach the whole world one thing you know or learn one thing from every person alive?
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Would you rather learn from a teacher who is always kind or one who always pushes you further?
Timer and team scores
8 turns × 60 seconds = 8 minutes of play, plus instructions and breaks.
60
Pause whenever the group needs more time.
Team Lime's turn
Team Lime: 0
Team Violet: 0
Team Tangerine: 0
Team Sky: 0
Team Lemon: 0
Team Bubblegum: 0
Use this set with a group
Read a prompt, allow thinking time, then invite an answer or a pass. For a timed round, choose a turn length before starting. A host can keep the printed answers out of view until the round ends.