Would you rather?

Objectives

• Discover new things about each other, assess how well you really know each other
• Party Games
• Icebreakers/Warmups

Group Size

• Small
• Medium

Materials

• List of questions

Set Up

Come up with a list of questions like:

• • Would you rather be invisible or be able to read minds?
  • Would you rather be hairy all over or completely bald?
  • Would you rather be happy for 8hrs/day and poor or sad for 8hr/day and rich?
  • Would you rather be the most popular or the smartest person you know?
  • Would you rather go without television or junk food for the rest of your life?
  • Would you rather make headlines for saving somebody's life or winning a nobel prize?
  • Would you rather love and not be loved back, or be loved but never love?
  • Would you rather have a missing finger or have an extra toe?
  • Would you rather be able to stop time or fly?
  • Would you rather be 3 feet tall or 8 feet tall?
  • Would you rather invent a cure for cancer or a cure for AIDS?
  • Would you rather be 3 feet tall or 8 feet tall?
  • Would you rather be go about your normal day naked or fall asleep for a year?
  • Would you rather 3 feet taller or 3 feet shorter?
  • Would you rather have no elbows or no knees?
  • Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to shout?

Directions

Take turns answering the questions and if time allows have participants come up with their own questions.

Alternatives

If you don't want to come up with your own list, you can find a lot of questions with a Google search for "would you rather" or check out the official site: wouldyourather.com (WARNING: this site is full of adult-themed and often gross scenarios). Or for those of you in the U.K. who say "Would you prefer..." here's an alternate site: woulduprefer.co.uk