72 Challenging Would You Rather Questions

What Makes a Would You Rather Question "Challenging"?

• They tap into our values and priorities.
• They force us to imagine difficult situations.
• They can be surprisingly funny and lead to hilarious debates.

1. The "Lesser of Two Evils" Scenario: You have to pick the option that's bad, but not *as* bad as the other.
2. The "Tempting but Risky" Scenario: An amazing reward comes with a significant downside.
3. The "Personal Sacrifice" Scenario: You gain something great, but at the cost of something you hold dear.

Mind-Bending Life Choices

• Would you rather live your entire life knowing exactly when you will die, or never know when you will die?
• Would you rather be able to talk to animals or speak every human language fluently?
• Would you rather have the ability to teleport anywhere in the world, or the ability to stop time for five minutes once a day?
• Would you rather always say whatever is on your mind, or never be able to speak again?
• Would you rather relive your worst memory on repeat forever, or have all your good memories erased?
• Would you rather be able to fly but only at walking speed, or be able to run at supersonic speed but only in a straight line?
• Would you rather have a photographic memory and forget how to feel emotions, or have average memory but be extremely empathetic?
• Would you rather have to eat everything you touch for a day, or have everything you touch turn into cheese for a day?
• Would you rather have the power to control the weather but cause a small natural disaster every time, or have the power to heal any illness but experience the pain yourself for a while?
• Would you rather be universally loved but secretly despised by your family, or be universally hated but adored by your family?
• Would you rather live in a world with no music, or a world with no color?
• Would you rather have to sing everything you say, or have to dance everywhere you walk?
• Would you rather have the ability to predict the future but be unable to change it, or have the ability to change the past but never know the outcome?
• Would you rather be incredibly intelligent but completely unathletic, or be a world-class athlete but struggle with basic math?
• Would you rather have a personal chef who only cooks your least favorite foods, or have a personal trainer who makes you do embarrassing exercises in public?
• Would you rather be able to breathe underwater but not on land, or be able to breathe in space but not on Earth?
• Would you rather have a permanent case of the giggles, or a permanent case of the sniffles?
• Would you rather have all your dreams come true but they are incredibly bizarre, or have all your nightmares come true but they are harmless?
• Would you rather have to wear a clown nose every day for a year, or have to wear a full knight's armor every day for a year?
• Would you rather be able to understand what animals are thinking, or be able to make them do whatever you want?

Ethical Dilemmas and Moral Mazes

• Would you rather save the life of one stranger by sacrificing your own, or live your life knowing you had the power to save them but didn't?
• Would you rather live in a world where everyone always tells the truth, or a world where everyone always lies?
• Would you rather have the ability to erase your own memories, or the ability to erase the memories of others?
• Would you rather be rich and powerful but have no friends, or be poor and powerless but have true love and loyal friends?
• Would you rather have the ability to know who is lying to you, or the ability to make anyone believe anything you say?
• Would you rather accidentally cause a huge disaster that kills many people, or intentionally cause a small disaster that saves one person?
• Would you rather have the power to bring back the dead but they are not quite the same, or have the power to make anyone forget their deepest regrets?
• Would you rather live a very short life filled with incredible joy and accomplishment, or a very long life filled with constant mediocrity?
• Would you rather have the ability to see into the future of others but not your own, or see into your own future but never know what happens to others?
• Would you rather be forced to steal to survive, or be forced to starve?
• Would you rather have the power to control the minds of others but be unable to control your own, or have perfect self-control but be unable to influence anyone else?
• Would you rather have to constantly apologize for things you didn't do, or constantly be accused of things you didn't do?
• Would you rather have the ability to instantly gain any skill but forget it after 24 hours, or slowly learn any skill and retain it forever?
• Would you rather live in a society where everyone is equal but oppressed, or a society where there is great inequality but freedom?
• Would you rather have the power to make yourself immortal but everyone else ages normally, or have everyone else become immortal but you age normally?
• Would you rather have to always choose between the greater good and your own happiness, or always choose between your own happiness and the greater good?
• Would you rather have the ability to experience the emotions of others, or have the ability to block out all emotions entirely?
• Would you rather be a hero who is wrongly accused and punished, or a villain who is celebrated and rewarded?
• Would you rather have the power to erase all bad memories from the world, or have the power to create perfect happiness for everyone?
• Would you rather have to always betray someone to succeed, or always have to fail to protect someone?

The Absurd and Hilarious

• Would you rather have to wear a giant banana costume for the rest of your life, or have to quack like a duck every time you sneeze?
• Would you rather have your nose grow every time you lie, or have your ears flap every time you're happy?
• Would you rather have a permanent unibrow that glows in the dark, or have to sneeze confetti every time you laugh?
• Would you rather have to eat a bowl of live worms every day for a week, or have to sing opera loudly in public for an hour every day for a week?
• Would you rather have to hop everywhere you go, or have to walk backward everywhere you go?
• Would you rather have spaghetti for hair, or have a hot dog for a nose?
• Would you rather have to talk like a pirate permanently, or have to wear roller skates everywhere you go?
• Would you rather have a personal rain cloud that follows you everywhere, or have to constantly sing nursery rhymes?
• Would you rather have to lick every doorknob you touch, or have to high-five every stranger you see?
• Would you rather have a tiny elephant that lives in your pocket and squeaks, or a giant hamster that lives in your house and snores?
• Would you rather have to wear socks with sandals every single day, or have to wear a cape everywhere you go?
• Would you rather have to smell like old cheese, or have to have glitter permanently stuck to your face?
• Would you rather have to communicate only through interpretive dance, or communicate only through bad impressions of celebrities?
• Would you rather have a rubber chicken glued to your head, or have a rubber duck glued to your foot?
• Would you rather have to eat everything with chopsticks, or have to eat everything with a spoon?
• Would you rather have to bark like a dog whenever someone asks you a question, or have to meow like a cat whenever you get excited?
• Would you rather have your best friend constantly tell you embarrassing secrets about yourself, or have your worst enemy constantly tell you amazing compliments about yourself?
• Would you rather have to wear a tutu every day, or have to wear a superhero mask every day?
• Would you rather have a pet unicorn that only poops glitter, or a pet dragon that only breathes bubbles?
• Would you rather have to shout everything you say, or whisper everything you say?

Fantasy and Sci-Fi Scenarios

• Would you rather be a wizard who can only cast spells that are slightly inconvenient, or a superhero whose power is to find lost socks?
• Would you rather have to fight a horse-sized duck, or a hundred duck-sized horses?
• Would you rather be able to travel to any fictional world but be unable to return, or be able to visit any real planet but be unable to land?
• Would you rather have a time machine that only goes forward one hour at a time, or a teleporter that only works within the same room?
• Would you rather be able to control electricity but only when you're wet, or be able to control fire but only when you're cold?
• Would you rather be able to talk to aliens but they only speak in riddles, or be able to understand animals but they only complain?
• Would you rather have a robot butler that is incredibly efficient but constantly makes bad jokes, or a robot butler that is clumsy but always says the right thing?
• Would you rather live in a world where magic is real but very weak, or a world where technology is incredibly advanced but dangerous?
• Would you rather be able to fly but have to wear a propeller beanie, or be able to become invisible but only when no one is looking?
• Would you rather have to fight a dragon that breathes popcorn, or a kraken that shoots rubber chickens?
• Would you rather be able to shapeshift into any animal but retain your human voice, or be able to change your appearance but only into different shades of beige?
• Would you rather have a spaceship that can travel faster than light but smells terrible, or a spaceship that travels at the speed of a snail but is very luxurious?
• Would you rather be able to communicate with ghosts but they are all very boring, or be able to communicate with plants but they only gossip?
• Would you rather have to fight a swarm of giant mosquitoes, or a single, very large, grumpy badger?
• Would you rather have the ability to read minds but only people who are thinking about their grocery list, or the ability to control robots but only if they are made of LEGOs?
• Would you rather be a powerful sorcerer who is afraid of the dark, or a mighty warrior who is allergic to metal?
• Would you rather have to fight a wizard who throws glitter, or a knight who fights with a pool noodle?
• Would you rather be able to create anything you imagine but it's always slightly imperfect, or be able to have anything you want instantly but it always breaks quickly?
• Would you rather have a personal robot companion that is always overly enthusiastic, or a personal alien companion that is perpetually unimpressed?
• Would you rather be able to talk to computers but they only speak in code, or be able to talk to machines but they only respond in song?

Pop Culture Conundrums

• Would you rather be a character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and have a minor power, or a character in Star Wars and have to constantly clean the Millennium Falcon?
• Would you rather be able to sing like Beyoncé but have to wear a silly hat at all times, or be able to dance like Michael Jackson but have to speak in a robot voice?
• Would you rather have to live in the Upside Down from Stranger Things but be immune to its creatures, or have to live in Westeros from Game of Thrones but always wear a jester's costume?
• Would you rather be able to cook like Gordon Ramsay but have to insult everyone constantly, or be able to write like J.K. Rowling but only write about socks?
• Would you rather be able to play any musical instrument perfectly but have to perform naked, or be able to act in any movie but only play inanimate objects?
• Would you rather have to fight a zombie apocalypse with only a spatula and a roll of duct tape, or survive a vampire invasion with only a rubber chicken and a kazoo?
• Would you rather be able to speak fluent Klingon but have to wear a Starfleet uniform every day, or be able to speak fluent Elvish but have to live in a treehouse?
• Would you rather have to relive the plot of your favorite movie endlessly but always as a minor background character, or have to be the villain in your least favorite movie but win every time?
• Would you rather be able to have a superpower from any superhero, but it only works when you are sleeping, or have a weakness from any villain, but it only affects you when you are awake?
• Would you rather have to watch every movie ever made with the sound off, or have to read every book ever written with the pages blank?
• Would you rather be a Jedi who can only use the Force to find misplaced remotes, or a wizard who can only cast spells to make things slightly warmer?
• Would you rather have to fight a T-Rex using only a banana, or fight a flock of very angry pigeons using only a feather duster?
• Would you rather be able to talk to cartoon characters but they only speak in gibberish, or be able to talk to historical figures but they only talk about the weather?
• Would you rather have to wear a giant foam finger on your hand for the rest of your life, or have to wear a bright pink flamingo hat for the rest of your life?
• Would you rather be able to control the elements but only when you are singing opera, or control technology but only when you are wearing mismatched socks?
• Would you rather have to reenact every scene from your favorite TV show daily, or have to wear a costume related to your favorite video game every day?
• Would you rather be able to summon a helpful robot from any sci-fi show but it's incredibly annoying, or be able to talk to aliens from any alien movie but they are all extremely polite and dull?
• Would you rather have to fight a Godzilla-sized rubber duck, or a horde of tiny, but very aggressive, ninja squirrels?
• Would you rather be able to teleport but only to places you've already been, or be able to fly but only at the speed of a crawling baby?
• Would you rather have to communicate with everyone through interpretive dance inspired by 80s music videos, or communicate only through charades of famous movie scenes?