Funny questions to ask: 120 silly picks for friends and family

The short answer: here are 120 funny questions to ask friends, family, coworkers and holiday guests, in six groups of 20.

• Groups: silly hypotheticals, food, would-you-rather twists and friends
• Also: family and holiday, and workplace-safe
• Play: read them aloud, draw them from a bowl or keep score
• Scoring: 3 points for the biggest laugh of the round
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Here are 120 funny questions to ask friends, family, coworkers and holiday guests, grouped into six types: silly hypotheticals, food, would-you-rather twists, friends, family and holiday, and workplace-safe. Each group has 20 questions. Read them aloud, draw them from a bowl or turn them into a points game.

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How to play funny questions as a game

1. Print this list or write the questions on slips of paper.
2. Fold the slips into a bowl, hat or stocking.
3. Each person draws one, reads it aloud and answers.
4. The group votes on the funniest answer each round.
5. The player with the most votes after ten rounds picks the next game.

In NPR's interview on dad jokes, a psychology professor who studies them says a good one is short, friendly and good-natured, never mean-spirited. That is why the best questions here picture something ridiculous but never poke at a real sore spot.

Silly hypothetical questions (20)

1. If animals could talk, which one would be the rudest?
2. What would your wrestling entrance song be?
3. If you were a vegetable, which one would you be and why?
4. What would your pet say about you behind your back?
5. If your life had a laugh track, when would it play the loudest?
6. Which cartoon character would make the worst roommate?
7. If you had to rename the moon, what would you call it?
8. What is the most useless superpower you can think of?
9. If you could only speak in one movie quote for a day, which would you pick?
10. What would a museum about your life display in the gift shop?
11. If your shoes could talk, what would they complain about?
12. Which household appliance would win in a fight?
13. If you were a ghost, how would you haunt people?
14. What would your autobiography be titled?
15. If you were a flavor of ice cream, what would be in it?
16. Which animal would be the best at karaoke?
17. If you could add one rule to every board game, what would it be?
18. What would your warning label say?
19. If you woke up as a cat, what would you do first?
20. What is the silliest thing you would do if you were invisible for a day?

Funny food questions (20)

1. Which side dish would be the best superhero?
2. What snack would you bring to a desert island?
3. If pizza toppings had personalities, which would be the most dramatic?
4. What food would you never eat again for a million dollars?
5. Is a hot dog a sandwich? Defend your answer.
6. Which fruit would make the worst politician?
7. What is the weirdest food combination you secretly love?
8. If your kitchen had a theme song, what would it be?
9. Which dessert would win a talent show?
10. What would you name a restaurant that only served cereal?
11. If you could only eat one color of food for a week, which color?
12. Which vegetable is secretly evil?
13. What would a cookie say right before you ate it?
14. Would you rather drink soup through a straw or eat cereal with a fork?
15. If you were a sandwich, what would be in you?
16. Which condiment deserves its own holiday?
17. What food smells better than it tastes?
18. If leftovers could talk, what would they say?
19. Which kitchen tool would you take to battle?
20. What is the most dramatic way to serve mashed potatoes?

Would-you-rather style funny questions (20)

For a full list, see our would you rather questions. These are the funniest twists.

1. Would you rather sneeze glitter or burp bubbles?
2. Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button for your life?
3. Would you rather only whisper or only shout for a day?
4. Would you rather have spaghetti hair or meatball toes?
5. Would you rather be chased by one horse-sized duck or ten duck-sized horses?
6. Would you rather wear clown shoes or a clown nose to work?
7. Would you rather talk like a pirate or walk like a penguin forever?
8. Would you rather have a personal theme song or a personal narrator?
9. Would you rather fight a goose or wrestle a kangaroo?
10. Would you rather have fingers as long as legs or legs as long as fingers?
11. Would you rather only eat breakfast foods or never eat breakfast again?
12. Would you rather sing everything you say or rhyme everything you say?
13. Would you rather be a giant hamster or a tiny elephant?
14. Would you rather have a nose that glows or ears that whistle?
15. Would you rather live in a treehouse or a castle made of pillows?
16. Would you rather hiccup forever or always feel like you need to sneeze?
17. Would you rather share a bathroom with a bear or a raccoon?
18. Would you rather be famous for your dance moves or your cooking?
19. Would you rather always have wet socks or a pebble in your shoe?
20. Would you rather ride a giant turtle or a slow dragon to work?

Funny questions to ask friends (20)

1. Which of us would survive the longest in a horror movie?
2. Who in this group would accidentally join a cult?
3. Which of us would be the worst at hide and seek?
4. Who would get lost in their own neighborhood?
5. Which friend would make the best villain?
6. Who here is most likely to cry at a commercial?
7. Which of us would win a cooking competition by accident?
8. Who would be the first to fall asleep at a sleepover?
9. Which friend would talk their way out of a speeding ticket?
10. Who would be the best at running a small country?
11. Which of us would make the funniest reality show?
12. Who in this group texts like a grandparent?
13. Which friend would adopt every stray animal they met?
14. Who would win a staring contest with a cat?
15. Which of us would get stuck in a revolving door?
16. Who would plan the most chaotic vacation?
17. Which friend would accidentally become famous online?
18. Who would forget their own birthday party?
19. Which of us would be the worst getaway driver?
20. Who would be the most dramatic about a paper cut?

Funny family and holiday questions (20)

These work at Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner and pair well with our Christmas party games.

1. If our family were a holiday movie, what would it be called?
2. Which relative would be the best elf in Santa's workshop?
3. What is the funniest gift you have ever received?
4. If the turkey could talk, what would it say?
5. Which Christmas song would be your personal anthem?
6. Who here would be the worst at keeping a gift secret?
7. What would a reindeer put on their wish list?
8. Which holiday food would you be?
9. If you could invent a new holiday, what would we celebrate?
10. Who in the family would win an ugly sweater contest?
11. What would Santa's job interview questions be?
12. Which family member would make the best mall Santa?
13. What is the silliest holiday tradition you could start this year?
14. If snowmen could talk, what would they complain about?
15. Who would eat the most cookies before dinner?
16. What would a gingerbread man's biggest fear be?
17. If you had to wrap a gift without tape, what would you use?
18. Which family member would be best at a pie-eating contest?
19. What would your elf name be?
20. Who would fall asleep first after the big meal?

Workplace-safe funny questions (20)

1. What is the most useless talent you have?
2. What would your office reality show be called?
3. If your job had a mascot, what would it be?
4. Which office supply best matches your personality?
5. What would you name a meeting that should have been an email?
6. If you could add one silly item to the break room, what would it be?
7. What is your go-to karaoke song?
8. Which emoji do you use way too much?
9. What would your coffee order say about you?
10. If you were a font, which one would you be?
11. What fictional company would you love to work for?
12. What would your out-of-office message say if you were brutally honest?
13. Which animal would be the best manager?
14. What is the funniest job you have ever had?
15. If you had a walk-up song for meetings, what would it be?
16. Which movie villain would be the best coworker?
17. What would your desk say about you?
18. If you could swap jobs with a cartoon character, who would it be?
19. What is the strangest thing you have ever found in an office fridge?
20. What snack would you bring to a team potluck?

Scoring table for a funny questions game

Tips for keeping the laughs friendly

• Aim the joke at the scenario, not a person in the room.
• Let anyone pass on a question with no penalty.
• Mix easy questions with stranger ones so shy guests can warm up.
• Keep a few backup slips in your pocket for a quiet moment.

Laughing together is a real part of feeling connected. The CDC describes how social connection supports health, and a Smithsonian report on laugh tracks shows how much hearing others laugh makes a joke seem funnier. So the more people play, the better the questions get.

For a longer game night, add a round from our newlywed game questions or Christmas trivia, and use the holiday party planning checklist to keep the details handled.

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