43 questions
Questions to ask your friends, from silly to surprisingly personal
You can know someone for ten years and still be surprised by their answer to a good question. That's what makes them fun at a dinner table: the stories nobody has thought to ask for.
Here are questions for friends and groups, mixed between laugh-out-loud hypotheticals and the kind of questions that make a friendship feel a bit closer by the end of the night.
Funny questions for the group
Great for dinners, pre-drinks and long car journeys.
- Who here would survive longest in a zombie apocalypse, and who goes first?
- What's your most useless talent? Demonstrations encouraged.
- What's the worst haircut you've ever had?
- If this group started a band, what would we be called and who's the lead singer?
- What trend did you fully commit to and now regret?
- What's the most chaotic thing you've done on a night out?
- What's your go-to karaoke song?
- If you could swap lives with someone here for a day, who would it be?
- What's the pettiest thing you've ever done?
- What's the most rewatched video on your phone?
- Who here would be the worst reality TV contestant, and why?
- What weird food combination do you swear by?
- What's the funniest thing that's ever happened to you at work or school?
- If we all got matching tattoos, what should they be?
- What's the most ridiculous argument you've ever won?
- What conspiracy theory do you half-believe, just for fun?
- Who here would you call first to help plan a surprise party, and who would definitely ruin it?
- Which app are you embarrassed by how much you use?
Questions that get the stories out
Childhood, school, weird jobs and the moments that shaped everyone.
- What did you want to be when you grew up, and how close did you get?
- What's the strangest job you've ever had?
- What's a skill you'd love to master overnight?
- What's your comfort movie, and why does it work every single time?
- What's a smell that instantly takes you back somewhere?
- What's the most you've ever spent on something completely unnecessary?
- What's on your bucket list that would surprise people?
- What's a rule you had growing up that you now realise was strange?
- What's your favourite way to waste an afternoon?
- What niche topic could you talk about for an hour without notes?
- What's the best gift you've ever received?
- What's the weirdest photo in your camera roll right now? Context required.
- What's a word or phrase you say far too often?
- If a theme tune played every time you walked into a room, what would it be?
Questions about friendship itself
For close friends who don't say thank you to each other often enough.
- Which friend has influenced you the most, and how?
- Is there a friendship you lost that you still think about?
- Who was your best friend when you were ten, and what were you like together?
- What's your hot take about friendship?
- What makes a friendship last, in your experience?
- When did a friend show up for you in a way you'll never forget?
- What have you learned from someone in this room?
- What kind of friend are you trying to be?
- What friendship mistake taught you something?
- How has this friendship changed you?
- What do you appreciate about your friends but rarely say?
Playing with a group
- Read aloud, everyone answers
- With more than three people, have one person read and let anyone jump in. It keeps the energy up.
- Let people pass
- A pass is fine. The next question is usually the one they wanted anyway.
- Mix the depths
- The Mixed setting starts light and gets deeper gradually, which suits most groups.
Frequently asked questions
How many people can play?
As many as can hear the person reading. For big groups, Read aloud works best. For two to four people, try Pass the phone.
Is there anything awkward in the friends deck?
The questions are designed to be fun without being invasive. Deeper ones are labelled, and you can stick to Light questions if the group prefers.
Do we need to download an app?
No. It runs in your phone's browser and doesn't need an account.