156 random this or that questions

A this or that question gives you two choices and no way out. Beach or bush. Pie or sausage roll. A goose that follows you everywhere, or a seagull that steals one chip a day. You pick one, then you defend it. Some people call these would you rather questions. Same game, same arguments.

We wrote all 156 of these ourselves, in six sets: funny, for kids, Aussie, food, for work and Christmas. Every one is family friendly, so you can use them at a party, round the dinner table, in a classroom or to start a team meeting.

• Funny
• For kids
• Aussie
• Food
• For work
• Christmas

How to ask them

• Everyone answers at once. Point left for the first choice and right for the second, or move to one side of the room. Nobody gets to wait and copy.
• Then ask why. The pick takes a second. The reason is where the fun is.
• Keep it moving. Ten questions in five minutes beats one long debate. Save the best arguments for a second round.

Funny this or that questions

1. Laugh like a kookaburra, or sneeze like a foghorn?
2. A drumroll every time you stand up, or a laugh track every time you sit down?
3. Hiccups for a whole day, or pins and needles for a whole day?
4. Socks that are always a bit damp, or a fridge that hums the same song all day?
5. Narrate your own life out loud, or have a stranger narrate it for you?
6. Your phone autocorrects every word to "banana", or every phone call starts with an ad?
7. Walk like a penguin, or run like an emu?
8. A goldfish that judges you, or a parrot that repeats your secrets?
9. Every chair squeaks when you sit, or every door creaks when you open it?
10. Only speak in rhymes, or only speak in questions?
11. A ringtone you can never change, or a phone wallpaper you can never change?
12. Be famous for the world's longest yawn, or the world's worst dance move?
13. Sing everything you say, or whisper everything you say?
14. Forget everyone's name, or call everyone "mate" forever?
15. A theme song when you walk into a room, or confetti when you leave it?
16. Step on a toy brick every morning, or stub your toe on the same table every night?
17. Swap noses with your dog, or swap feet with a duck?
18. Never use a spoon again, or never use a fork again?
19. Wear flippers to work for a week, or a snorkel at dinner for a week?
20. A goose that follows you everywhere, or a seagull that steals one chip a day?
21. Have your search history read out at dinner, or your camera roll shown on the big screen?
22. Lose your keys every morning, or lose one sock every wash?
23. Hair that changes colour with your mood, or a nose that glows when you fib?
24. Get stuck in a lift with a mime, or in a car with a magician?
25. Only eat with chopsticks, or only drink through a curly straw?
26. A cat that barks, or a dog that meows?

This or that questions for kids

1. Fly like a bird, or swim like a dolphin?
2. Be invisible for a day, or the size of an ant for a day?
3. Live in a treehouse, or on a houseboat?
4. A pet dinosaur, or a pet dragon?
5. Pancakes for dinner, or pizza for breakfast?
6. Be a pirate, or an astronaut?
7. Talk to animals, or speak every language in the world?
8. A slide from your bedroom to the kitchen, or a trampoline for a bedroom floor?
9. Ride to school on a dolphin, or on a flying carpet?
10. Never have homework again, or never have an early bedtime again?
11. Be the fastest kid in school, or the funniest?
12. A robot that tidies your room, or a robot that makes your lunch?
13. Explore a jungle, or the bottom of the ocean?
14. Be a wizard, or a superhero?
15. A cubby house made of lollies, or a bed made of marshmallows?
16. Springs on your shoes, or wheels on your shoes?
17. Meet a real unicorn, or a friendly T. rex?
18. Snow day, or beach day?
19. Bubble bath, or water fight?
20. Build a sandcastle, or build a snowman?
21. Lunch on the moon, or dinner under the sea?
22. Paint with your feet, or write with your nose?
23. Be a cat for a day, or a dog for a day?
24. Ride an elephant, or ride a giraffe?
25. Grow a tail, or grow wings?
26. Live in a castle, or live in a spaceship?

Aussie this or that questions

1. Meat pie, or sausage roll?
2. Thongs, or bare feet?
3. Lamington, or pavlova?
4. A sausage sizzle snag, or a servo pie?
5. Backyard cricket, or beach cricket?
6. A swooping magpie, or a dive-bombing plover?
7. A road trip to Uluru, or down the Great Ocean Road?
8. Swim between the flags at Bondi, or snorkel at Ningaloo?
9. A huntsman on the ceiling, or a cane toad on the doorstep?
10. Fairy bread, or chocolate crackles?
11. Footy, or cricket?
12. Winter in Hobart, or summer in Darwin?
13. Sleep in a swag, or glamp in a tent with a real bed?
14. Holiday in a caravan, or in a beach shack?
15. A pet wombat, or a pet echidna?
16. An esky full of icy poles, or a fridge full of mangoes?
17. Swim in a freezing ocean pool, or a warm, muddy dam?
18. The heat of a 40 degree day, or the flies of a 40 degree day?
19. Sunrise on the beach, or sunset in the outback?
20. Warn a tourist about drop bears, or about hoop snakes?
21. A kookaburra pinching your sausage, or an ibis raiding your bin?
22. Hills hoist, or clothes horse?
23. Woken by a cockatoo, or by a possum on the roof?
24. Barramundi and chips, or a prawn roll?
25. Live in a Queenslander, or a terrace house?
26. Ugg boots all winter, or thongs all year?

Food this or that questions

1. Crunchy peanut butter, or smooth?
2. Pineapple on pizza, or chips on pizza?
3. Tomato sauce, or barbecue sauce?
4. Chips with chicken salt, or plain salt?
5. Pancakes, or waffles?
6. Breakfast for dinner, or dinner for breakfast?
7. Hot chocolate, or a milkshake?
8. Tacos, or burritos?
9. Cereal first, or milk first?
10. Mango, or watermelon?
11. Fried rice, or noodles?
12. Toast cut in triangles, or in rectangles?
13. Ice cream in a cone, or in a cup?
14. Sushi, or dumplings?
15. A burnt marshmallow, or a golden one?
16. Only sweet food for a week, or only savoury?
17. A cheese toastie, or a ham and cheese croissant?
18. Never eat chocolate again, or never eat chips again?
19. Avocado on toast, or eggs on toast?
20. Hot chips, or wedges?
21. Salty popcorn, or sweet?
22. Cook every meal, or wash every dish?
23. Free pizza for life, or free ice cream for life?
24. Soup, or salad?
25. Spicy, or mild?
26. Dessert first, or dessert last?

This or that questions for work

Good for the first five minutes of a meeting or a new starter's first day. Nothing personal, nothing anyone has to explain to HR.

1. A four-day week, or a two-hour lunch every day?
2. Work from the beach, or from a cabin in the bush?
3. A standing desk, or a beanbag?
4. Morning meetings, or afternoon meetings?
5. A clean desk, or a creative mess?
6. Answer every email within a minute, or every phone call on the first ring?
7. Camera on, or camera off?
8. A coffee machine at your desk, or a nap pod down the hall?
9. Present to the whole company, or write the whole report?
10. Start early and finish early, or start late and finish late?
11. A boss who sends voice notes, or a boss who sends essays?
12. Unlimited stationery, or unlimited snacks?
13. Lunch at your desk, or lunch in the park?
14. Work with your favourite song on repeat, or in total silence?
15. Be the office DJ, or the office barista?
16. Team lunch, or team trivia?
17. Spreadsheet, or slide deck?
18. A desk by the window, or a desk by the kitchen?
19. Your out-of-office on for a month, or inbox zero forever?
20. Plan the Christmas party, or run the team trivia?
21. Walk to work, or ride to work?
22. Notes on paper, or notes on your phone?
23. Every meeting capped at 15 minutes, or no meetings on Fridays?
24. A suit every day, or a uniform with your name on it?
25. Win the office footy tipping, or the office bake-off?
26. Learn a new skill at work, or teach one?

Christmas this or that questions

1. Christmas lunch at the beach, or in the backyard?
2. Prawns, or ham?
3. Pavlova, or Christmas pudding?
4. A real tree, or a fake tree?
5. Open presents on Christmas Eve, or Christmas morning?
6. A loud Christmas shirt, or a Santa hat all day?
7. Wrap every present, or write every card?
8. Fairy lights inside, or a light show out the front?
9. Cold mango, or cold cherries?
10. Backyard cricket after lunch, or a nap after lunch?
11. Secret Santa, or everyone buys for everyone?
12. Christmas carols, or Christmas films?
13. Be one of Santa's elves for a day, or one of his reindeer?
14. A white Christmas in Canada, or a hot one on the Gold Coast?
15. The joke in the bonbon, or the paper crown?
16. Leftovers for a week, or no leftovers at all?
17. Gift cards, or surprises?
18. Decorations up on 1 December, or the week before?
19. Carols by candlelight, or the fireworks on New Year's Eve?
20. Gingerbread, or shortbread?
21. Stay up to catch Santa, or sleep in on Christmas morning?
22. A pool party on Boxing Day, or the cricket on Boxing Day?
23. Host Christmas, or be a guest?
24. A tree covered in tinsel, or a tree covered in fairy lights?
25. Wrap presents in newspaper, or in fancy paper?
26. Make the Christmas playlist, or make the Christmas pav?

Play this or that on your phones

Which Would Ya? is our free this or that game for 2 to 20 people in one room. Two choices land on every phone. Everyone picks a side in secret, then slides a dial to guess how much of the room picked the same. The split drops on every phone at once, and the closest guesses score.

It runs in your phone's web browser: no app, and nobody types. The host scans everyone in with a QR code. Put it on the TV if you have one, or just play on phones. There are packs for family, Aussie, food, holidays and hot takes, plus a grown-ups pack for 18 and over that the host has to choose. It's free for good.

Updated 28 October 2026.