Hard Would You Rather Questions

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Dilemmas where both options hurt, or both sound great, and picking one takes real thought. The vote splits show just how divided people are.

How to use hard questions

Give everyone a full minute before anyone answers. Hard questions are best when people change their minds halfway through explaining.

Use them for deep conversations, debate practice or late nights with friends. In a classroom, they make good persuasive-writing prompts: pick a side and argue it in one paragraph. The vote split on each question's page shows how close the call really is.

All hard would you rather questions

  1. Would you rather know the truth about everything or be happy without knowing?
  2. Would you rather lose all your memories from before age 18 or never make another new memory? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  3. Would you rather be able to change the past or be able to see the future? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  4. Would you rather have everyone you know forget you or forget everyone you know?
  5. Would you rather always tell the truth or always be believed? 0% / 100% · 1 votes
  6. Would you rather be extremely talented with no recognition or be famous for something you're bad at? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  7. Would you rather give up music forever or give up movies and TV forever?
  8. Would you rather have one true friend or have a hundred casual friends?
  9. Would you rather live a short exciting life or live a long ordinary life? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  10. Would you rather never feel embarrassed again or never feel sad again?
  11. Would you rather be the smartest person in a room of fools or be the least smart person in a room of geniuses?
  12. Would you rather relive the best day of your life once or skip the worst day of your future? 0% / 100% · 1 votes
  13. Would you rather lose your sense of taste or lose your sense of smell? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  14. Would you rather know when you'll be happiest or know when you'll be saddest?
  15. Would you rather have your dream job but no free time or have endless free time but no job?
  16. Would you rather be fearless or be guilt-free? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  17. Would you rather always be cold or always be hot?
  18. Would you rather give up the internet forever or give up traveling forever? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  19. Would you rather know every secret about your friends or have your friends know every secret about you? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  20. Would you rather never be able to leave your home country or never be able to return to it?
  21. Would you rather have your biography written by your best friend or have it written by your harshest critic? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  22. Would you rather be loved by many but understood by few or be understood by many but loved by few? 0% / 100% · 1 votes
  23. Would you rather restart your life at age 10 with your current knowledge or keep going from where you are now?
  24. Would you rather get one wish now or get three wishes in 20 years? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  25. Would you rather always know when someone is lying or always get away with a lie? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  26. Would you rather be stuck in a time loop of a great day or move forward through ordinary days? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  27. Would you rather lose your phone and all its photos or lose your wallet and all its cards? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  28. Would you rather never apologize again or never be apologized to again?
  29. Would you rather live in a world without color or live in a world without music?
  30. Would you rather have a rewind button for your life or have a pause button for your life?
  31. Would you rather read minds but never turn it off or never know what anyone really thinks?
  32. Would you rather be stuck with your current haircut forever or be stuck with your current wardrobe forever? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  33. Would you rather always have to answer questions honestly or never be allowed to ask questions?
  34. Would you rather give up your favorite food forever or eat only your favorite food forever? 0% / 100% · 1 votes
  35. Would you rather have more time or have more money?
  36. Would you rather be completely alone for a year or never be alone for a year?
  37. Would you rather win an argument with someone you respect or lose an argument and learn something? 0% / 100% · 1 votes
  38. Would you rather give up hot showers forever or give up air travel forever? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  39. Would you rather be the hero nobody knows about or be the person everyone thanks for something you didn't do?
  40. Would you rather be able to fly but only two feet off the ground or be invisible but only when nobody's looking?
  41. Would you rather have perfect health but average looks or have perfect looks but average health?
  42. Would you rather change one thing about your past or know one thing about your future?
  43. Would you rather have every flight you take be delayed or have every package you order arrive late? 0% / 100% · 1 votes
  44. Would you rather have a photographic memory or have the ability to forget anything you choose?
  45. Would you rather give up summer forever or give up weekends forever? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  46. Would you rather be famous after you're gone or be famous now and forgotten later? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  47. Would you rather always say yes or always say no? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  48. Would you rather have a job that changes the world but pays little or have a job that pays well but nobody notices?
  49. Would you rather know how every movie ends before you watch it or never be able to rewatch a movie? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  50. Would you rather only be able to see in black and white or only be able to hear in a whisper? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  51. Would you rather be able to talk to animals but they're all rude or be able to talk to plants but they're all boring? 0% / 100% · 1 votes
  52. Would you rather lose every game you play or never be allowed to play a game?
  53. Would you rather be a big fish in a small pond or be a small fish in a big pond? 0% / 100% · 1 votes
  54. Would you rather have the perfect home but terrible neighbors or have great neighbors but a terrible home? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  55. Would you rather always have to share your opinion or never be allowed to share your opinion? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  56. Would you rather learn the answer to any one question or get a do-over on any one decision? 100% / 0% · 1 votes
  57. Would you rather live in the past with what you know now or live in the future knowing nothing?
  58. Would you rather have nobody remember your birthday or have everybody throw you a surprise party you hate?
  59. Would you rather give up sweets forever or give up salty snacks forever? 0% / 100% · 1 votes
  60. Would you rather be the best at one thing or be pretty good at everything? 0% / 100% · 1 votes

How to play

Read a question out loud and give everyone five seconds to pick a side. No "neither," no "both." Then go around the group and have each person defend their answer.

Playing solo? Tap your answer above to see how everyone else voted, then hit Next. Each question has its own page with its live results, so you can send the tough ones to friends.

Questions people ask

What are good hard would you rather questions?

A few favorites: "Would you rather know the truth about everything or be happy without knowing?" "Would you rather lose all your memories from before age 18 or never make another new memory?" "Would you rather be able to change the past or be able to see the future?" The full list is above, and every question links to its live vote results.

How do you play would you rather?

One person reads a question, everyone picks a side, then each player explains their choice. On this page, tap an answer to vote and see the live split, then hit Next for another question.