“Would You Rather” Questions for Journal Writing and Classroom Discussions

Would you rather go into the past and meet your ancestors or go

into the future and meet your great-great grandchildren?

Would you rather have more time or more

money?

Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button on your

life?

Would you rather be able to talk with the animals or speak all foreign languages?

Would you rather win the lottery or live twice

as long?

Would you rather be without internet for a week, or without your

iPod/iPad/phone/tablet for a week?

Would you rather be Batman or Spiderman?

Wonder Woman or Captain Marvel?

Would you rather be a singer or a movie star?

Would you rather stuck on a broken ski-lift or in

a broken elevator?

Would you rather read an awesome book or watch a good movie?

Would you rather spend the night in a luxury

hotel room or camping surrounded by beautiful

scenery?

Would you rather explore space or the

ocean?

Would you rather go deep sea diving or bungee jumping?

Would you rather be a kid your whole life or an

adult your whole life?

Would you rather eat a cow tongue or octopus

tentacles?

Would you rather be stuck on an island alone

or with someone who talks constantly?

Would you rather be too hot or too cold?

Would you rather be an Olympic gold medalist or a Nobel Peace Prize

winner?

Would you rather spend the day with your

favorite athlete or you favorite movie star?

Would you rather live where it is constantly winter or where it is constantly summer?

Would you rather live in Antarctica or the Sahara Dessert?

Would you rather go without TV or junk food

the rest of your life?

Would you rather not brush your hair for a

month or shower in cold water for a month?

Would you rather change your eye color

or your hair color?

Would you rather sing like an opera star or cook like a gourmet

chef?

Would you rather be locked in an amusement

park or a library?

Would you rather be on a game how or on a survival reality TV

show? (Family feud vs Survivor)

Would you rather be a stand-up comedian or a

concert musician?

Would you rather win an Olympic gold medal

or an Academy Award/Oscar?

Would you rather eat a small can of cat food or

eat two rotten tomatoes?

Would you rather have to skip everywhere or

run everywhere?

Would you rather have hands instead of feet or feet instead of hands?

Would you rather have a horse’s tail or a

unicorn horn?

Would you rather have a pig nose or an elephant trunk?

Would you rather have a giraffe’s neck or fish

gills?

Would you rather have you grandmother’s/

grandfather’s hairstyle or first name?

Would you rather always talk in rhymes

or sing instead of speak?

Would you rather wear clown makeup every

day for a year or wear a tutu every day for a

year?

Would you rather not be allowed to wash your hands for a month or

your hair for a month?

Would you rather be a police officer or a fire

fighter?

Would you rather go to the school only for 4 months in

the winter and have the rest of the year off or go to school in the summer and have the

rest of the year off?

Would you rather eat a bowl full or worms or a

live frog?

Would you rather be able to fly or turn

invisible?

Would you rather jump into a pool of

marshmallows or a pool of Jell-O?

Would you rather have the head the size of an orange or the size of

watermelon?

Would you rather have one eye in the middle of

your forehead like a cyclops or have two

noses?

Would you rather live in the 1980’s or the

2050’s?

Would you rather not be allowed to eat your 5 favorite foods for an

entire year or only eat your 5 favorite foods for

an entire school?

Would you rather live without music or live

without TV?

Would you rather meet a visiting Alien or travel

to outer space?

Would you rather meet an Alien or Bigfoot?

Would you rather go skiing or go surfing?

Would you rather be only able to whisper or

only able to shout?

Would you rather be a doctor or a dentist?

Would you rather live forever (immortal) or be the richest human

(mortal)?

Would you rather have a pet elephant or a pet

tiger?

Would you rather give up breakfast, lunch or

dinner? What about brunch or linner?

Would you rather be a master/pro at every

musical instrument or be fluent in every

language?

Would you rather live in a tree or in a cave?

Would you rather have x-ray vision or super

bionic hearing?

Would you rather travel everywhere by horse or

by bicycle?

Would you rather grow to be a giant or shrink to be 12 inches tall?

Would you rather have a dog that could talk or a cat that could talk?

Would you rather have hiccups constantly for

one week or sneeze every 10 minutes for

one week?

Would you rather eat an entire jar of pickles or a

whole container of cream cheese?

Would you rather be poor and work at a job you love or be rich at a

job you hate?

Would you rather have no fingers or no toes?

Would you rather have to say whatever comes to mind immediately or never be able to speak

again?

Would you rather be able to see into the past or see into the future?

Would you rather live somewhere where it is

always summer time or where it is always

winter time?

Would you rather go to Hogwarts or to Narnia?

(Or two other fictional places) Would you rather eat a

taco or a pizza?

Would you rather to be able to jump incredibly high or run incredibly

fast?

Would you rather never be able to eat cold food or never be able to eat

hot food?

Would you rather have many good friends or one very best friend?

Would you rather have fame and fortune or love and wisdom?

Would you rather speak in riddles or only speak

backwards? (“Hi, how are you today?”

would be “Today you are how, hi?”)

Would you rather not know your age or not

know your name?

Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 20

minutes early?

Would you rather be able to control fire or

water?

Christmas

Would you rather have Christmas tinsel as hair or have fingernails that light up like Christmas

lights?

Would you rather eat

your cereal with eggnog instead of milk or eat a candy cane sandwich?

Would you rather live in

a giant gingerbread house or ride on the

Polar Express?

Would you rather have a nose that glows light

Rudolph’s or have pointy ears like an elf?

Would you rather be one

of Santa’s elves or be one of Santa’s reindeer?

Would you rather spend

7 hours Christmas present shopping or

spend 10 hours watching Christmas

movies?

Would you rather make snow angels or go ice

skating?

Would you rather have candy cane legs or gum

drops for eyes?

Would you rather watch

How The Grinch Stole Christmas or Elf or

Frosty The Snowman?

Would you rather have

mittens for hands or ski’s for feet?

Would you rather rake leaves or shovel snow?

Would you rather be in a scene from the movie Home Alone or really be

home alone for Christmas?

Would you rather spend a day with the Grinch or

Jack Frost?

Would you rather go

tobogganing or take a horse drawn sleigh

ride?

Would you rather wrap

100 presents or decorate 10 Christmas

trees?

Would you rather wear Christmas sweaters for 1 years or stay with the

Abdominal Snowman for 1 week?

Would you rather laugh like Santa for 1 day or

sing Jingle Bells all day long for 1 day?

Would you rather be

Santa’s helper or Mrs. Clause’s helper?

Would you rather have 1 BIG present or 100

little presents?

Would you rather have

frosty the snowman as a friend or Rudolph the red nosed reindeer?

End of School Year

Would you rather eat only hotdogs, chips, watermelon and ice cream all summer long OR eat anything you want all summer except

hotdogs, chips, watermelon and ice-cream?

Would you rather have

a job working as a lifeguard or have a job working as a carnival

ride operator?

Would you rather your whole body turn bright

blue whenever you get wet or have your hair turn

neon green whenever you are in sunlight?

Would you rather be

able to talk to animals or be able to change the

weather?

Would you rather swim in a pool or swim in a

lake?

Would you rather swim in a lake or swim in the

ocean?

Would you rather go swimming or go for a

hike?

Would you rather have

a mermaid tail when you swim or fish gills

when you swim?

Would you rather stand all day long or sit all day

long?

Would you rather have a BBQ hot dog or a BBQ

hamburger?

Halloween

Would you rather meet a vampire or a

werewolf? (Friendly of course!)

Would you rather have to eat 6 fish eyeballs or

have to eat a rotten jack-o-lantern?

Would you rather help

to design a haunted house or go to a haunted house made by someone

else?

Would you rather be

chased by 5 zombies or be chased by 5

Frankenstein’s?

Would you rather have

a spooky/scary Halloween costume or a

funny costume?

Would you rather spend the night in a graveyard or a spooky abandoned

house?

Would you rather spend the rest of your life as a clown or never be able

to go in the sunlight again?

Would you rather have fangs or have red eyes?

Would you rather wear a homemade costume or

wear a store bought costume?

Would you rather watch a scary movie or watch

a funny movie?

Spring

Would you rather be followed

around by 8 ducklings who think that you are their

mother or have butterflies constantly flying in a circle

around your head?

Would you rather waddle like a duck

everywhere you go or have to hop like a bunny

wherever you go?

Would you rather spend a day planting a

vegetable garden or spend the day hiking in

the woods?

Would you rather be a squirrel for a day or be a

frog for a day?

Would you rather have feathers like a bird all

over your body or have bunny ears and a cotton

bunny tail?

Would you rather live in a giant rabbit burrow or

live in a giant bird’s nest?

Would you rather be a caterpillar or be a

tadpole?

Would you rather have

skin as green as a spring lead or have skin as blue as the day time

sky?

Would you rather be

allergic to grass or be allergic to chocolate?

Would you rather have a pet chicken that could talk or a pet bunny that

could talk?

Would you rather plant a flower or plant a tree?

Would you rather walk in the rain or walk on a

sunny day?

Would you rather slide down a rainbow or dance in the rain?

Would you rather have rainbows for eyebrows or ears that look like

butterfly wings?

Random Acts of Kindness

Would you rather

shovel the neighbor’s driveway or wash their

vehicle?

Would you rather mow the lawn or help plant

the garden?

Would you

parents/guardians groceries or take out the

garbage?

Would you rather cook supper/dinner or cook

breakfast?

Would you rather hold

the door open for a stranger or help

somebody cross the street?

Would you rather volunteer in another

country building schools for children or volunteer

in another country building wells for fresh

water?

Would you rather buy

flowers for somebody or leave a kind thank you

note?

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