349 This or That Questions for Adults & Work (+ Game Rules)

This or that questions are one of the most reliable party tricks we know. At teambuilding.com we've run 45,000+ team building events since 2013, and quick either-or prompts show up in a huge share of them — as icebreakers, as tiebreakers, and as the entire engine of voting games like Bet on the Crowd. When you ask a room "pineapple pizza: yes or no?" and the vote splits 52/48, you have that room's full attention.

This guide collects 349 of our favorite this or that questions, organized into 12 categories, plus the game rules and facilitation tricks our hosts use to make a simple question feel like an event.

Here is everything we'll cover:

1. What are this or that questions?
2. How to play the This or That game
3. This or That Thursday
4. This or that question generator
5. Funny this or that questions
6. This or that questions for adults
7. This or that questions for work
8. Hard this or that questions
9. This or that questions for friends
10. This or that questions for couples
11. This or that questions for kids and families
12. This or that questions for students
13. Seasonal this or that questions
14. Creative this or that questions
15. Weird this or that questions
16. Dirty this or that questions (the chore edition)
17. What we've learned asking these at 45,000+ events

What are this or that questions?

This or that questions are prompts that ask participants to choose one of two options. The topics are often funny but can be hard too. For example: "wine or beer?", "city or countryside?", "talking or listening?" The purpose of these questions is usually to help adults break the ice or serve as a quick and fun game for friends. These prompts are also known as "either or questions," "a or b questions," "make me choose between two things," "which is better questions," and the "pick one of two choices game."

These questions are a type of question game and are similar to fact or fiction questions, would you rather questions, what-if questions, yes or no questions, balance game questions and rapid-fire questions.

How to play the This or That game

The This or That game needs zero equipment and about ten seconds of explanation, which is exactly why it works. The basic rules:

1. One person reads a prompt with two options — "coffee or tea?"
2. Everyone picks a side. No abstaining, no "both" — the forced choice is the game.
3. Anyone with a strong opinion defends their pick in a sentence or two.
4. Move to the next prompt while the energy is high.

From there, pick the variation that fits your group:

Variation	How it works	Best for
Classic circle	Take turns answering out loud, with quick follow-ups on interesting picks.	Small groups, road trips, couples
Pick a side	Each option gets a corner of the room (or a Zoom reaction) and everyone physically moves to their answer.	Classrooms, parties, big meetings
Speed round	One player answers 10 prompts in 30 seconds, instinct only.	Warm-ups and rapid-fire rounds
Bet on the Crowd	Survey the group in advance, then players predict which option won the majority. Points for correct predictions.	Team events — this is how we run it in hosted games
This or That Thursday	One prompt per week posted to team chat — see below.	Remote and hybrid teams

This or That Thursday

This or That Thursday is the lowest-effort team ritual we know: every Thursday, someone posts a single this-or-that prompt in the team channel — "cereal: soup or not soup?" — and lets the replies roll in. It takes one minute to run, gives remote teammates a reason to talk about something other than work, and builds a weekly rhythm people genuinely look forward to.

A few tips from teams that keep it going for years: rotate who posts the prompt, keep a running scoreboard of the room's hottest 50/50 splits, and escalate the stakes occasionally — the winning option from each month faces off in a champions bracket. (Thursday is fitting: it is already the most popular day for team building events, hosting 28% of the events on our platform.)

This or that question generator

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Funny this or that questions

• Socks with sandals or shoes with no socks?
• Alarm goes off: snooze or jump up?
• Bad haircut or bad dye job?
• Pineapple pizza or candy corn?
• Talking pets or talking babies?
• Winning the lottery or finding your soulmate?
• Misquoted movies or mistaken lyrics?
• Test the waters or dive in the deep end?
• Glass half full or glass half empty?
• Ketchup or ranch?
• Phone in bathroom or no phone in bathroom?
• Sort by price or by rating?
• Sauce on the side or sauce on top?
• Crunchy peanut butter or smooth peanut butter?
• Zombies or vampires?
• Funny story or one-liner?
• Bad breath or body odor?
• Working hard or hardly working?
• Air guitar or air drums?
• Robots or dinosaurs?
• Guacamole or salsa?
• Speeding ticket or parking ticket?
• Comedian in serious film or serious actor in comedy film?
• Silly hats or silly socks?
• Instagram famous or infomercial famous?
• A store where every item is free or a restaurant where every dish is calorie free?
• Passwords or secret handshakes?
• Loud neighbors or nosey neighbors?
• Babies dressed as animals or animals dressed as humans?

This or that questions for adults

• Audiobooks or podcasts?
• Vacation or staycation?
• Netflix or Hulu?
• Night or morning?
• Rich and famous or rich and unknown?
• Passenger or driver?
• Art museum or history museum?
• Car or bike?
• Train or airplane?
• Owe money or owe a favor?
• Coffee or tea?
• Be embarrassed or be afraid?
• City or countryside?
• Smartphone or tablet?
• Wine or Beer?
• Camping or glamping?
• Cooking or being cooked for?
• Play or standup show?
• Roommates or live alone?
• Attend a party or host a party?
• Lose sleep or skip a meal?
• Hang out with little kids or old folks?
• Sweating or shivering?
• Ambition or comfort?
• Sneakers or dress shoes?
• Fiction or nonfiction?
• Cash or credit?
• Espresso or drip coffee?
• Hot coffee or iced coffee?
• Reality shows or documentaries?
• Red wine or white wine?
• Salad or sandwich?
• Street food or fine dining?
• Sushi or tacos?
• Movie theater or streaming?

This or that questions for work

• Cameras on or cameras off?
• Start work late or leave work early?
• Work from the office or work from home?
• Free lunch or free dessert?
• Video meetings or in-person meetings?
• Messy desk or clean desk?
• Snack stash or stationery stash?
• Win the lottery or land your dream job?
• Angry client or angry coworker?
• Emails or conversations?
• Interviewer or interviewee?
• Physical work or mental work?
• Leader or follower?
• Visual learner or verbal learner?
• Pep talk or motivational quote?
• Salary or hourly?
• Raise or bonus?
• Introvert or extrovert?
• Big company or small company?
• Startup or established business?
• Book smarts or street smarts?
• Education or experience?
• Speed or accuracy?
• Private office or reserved parking spot?
• Group feedback or one on one feedback?
• Loose guidelines or clear directions?
• Company retreat or company holiday party?
• Team building after work or team building on the weekend?

Hard this or that questions

• Smartest person in the world or richest person in the world?
• Save 100 strangers or one loved one?
• See the future or change the past?
• Time machine or magic wand?
• Sight or sound?
• Logic or emotion?
• Words or actions?
• Passion or stability?
• Predictability or excitement?
• Growth or security?
• Money or love?
• Success or happiness?
• Apathy or obsession?
• Skill or popularity?
• Poor and happy or rich and miserable?
• Cherished or respected?
• Intense pain for ten minutes or dull pain for one day?
• Misunderstood after death or forgotten after death?
• Hero or antihero?
• Happy endings or sad endings?
• Overly optimistic or overly pessimistic?
• False hope or unnecessary anxiety?
• Massive success by accident or modest success on purpose?
• Rekindled friendship or rekindled romance?
• Regret or doubt?
• Underestimated or overestimated?
• No company or bad company?
• Painful truth or comforting lie?
• Pause time or rewind time?
• Free travel for one year or free lodging for five years?
• Second chance at love or second chance for your career?

This or that questions for friends

• Concert tickets or festival weekend?
• Call first thing in the morning or call in the middle of the night?
• Board games or video games?
• Photos or videos?
• Social media message or text message?
• Take a friend on your family vacation or join a friend on their family vacation?
• Group hangout or one-on-one hangout?
• French fries or onion rings?
• Share food or don't share food?
• Give a ride or hitch a ride?
• Paypal or Venmo?
• Instagram or Twitter?
• Shopping online or shopping in-store?
• Tattoos or piercings?
• Store-bought or homemade?
• Plans or surprises?
• Pizza or Chinese food?
• Books or movies?
• Roller coasters or water slides?
• Souvenirs or postcards?
• Letters or emails?
• Android or iPhone?
• Brand name or generic?
• Bargain or top-shelf?
• Protagonist or sidekick?
• Girl friends or guy friends?
• Animals or people?
• Weekends or holidays?
• Day or night?
• Watch sports or play sports?
• Driving fast or driving slow?
• Scenic route or highway?
• Music playlist or podcasts?
• Window seat or aisle seat?
• Camping or hotel?

This or that questions for couples

• Dogs or cats?
• Big family or small family?
• Big wedding or small wedding?
• Messy or tidy?
• Planning or winging it?
• Arrive early or arrive late?
• Night out or night in?
• Food truck or restaurant?
• Fast food or health food?
• Dine in or order delivery?
• Coffee date or cocktail date?
• Concert or sports game?
• Funny movie or dramatic movie?
• Calling or texting?
• Split the bill or take turns paying?
• Family or friends?
• Expensive gift or homemade gift?
• Sleeping with the bedroom door closed or open?
• Vegetarian or meat-eating?
• Couch potato or fitness fiend?
• Eggs or pancakes?
• Toilet paper over or under?
• Talking or listening?
• Walk slow or walk fast?
• Looks or personality?
• Clean as you cook or clean up at the end?

This or that questions for kids and families

These prompts are safe for all ages — perfect for dinner tables, car rides, and family game nights.

• Chocolate or vanilla?
• Cookies or brownies?
• Pizza or tacos?
• Winter or summer?
• Puppies or kittens?
• Dragons or unicorns?
• Outer space or the bottom of the sea?
• Toys or candy?
• Ninjas or pirates?
• Christmas or your birthday?
• Halloween or Christmas?
• Beach or pool?
• Swimming or building sand castles?
• No homework or no bedtime?
• Flying or turning invisible?
• Batman or Superman?
• Sharks or dolphins?
• Pandas or koalas?
• Ice cream or cake?
• Zoo or aquarium?
• Hamburgers or hot dogs?
• Sandwiches with crusts or no crusts?
• Disneyworld or Legoland?
• Singing or dancing?
• Pizza party or pool party?
• Lake or ocean?
• Board games or card games?
• Animated films or live-action movies?
• Zoo or amusement park?
• Camping or road trip?
• Ice cream sundaes or pie?
• Holiday movie marathon or baking cookies?
• Playing sports together or going for walks?
• Karaoke night or family band jam session?
• Picnic at the park or in the backyard?
• Tent or camper?
• Pizza night or taco night?
• Puzzle night or trivia night?
• Blanket fort or cardboard box fort?
• Beach day or pool day?
• Making slime or painting rocks?
• Board game or video game tournament?
• Ice cream or popsicles?
• Disney or Pixar?
• Clue or Monopoly?
• Tie-dye shirts or friendship bracelets?

This or that questions for students

• Morning classes or evening classes?
• Study with music or in silence?
• Start assignments immediately or wait until the last minute?
• English or Math?
• Gym or Art?
• Science or History?
• Group work or solo work?
• Art projects or science projects?
• Forget your pencil or forget a notebook?
• Teacher reads your text message aloud or teacher tells the whole class your grade?
• Drive to school or take the bus?
• Messy locker or tidy locker?
• Pen or pencil?
• Multiple choice or essay?
• Physical planners or digital planners?
• Save as you go, or save at the end?
• Home school or classroom learning?
• Field trips or field days?
• Win a race or win a debate?
• Spelling bee or math bee?
• Homework or classwork?
• Big class or small class?
• Recess or lunch?
• Poem or story?
• Recent history or ancient history?
• Chemistry or biology?
• Geometry or algebra?
• Football game or basketball game?
• Cheerleader or mascot?
• Prom or homecoming?
• College or high school?

Seasonal this or that questions

• Halloween or New Year's Eve?
• Eggnog or hot chocolate?
• Real tree or artificial tree?
• White lights or colored lights?
• Giving gifts or receiving gifts?
• Wrapping paper or gift bags?
• Pumpkin pie or apple pie?
• Costume party or ugly-sweater party?
• Trick-or-treating or handing out candy?
• Snow day or beach day?
• Sledding or ice skating?
• Ski trip or beach vacation?
• Fireworks or bonfires?
• Summer barbecue or winter feast?
• Hot cider or iced lemonade?
• Spring cleaning or fall decorating?
• New Year's resolutions: make them or skip them?
• Midnight countdown or early night?
• Candy corn or candy canes?
• First snow or first day of spring?

Creative this or that questions

• Painting or sculpture?
• Guitar or piano?
• Action-packed adventure or cozy night in?
• Dancing or singing?
• Picnic in the park or dinner at a fancy restaurant?
• Sunrise hike or evening stroll?
• Star-gazing or cloud-watching?
• Bungee jumping or skydiving?
• Meditation or adrenaline sports?
• Time travel to the past or future?
• Treehouse or underground bunker?
• Floating house or underwater hotel?
• Tree swing or hammock?
• Art gallery opening or indie music festival?
• Potion brewing or spell casting?
• Dreamcatcher or fortune teller?
• Giant robot battle or dragon duel?
• Mind-reading ability or shape-shifting powers?
• Giant library filled with every book ever written or virtual reality library with infinite knowledge?
• Moon colony or Mars colony?
• Telekinesis or telepathy?
• Invisible cloak or invincibility shield?

Weird this or that questions

• Sticky hands or slimy feet?
• Soup for breakfast or cereal for dinner?
• Marshmallow pillows or spaghetti blankets?
• Toothpaste-flavored ice cream or ice cream-flavored toothpaste?
• Hat made of feathers or shoes made of bubble wrap?
• Cheese-scented soap or soap-scented cheese?
• Sneeze confetti or hiccup bubbles?
• Peanut butter on pizza or ketchup on ice cream?
• Brush your teeth with mustard or wash your hair with mayonnaise?
• Have spaghetti arms or jelly legs?
• Wear socks on your ears or gloves on your feet?
• Have a tail like a squirrel or wings like a bat?
• Speak in whispers or sing everything you say?
• Lick a frog or hug a snake?
• Have a pet spider or a pet cockroach?
• Drink milk from a shoe or eat cereal with water?
• Shower in jelly or bathe in soda?
• Eat spaghetti with chopsticks or soup with a fork?
• Walk backward or hop on one foot all day?
• Gummy bear pillow or pudding mattress?
• Hot sauce toothpaste or pickle juice face wash?
• Pet cat-sized dinosaur or mouse-sized elephant?
• Pig nose or rabbit ears?
• Trampoline for a bed or slide for stairs?
• Sock puppet gloves or noodle scarf?
• Sandwich with chocolate sauce or salad with jelly beans?
• Glitter perfume or glue deodorant?
• Walk on stilts or ride a unicycle?
• Type in emojis or another language?
• Live at a movie theater or a mall?

Dirty this or that questions (the chore edition)

• Wash dishes immediately or wait until the sink is full?
• Clothes on the floor or clothes in the hamper?
• Sweeping or vacuuming?
• Laundry or dishes?
• Mowing the yard or weeding the garden?
• Clutter in the closet or clutter under the bed?
• Dirty bathroom or dirty kitchen?
• Muddy floor or dusty floor?
• Load the dishwasher or unload the dishwasher?
• Clean a litter box or walk a dog?
• Bath or shower?
• Hand soap or hand sanitizer?
• Rake or shovel?
• Sponge or paper towel?
• Bar soap or body wash?
• Subtly stained clothes or obviously wrinkled clothes?

What we've learned asking these at 45,000+ events

Our hosts have asked this-or-that style prompts to thousands of rooms, from four-person startups to thousand-person all-hands calls. What separates a prompt that lands from one that fizzles:

Close votes are the fun ones. In voting games, a 52/48 split creates suspense; a 95/5 split does not. "Chocolate or vanilla" is a warm-up; "is a hot dog a sandwich" starts a fifteen-minute debate. When writing your own prompts, aim for genuine dilemmas — and when a lopsided vote happens anyway, let the minority defend themselves. It is usually the funniest moment of the round.

Debate prompts beat fact prompts. Simple favorite-things questions feel productive because you learn "a fact" about colleagues — but playful dilemmas do better at bringing out actual personalities, which is the more connecting thing to learn about a coworker. That is why most of the prompts on this list are arguments waiting to happen.

The forced choice is doing the work. The moment you allow "both," the game dies. People discover more about each other defending a choice they only 55% believe than they ever would giving a balanced answer.

Competition turns questions into an event. Add points, teams, and a leaderboard, and a list of questions becomes a game show. This is the mechanic behind our most popular hosted events — here are the game-show-style events teams book most, ranked by our Team Building Score:

Want a host to run the game for you? Browse our bookable events, virtual and in-person — most of them sneak a this-or-that round in somewhere.

Final Thoughts

This or that questions are short and simple activities to do with friends, coworkers, students, or kids. By asking these either-or prompts, you can quickly learn surprising things about an individual or group — and with the right close-call prompts, spark deeper, funnier conversations than a "how was your weekend" ever will.

Next, check out our list of most likely to questions, this random question generator tool, and our list of the best poll questions.