This or That Questions

The list, and the game

Every other page of this or that questions hands you four hundred lines and leaves the rest to you — you scroll, you read them out, you lose your place, somebody asks you to go back two. This page has the same list, sorted properly, and a game above it that deals the questions one at a time. Press start and you are playing in one tap; scroll past it if you would rather just read.

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• ⚖️ Classic40
• 🍕 Food36
• ✈️ Travel31
• 💼 Work30
• 🧒 Kids28
• 💞 Couples20
• 🌊 Deep20
• 😂 Funny29
• 🍂 Autumn21
• 🎃 Halloween24
• 🎄 Christmas25

How to play This or That

1. Press start. Ten questions is the standard round; set it to 20 or 30 for a longer session.
2. Tap a side. No explaining, no hedging, no "it depends" — that is the whole rule.
3. For a group, switch to pass-and-play in Options, add up to ten names and hand one phone round the table.
4. At the end you get the split on every question, the two players who agreed most, and the question that divided the room hardest.

What makes a good this or that question

An even split and no explanation required. "Coffee or tea" is a good question because almost everybody has an answer and a room divides down the middle. "Pineapple on pizza" is a good question because it does not. What does not work is the lopsided one, where nine people in ten pick the same side and there is nothing left to argue about — most of the questions below have been cut or rewritten on exactly that test.

All 287 this or that questions

⚖️ Classic — 40 this or that questions

The everyday impossible choices. Coffee or tea, beach or mountains, the lot.

1. Coffee or Tea?
2. Beach or Mountains?
3. Cats or Dogs?
4. Early bird or Night owl?
5. Texting or Calling?
6. Books or Films?
7. Summer or Winter?
8. Shower in the morning or Shower at night?
9. Stay in or Go out?
10. Window seat or Aisle seat?
11. Plan the whole trip or Book a flight and wing it?
12. Hot drink or Cold drink?
13. Shoes off indoors or Shoes on indoors?
14. Take the stairs or Take the lift?
15. Music or Podcasts?
16. Physical books or E-reader?
17. Cash or Card?
18. Drive or Be driven?
19. Tidy as you go or One big clean at the end?
20. Long bath or Quick shower?
21. One big holiday or Lots of little trips?
22. Handwritten note or Voice message?
23. Rain on the window or Sun through the curtains?
24. Sit at the front or Sit at the back?
25. Big party or Small gathering?
26. Reply straight away or Reply in three days?
27. Vinyl or Streaming?
28. Open plan or Lots of little rooms?
29. Cook at home or Order in?
30. Keep every receipt or Bin it immediately?
31. Up on the first alarm or Snooze four times?
32. Paper map or Satnav?
33. Same holiday every year or Somewhere new every time?
34. Check the forecast or Look out the window?
35. Sunrise or Sunset?
36. Sit by the fire or Walk in the cold?
37. Own it or Rent it?
38. Finish the series tonight or One episode a week?
39. Group chat permanently muted or Read every single message?
40. Loud, busy restaurant or Quiet corner table?

🍕 Food — 36 this or that questions

Sweet against savoury, and a few opinions that will start an argument.

1. Cook at home or Order in?
2. Crisps or Chocolate?
3. Pizza or Burgers?
4. Chips or Ice cream?
5. Full English or Pancakes?
6. Cheese board or Dessert menu?
7. Salty popcorn or Sweet popcorn?
8. Pepperoni or Pineapple?
9. Ketchup or Mayonnaise?
10. Roast dinner or Sticky toffee pudding?
11. Thin crust or Deep pan?
12. Coffee that tastes of coffee or Coffee that tastes of caramel?
13. Savoury breakfast or Sweet breakfast?
14. Tea with milk or Tea without?
15. Curry or Cake?
16. Dark chocolate or Milk chocolate?
17. Cook from a recipe or Make it up as you go?
18. Order the same thing every time or Try something new?
19. Starter or Pudding?
20. Crunchy peanut butter or Smooth peanut butter?
21. Cereal then milk or Milk then cereal?
22. Toast or Croissant?
23. Fish and chips or Doughnuts?
24. Sparkling water or Still water?
25. Eat it while it is too hot or Wait for it to cool?
26. Meal plan for the week or Decide at 6pm?
27. Olives or Marshmallows?
28. Marmite or Nutella?
29. Rare or Well done?
30. Takeaway on the sofa or Restaurant with a booking?
31. Garlic bread or Garlic anything else?
32. Soup or Sandwich?
33. Cheese on everything or Chilli on everything?
34. Breakfast for dinner or Dinner for breakfast?
35. Finish everyone else’s leftovers or Leave half your own?
36. Share the pudding or Order your own?

✈️ Travel — 31 this or that questions

Window or aisle, city break or a week doing nothing by the sea.

1. Beach or Mountains?
2. Window seat or Aisle seat?
3. Plan the whole trip or Book a flight and wing it?
4. One big holiday or Lots of little trips?
5. Paper map or Satnav?
6. Same holiday every year or Somewhere new every time?
7. City break or Week by the sea?
8. Hand luggage only or Check a big case?
9. Train or Plane?
10. Hotel or Tent?
11. Airport three hours early or Sprint to the gate?
12. Same café every morning or A different one each day?
13. Road trip or Long-haul flight?
14. Museums or Markets?
15. Somewhere hot or Somewhere snowy?
16. Travel alone or Travel with a group?
17. Itinerary for every day or No plans at all?
18. Guided tour or Get deliberately lost?
19. Souvenir fridge magnet or Two hundred photos?
20. Sleep on the plane or Watch four films?
21. Beach all day or Up at six to see the sunrise?
22. All-inclusive or Find your own dinner?
23. Learn ten words of the language or Point and smile?
24. Countryside cottage or City centre flat?
25. Go back to a favourite or Never repeat a destination?
26. Pack the night before or Pack in the taxi?
27. Window shut or Window open?
28. Sunglasses or Umbrella?
29. Ferry or Tunnel?
30. Postcards home or Photo dump at the airport?
31. One country, three weeks or Six countries, three weeks?

💼 Work — 30 this or that questions

Safe for the team meeting. A five-minute icebreaker that actually breaks ice.

1. Work from home or Work from the office?
2. Email or Quick call?
3. Morning meeting or Afternoon meeting?
4. Inbox at zero or Four thousand unread?
5. Headphones on or Headphones off?
6. Whiteboard or Spreadsheet?
7. Agenda circulated in advance or Let us see where it goes?
8. Camera on or Camera off?
9. Deep work all morning or Meetings all morning?
10. Standing desk or Sitting desk?
11. Finish early, start early or Start late, finish late?
12. Take notes by hand or Type everything?
13. Team lunch or Lunch at your desk?
14. Reply immediately or Batch replies once a day?
15. Slack message or Walk over and ask?
16. Work in silence or Work with music?
17. To-do list on paper or To-do list in an app?
18. Present first or Present last?
19. Office tea round or Everyone makes their own?
20. Calendar blocked to the minute or Calendar wide open?
21. Big project, long deadline or Small tasks, fast turnaround?
22. Hot desk or Same seat every day?
23. Detailed brief or Figure it out yourself?
24. Feedback in writing or Feedback in person?
25. Four-day week, longer days or Five-day week, shorter days?
26. Dress up for the office or Same hoodie forever?
27. Remote team social or No team social at all?
28. Learn a new tool or Master the one you have?
29. Arrive ten minutes early or Join as it starts?
30. Open office or Private room?

🧒 Kids — 28 this or that questions

Dinosaurs, superheroes and whether cake beats ice cream. Nothing scary.

1. Cats or Dogs?
2. Pizza or Burgers?
3. Salty popcorn or Sweet popcorn?
4. Ice cream or Cake?
5. Dinosaurs or Dragons?
6. Superpowers: flying or Superpowers: invisibility?
7. Swimming pool or Trampoline?
8. Pancakes or Waffles?
9. Robots or Wizards?
10. Slide or Swing?
11. Snow day or Beach day?
12. Puppy or Kitten?
13. Build a den indoors or Climb a tree outdoors?
14. Chocolate milk or Strawberry milk?
15. Be able to talk to animals or Be able to breathe underwater?
16. Pirates or Astronauts?
17. Board games or Video games?
18. Spaghetti or Pizza?
19. Big bouncy castle or Giant ball pit?
20. Read the story or Make up your own story?
21. Drawing or Building things?
22. Pet hamster or Pet parrot?
23. Jump in every puddle or Walk carefully round them?
24. Treehouse or Underground hideout?
25. Football or Swimming?
26. Sweets or Crisps?
27. Play with a big group or Play with one best friend?
28. Go to space or Go to the bottom of the sea?

💞 Couples — 20 this or that questions

How well do you two actually line up? Play it in pass-and-play and find out.

1. Night in or Night out?
2. Cook together or Order together?
3. Big surprise or Something you both planned?
4. Cinema or Sofa?
5. Morning person or Evening person?
6. Say it or Write it down?
7. Long walk or Long lie-in?
8. Same taste in music or Same sense of humour?
9. Separate duvets or One shared duvet?
10. Quiet anniversary or Big celebration?
11. Flowers or A really good coffee?
12. Holiday booked a year out or Booked next Tuesday?
13. Watch it together or not at all or Watch ahead and say nothing?
14. Keep every ticket stub or Travel light through life?
15. Talk it out tonight or Sleep on it?
16. Matching plans or Separate hobbies?
17. Breakfast in bed or Breakfast out?
18. Photo on the wall or Photo on the phone?
19. Road trip or Staycation?
20. Gift you asked for or Gift that is a total surprise?

🌊 Deep — 20 this or that questions

The ones that take a moment. Good for long drives and late evenings.

1. Know the truth or Keep the illusion?
2. A quiet life or A remarkable one?
3. Be understood or Be admired?
4. More time or More money?
5. Regret something you did or Regret something you did not?
6. Remember everything or Forget what hurts?
7. Be right or Be kind?
8. Start over somewhere new or Put down deeper roots?
9. Work you love or Work that leaves you alone?
10. Know how it ends or Find out as you go?
11. Be the student or Be the teacher?
12. A small circle or A wide one?
13. Change the past or See the future?
14. Say the hard thing or Keep the peace?
15. Ambition or Contentment?
16. Be missed or Be remembered?
17. Stability or Possibility?
18. Decide fast and adjust or Wait until you are sure?
19. Depth in one thing or A little of everything?
20. The same people forever or New people constantly?

😂 Funny — 29 this or that questions

Silly, ridiculous and occasionally upsetting. Nobody is making good choices here.

1. Pepperoni or Pineapple?
2. Cereal then milk or Milk then cereal?
3. Garlic bread or Garlic anything else?
4. Breakfast for dinner or Dinner for breakfast?
5. Fight one horse-sized duck or Fight a hundred duck-sized horses?
6. Always be ten minutes late or Always be an hour early?
7. Sneeze glitter or Cry bubbles?
8. Only whisper or Only shout?
9. Have a permanent hiccup or Have a permanent itch?
10. Never use the internet again or Never leave the house again?
11. Talk like a pirate forever or Sing every sentence?
12. Toast always lands butter down or Socks always slightly damp?
13. Be famous for something embarrassing or Be anonymous forever?
14. Hands for feet or Feet for hands?
15. Everything tastes of coriander or Nothing tastes of anything?
16. Live in a house made of biscuits or Live in a house made of cheese?
17. Be followed by dramatic music or Be followed by a laugh track?
18. Only ever wear a hat indoors or Only ever wear sunglasses inside?
19. Have every photo of you be blurry or Have every photo be mid-sneeze?
20. Wrestle a goose or Debate a seagull?
21. Say yes to everything for a week or Say no to everything for a week?
22. Always know when someone is lying or Always be believed when you lie?
23. Have a tail or Have wings that do not work?
24. Lose every argument or Win every argument but nobody likes you?
25. Live one day twice or Skip a day entirely?
26. Be haunted by a polite ghost or Be followed by a rude pigeon?
27. Everything you own is slightly too big or Everything is slightly too small?
28. Can only walk backwards or Can only run everywhere?
29. Have to announce yourself in every room or Have to leave every room by crawling?

🍂 Autumn — 21 this or that questions

Jumpers, pumpkins and the great cinnamon debate. Seasonal but not sickly.

1. Summer or Winter?
2. Rain on the window or Sun through the curtains?
3. Sit by the fire or Walk in the cold?
4. Pumpkin spice or Plain black coffee?
5. Big jumper or Good coat?
6. Crunchy leaves or First frost?
7. Apple crumble or Sticky toffee pudding?
8. Bonfire outside or Candles inside?
9. Wellies or Boots?
10. Soup season or Stew season?
11. Carve the pumpkin or Eat the pumpkin?
12. Misty morning walk or Duvet until eleven?
13. Cinnamon in everything or Cinnamon in nothing?
14. Woolly hat or Scarf?
15. Hot chocolate or Mulled anything?
16. Dark evenings or Bright cold mornings?
17. Fireworks or Fairy lights?
18. Rake the leaves or Leave the leaves?
19. Roast dinner every Sunday or A different cuisine every week?
20. Long-sleeve weather or Coat-and-gloves weather?
21. Toffee apple or Candy floss?

🎃 Halloween — 24 this or that questions

Trick or treat, carve or paint, scary costume or funny one. Spooky, never nasty.

1. Trick or treating or Handing out the sweets?
2. Carve the pumpkin or Paint the pumpkin?
3. Haunted house or Corn maze?
4. Hayride or Pumpkin patch?
5. Scary costume or Funny costume?
6. Horror film all night or Hocus Pocus and an early night?
7. Two full-size bars or A whole bowl of fun-size?
8. Vampire or Werewolf?
9. Ghost story by candlelight or Jump scares on a screen?
10. Homemade costume or Bought it that afternoon?
11. Matching group costume or Going as your own thing?
12. Candy corn or Toffee apple?
13. Decorations up on 1 October or Decorations up on the 30th?
14. Fog machine or Cobwebs on everything?
15. Answer the door in costume or Leave the bowl out and hide?
16. Zombie apocalypse or Haunted hotel?
17. Skeletons or Spiders?
18. Black cat or Raven?
19. Sort the haul by type first or Eat them in the order they come out?
20. Costume party out or Horror marathon in?
21. Graveyard at midnight or Abandoned hospital at noon?
22. Chocolate haul or Sour sweets haul?
23. Classic monsters or Modern horror?
24. Pumpkin spice everything or Not one single pumpkin spice thing?

🎄 Christmas — 25 this or that questions

Real tree or artificial, Eve or morning, turkey or ham. The arguments start here.

1. Real tree or Artificial tree?
2. Open one on Christmas Eve or Everything on Christmas morning?
3. Home Alone or Elf?
4. Hot chocolate or Mulled wine?
5. Christmas pyjamas or Ugly Christmas jumper?
6. Turkey or Ham?
7. Properly wrapped or Straight in a gift bag?
8. Decorations up on 1 December or Decorations up on the 23rd?
9. White lights or Every colour at once?
10. Christmas music from November or Strictly Christmas week only?
11. Secret Santa or Everyone buys for everyone?
12. Something handmade or A gift card they will actually use?
13. Christmas away somewhere or Christmas at home?
14. Snow on the day or Crisp, cold and dry?
15. Mince pies or Christmas pudding?
16. The leftovers sandwich or The actual dinner?
17. Board games after dinner or A long walk after dinner?
18. Chocolate advent calendar or A proper door and a picture?
19. All I Want for Christmas Is You or Last Christmas?
20. Star on top or Angel on top?
21. A full stocking of small things or One big present?
22. Christmas market in the cold or Online shopping in bed?
23. Cards in the post or One group message?
24. Host the whole family or Turn up somewhere else?
25. Bought the tree in November or Bought it on Christmas Eve?

More This or That

• This or That GameThe full game, all categories mixed, plus a new daily round.
• This or That for KidsDinosaurs, superheroes and cake against ice cream.
• This or That for WorkA five-minute team icebreaker about habits, not feelings.
• Halloween This or ThatTrick or treat, carve or paint, vampire or werewolf.
• Christmas This or ThatReal tree or artificial, Eve or morning, turkey or ham.

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