Thanksgiving Would You Rather Questions

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1. How to play Thanksgiving would you rather
2. Thanksgiving food would you rather questions
3. Funny Thanksgiving would you rather questions
4. Thanksgiving would you rather questions for kids
5. Would you rather questions for students
6. Family and tradition questions
7. Hard Thanksgiving would you rather questions
8. Would you rather questions for adults and Friendsgiving
9. Gratitude questions for the end of the meal
10. Tips for a mixed-age table
11. More Thanksgiving games
12. Questions hosts ask

Would you rather is the easiest game you can play at a Thanksgiving table. There’s nothing to set up, nothing to explain, and it works from your chair while the tryptophan jokes start. One question gets people talking; the good ones start an argument about stuffing that lasts through dessert.

The printable deck above has 45 short Thanksgiving choices, ten to a page, ready to cut. The full lists below have 160 more to read from your phone.

How to play Thanksgiving would you rather

1. Pick a reader, or pass the phone (or card basket) around the table so everyone gets a turn.
2. The reader asks one question out loud.
3. Everyone answers at the same time: point left for the first choice, right for the second. No “neither,” no “both.”
4. Anyone in the smaller group explains their choice in one or two sentences.
5. Pass to the next reader and keep going until dessert, or until someone takes the stuffing question personally.

Want a winner? Before each vote, the reader guesses which side the majority will pick. A right guess earns a point, and the first to five wins. It gives the reader a reason to pay attention to everyone else.

Only two of you? Each person guesses the other’s answer before you both reveal. It’s a sneaky test of how well you know someone.

Thanksgiving food would you rather questions

The food round is the one that gets the table going, because everybody already has strong opinions about gravy.

1. Would you rather eat only side dishes or only desserts this Thanksgiving?
2. Would you rather give up stuffing forever or give up mashed potatoes forever?
3. Would you rather eat cold turkey every day for a week or have no turkey for a year?
4. Would you rather have gravy that tastes like chocolate or pie that tastes like gravy?
5. Would you rather eat a whole pumpkin pie by yourself or split one slice with ten people?
6. Would you rather drink only cranberry juice or only apple cider until Christmas?
7. Would you rather have unlimited dinner rolls or unlimited pie?
8. Would you rather eat Thanksgiving dinner for breakfast or breakfast for Thanksgiving dinner?
9. Would you rather carve the turkey in front of everyone or make the gravy with everyone watching?
10. Would you rather have marshmallows on everything or cheese on everything?
11. Would you rather eat turkey with a spoon or soup with a fork?
12. Would you rather get the burnt edge of every dish or the soggy middle of every dish?
13. Would you rather bring the dish everyone fights over or the dish only you eat?
14. Would you rather have Thanksgiving pizza or Thanksgiving tacos?
15. Would you rather eat canned cranberry sauce with the ridges or homemade cranberry sauce with whole berries?
16. Would you rather have a turkey the size of a car or a pie the size of the table?
17. Would you rather give up leftovers or give up dessert?
18. Would you rather eat Thanksgiving dinner at 1 p.m. or at 8 p.m.?
19. Would you rather eat only orange food or only brown food on Thanksgiving?
20. Would you rather cook the whole meal yourself or eat whatever the kids cook?
21. Would you rather eat a leftover turkey sandwich every day for a week or never have leftovers again?
22. Would you rather pile your plate high once or go back for five tiny plates?
23. Would you rather find raisins in the stuffing or lumps in the mashed potatoes?
24. Would you rather have a sliver of every pie or two big slices of your favorite?
25. Would you rather have the turkey come out dry or the pie come out burnt?

Funny Thanksgiving would you rather questions

These suit any crowd, from a second-grade class to a table of great-aunts.

1. Would you rather gobble every time you laugh or waddle every time you walk?
2. Would you rather be a giant parade balloon for a day or one of the people holding its ropes?
3. Would you rather have a turkey follow you everywhere or a scarecrow that waves every time you pass?
4. Would you rather sneeze confetti or hiccup like a turkey?
5. Would you rather have your stomach growl through the whole meal or hiccup every time you say “thank you”?
6. Would you rather fall asleep face-first in the mashed potatoes or get caught licking the pie server?
7. Would you rather sit at the kids’ table until you’re 40 or sit at the grown-ups’ table starting at age 5?
8. Would you rather have gravy come out of the kitchen faucet or cranberry sauce come out of the shower?
9. Would you rather be chased by a wild turkey or by a flock of geese?
10. Would you rather talk only in rhymes during dinner or sing everything you say?
11. Would you rather live inside a giant pumpkin or inside a giant pie?
12. Would you rather have feathers for hair or a turkey wattle under your chin?
13. Would you rather trip while carrying the turkey or while carrying the pie?
14. Would you rather eat dinner wearing oven mitts or eat it with chopsticks?
15. Would you rather have a dog that steals the pie or a cat that sits in the gravy?
16. Would you rather wake up as a parade float or as a giant ear of corn?
17. Would you rather say only “gobble” for an hour or only whisper for the whole day?
18. Would you rather have the smoke alarm go off during grace or the power go out during the carving?
19. Would you rather wear sweatpants to a fancy dinner or a tuxedo to a backyard football game?
20. Would you rather have a turkey that talks or a pie that sings?
21. Would you rather forget the turkey in the oven or forget the pie at the store?
22. Would you rather have every relative call you by your cousin’s name or pinch your cheeks all day?
23. Would you rather do a turkey strut every time you stand up or flap your arms every time you sit down?
24. Would you rather grow a whipped cream mustache or stuffing eyebrows?
25. Would you rather be the only one who dresses up as a Pilgrim or the only one who dresses up as a pumpkin?

Thanksgiving would you rather questions for kids

Short, simple choices for kids about 4 to 10. Younger kids answer faster if you hold up one hand for each choice as you read it.

1. Would you rather be a turkey or a pumpkin for a day?
2. Would you rather jump in a giant pile of leaves or a giant pile of pillows?
3. Would you rather ride on a parade float or march in the parade band?
4. Would you rather eat pie for breakfast or pancakes for dinner?
5. Would you rather have a pet turkey or a pet squirrel?
6. Would you rather sit at the kids’ table or the grown-ups’ table?
7. Would you rather help cook or help decorate?
8. Would you rather draw a turkey or build a turkey out of blocks?
9. Would you rather play football in the yard or play board games inside?
10. Would you rather have Thanksgiving every month or your birthday twice a year?
11. Would you rather fly like a bird or run as fast as a deer?
12. Would you rather find a golden acorn or a magic feather?
13. Would you rather eat mashed potatoes with your hands or pie with no fork?
14. Would you rather live in a treehouse made of pie or a castle made of cornbread?
15. Would you rather go on a hayride or a pony ride?
16. Would you rather pick apples or pick pumpkins?
17. Would you rather have a leaf fight or a pillow fight?
18. Would you rather be a scarecrow for an hour or a statue for an hour?
19. Would you rather have a pumpkin as big as your house or a turkey as small as your thumb?
20. Would you rather wear a hat made of leaves or boots made of pumpkins?
21. Would you rather give a thank-you speech or sing a thank-you song?
22. Would you rather have a nap after dinner or a dance party after dinner?
23. Would you rather visit a farm or go to a big parade?
24. Would you rather have whipped cream on everything or sprinkles on everything?
25. Would you rather make a thankful tree or a paper turkey?

The kids’ This or That cards above have 48 more choices like “Talk like a turkey or walk like a turkey for one minute?”, eight to a page.

Would you rather questions for students

These fit a classroom in the week before Thanksgiving break. They work as a morning meeting warm-up, a transition game or a writing prompt.

1. Would you rather have a four-day weekend every month or an extra recess every day?
2. Would you rather put on a class play or have a class feast?
3. Would you rather write a thank-you note to your teacher or to a friend?
4. Would you rather have homework over Thanksgiving break or chores over Thanksgiving break?
5. Would you rather take a field trip to a farm or to a bakery?
6. Would you rather read a book about turkeys or write your own turkey story?
7. Would you rather have a class pet turkey or a class pet goat?
8. Would you rather be line leader all week or pick the read-aloud book all week?
9. Would you rather eat lunch with the principal or teach the class for an hour?
10. Would you rather solve 20 turkey math problems or spell 10 hard Thanksgiving words?
11. Would you rather say what you’re thankful for out loud or write it on a paper leaf?
12. Would you rather get a cornucopia full of candy or a cornucopia full of school supplies?
13. Would you rather spend Thanksgiving break at home or visiting relatives far away?
14. Would you rather trade lunches with a friend every day or never trade again?
15. Would you rather do a “turkey in disguise” project or a pumpkin painting project?
16. Would you rather have recess in the rain or indoor recess with board games?
17. Would you rather have a class potluck or a class movie day?
18. Would you rather work on a project in a group or on your own?
19. Would you rather learn about the Mayflower’s trip or about how wild turkeys live?
20. Would you rather get the day before break off or the day after break off?

Running it in a classroom

Have students stand up and move to the left side of the room for the first choice and the right side for the second. It gets everyone moving, and you can see every answer at a glance. Call on one or two students from each side to explain their pick, then ask for a show of hands on who changed their mind.

For a writing version, give each student one question and ask for three sentences explaining their answer. For older students, add a rule: they have to argue for the side they didn’t pick.

Family and tradition questions

This round is about how your family does Thanksgiving, so it usually turns into stories about past years. Let it.

1. Would you rather host Thanksgiving every year or never host again?
2. Would you rather have a small dinner with just your household or a huge dinner with 40 relatives?
3. Would you rather keep every family tradition or start a brand-new one?
4. Would you rather watch the parade or watch football?
5. Would you rather go around the table saying what you’re thankful for or write it down anonymously?
6. Would you rather travel five hours for dinner or have everyone travel to you?
7. Would you rather wash the dishes or dry the dishes?
8. Would you rather play games after dinner or go for a long walk?
9. Would you rather look through old family photos or make a family video?
10. Would you rather start Christmas decorating the day after Thanksgiving or wait until December?
11. Would you rather shop on Black Friday or stay in pajamas all day?
12. Would you rather be in charge of the menu or in charge of the seating chart?
13. Would you rather have a formal dinner with place cards or a buffet on the couch?
14. Would you rather spend Thanksgiving at the beach or in a snowy cabin?
15. Would you rather learn the family’s secret recipe or hear the family’s best story?
16. Would you rather have a family touch football game or a family bake-off?
17. Would you rather have everyone bring a dish or cook it all yourself?
18. Would you rather eat at the dining table or at a picnic table outside?
19. Would you rather take the family photo before dinner or after?
20. Would you rather celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday or move it to Saturday?

Hard Thanksgiving would you rather questions

No easy answers here. Give people a few seconds to think before the vote.

1. Would you rather have a perfect Thanksgiving dinner with strangers or a burnt dinner with everyone you love?
2. Would you rather give up Thanksgiving or give up your birthday?
3. Would you rather eat only your favorite Thanksgiving dish forever or never eat it again?
4. Would you rather know every family recipe by heart or every family story?
5. Would you rather be the best cook in the family or the funniest person at the table?
6. Would you rather host 30 people with no help or be a guest who isn’t allowed to bring anything?
7. Would you rather lose all your leftovers or lose your after-dinner nap?
8. Would you rather have Thanksgiving in the middle of summer or the middle of winter?
9. Would you rather never have pie again or never have stuffing again?
10. Would you rather say exactly what you think at dinner or not talk at all?
11. Would you rather go back in time to a past family Thanksgiving or see one 30 years from now?
12. Would you rather be thanked by everyone for one thing or get to thank everyone for something?
13. Would you rather have unlimited money for the meal or unlimited time to cook it?
14. Would you rather roast your first turkey with everyone watching or admit you forgot to buy one?
15. Would you rather eat the exact same Thanksgiving meal every year or a completely different one each year?

Would you rather questions for adults and Friendsgiving

Still clean, but these lean on grown-up problems: in-laws, dishes, holiday travel and the person who swears their pie is homemade.

1. Would you rather host Friendsgiving or host family Thanksgiving?
2. Would you rather cook the turkey or be in charge of every dessert?
3. Would you rather wake up at 5 a.m. to prep or stay up until midnight cleaning?
4. Would you rather have a relative critique your cooking or critique your house?
5. Would you rather give up Black Friday shopping forever or give up online holiday sales forever?
6. Would you rather run a turkey trot in the morning or nap all afternoon?
7. Would you rather drive through holiday traffic or fly the day before Thanksgiving?
8. Would you rather host your in-laws for a week or your college friends for a weekend?
9. Would you rather do all the cooking or do all the dishes?
10. Would you rather lose the recipe card or lose the oven for the day?
11. Would you rather admit your famous dish is store-bought or keep the secret forever?
12. Would you rather answer every relative’s questions about your love life or about your job?
13. Would you rather have a quiet Thanksgiving alone with a pie or a loud one with 30 people?
14. Would you rather host with a broken oven or a broken dishwasher?
15. Would you rather plan the whole meal or show up and eat whatever’s served?

Gratitude questions for the end of the meal

A gentler round for when the plates are cleared. These are good for a smaller table or a family that likes to go around and say what they’re thankful for, but wants an easier way into it.

1. Would you rather thank someone from your past or someone in your life right now?
2. Would you rather get a heartfelt letter or write one?
3. Would you rather remember every Thanksgiving you’ve ever had or start fresh with no memories?
4. Would you rather spend Thanksgiving volunteering or hosting people who have nowhere else to go?
5. Would you rather be known for being generous or for being grateful?
6. Would you rather hear what someone is thankful for about you or tell someone what you’re thankful for about them?
7. Would you rather have one more Thanksgiving with someone you miss or a first Thanksgiving with someone new?
8. Would you rather be thankful for the big things or notice the small things?
9. Would you rather keep a gratitude journal for a year or thank one person out loud every day?
10. Would you rather give a toast or hear a toast about you?
11. Would you rather say your thanks quietly on your own or out loud with everyone?
12. Would you rather pass down a family recipe or a family story?
13. Would you rather spend the day with the people who raised you or the friends you’ve chosen as family?
14. Would you rather say thank you more often or say sorry more often?
15. Would you rather know that someone is thankful for you or get the chance to tell them you’re thankful for them?

Tips for a mixed-age table

Say you’re hosting 14 people from age 5 to 85. Let the youngest kids read the kids’ questions (or repeat them after a grown-up), and give the teens the funny and hard rounds. Nobody should have to answer a question they’d rather skip; a pass is always allowed.

Keep the pace quick. If a question gets a big debate, let it run for a minute and then move on. The game works best when it feels like conversation, not a quiz.

And let people add their own. Kids are especially good at inventing questions, and theirs tend to be the strangest ones of the day.

More Thanksgiving games

For a year-round list, our 300 would you rather questions cover every crowd. If your group wants something with a bit more structure after dinner, the Thanksgiving fill-in-the-blank story takes ten minutes and gets everyone involved, and our Thanksgiving games for family sorts more ideas by when to play them. Every Thanksgiving printable we make is on the Thanksgiving games page.

Questions hosts ask

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