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We love some fun icebreaker games here on Bored Panda. Previously, we've shared an ample amount of Never Have I Ever, Have You Ever, and Would You Rather questions to employ during a game night. However, there may never be enough question games to play among friends. Perhaps not as deep or intimate, but nonetheless entertaining and thought-provoking are This Or That questions.
Playing fun This Or That questions, also known as Either Or questions or A or B questions, players must choose between two options. The subjects of This Or That icebreaker questions can be thought-provoking as well as humorous, controversial, nasty, or whatever floats your gamer crew's boat. Such prompts typically work great as icebreaker games or as a quick game to play with chums anywhere and anytime.
Below, we've compiled a list of good This Or That questions to share with your friends, mess about and fritter time away whether stuck in traffic, a long car trip, or waiting in line. Do you know more funny This Or That questions? Let us know!
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#1
Be able to speak any language or be able to speak to animals?
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#2
Lose sleep or skip a meal?
#3
Have a photographic memory or perfect pitch?
#4
Time machine or magic wand?
Amused panda 2 years ago
Wand. Nothing here says you can't time travel/turn time back using magic. Plus, it would funny to use a real magic wand at a magic show and confuse the performing magician.
#5
Live ten minutes away from a mediocre job or commute two hours to your dream job?
#6
Share food or don’t share food?
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
Cook or buy food for anyone who wants some but please don't touch my plate.
#7
Forget your pencil or forget a notebook?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
notebook. There's always something you can write on, like a paper napkin.
#8
Start work late or leave work early?
#9
Work from the office or work from home?
#10
Lose all of the money you earned this year or lose all of the memories you made this year?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Memories. Knowing how muddy all my memories are of the '10's I'll live just fine.
#12
Get lost alone or get lost with someone who annoys you?
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
Someone who annoys me, at least I've got something to eat eventually...
#13
Never be able to cry again or never be able to laugh again?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
That's a toughy. Neither. Sometimes I crave feeling sad. Not sure why. Don't know if that's normal. But I love to laugh. Humor is how I unwind.
#14
Spend an entire day running in the desert without water or two hours swimming in the middle of the ocean after dark?
#16
Test the waters or dive in the deep end?
#17
Phone in the bathroom or no phone in the bathroom?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Wtf???? No phone. What I do in a public washroom, whenever I hear someone is on their phone, especially in the next stall, I make it sound really nasty and really loud. Just exaggerating what's happening. "AWWWWWOOOOH I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE HAD THAT DAIRY FILLED LATTE. IT'S BURNING. GOOD GOD. THIS MIGHT TAKE SOME EXTRA FLUSHES. HEY! DO YOU HAVE EXTRA TOILET PAPER?" And the whole time making juicy fart poops with my mouth LOL. People get pretty pissed off and weirded out. All I have to say is what do they expect?
#18
Sauce on the side or sauce on top?
#19
Funny story or one-liner?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Depends. I like one-liners. I like funny stories if they're not drawn out too long.
#20
Comedian in a serious film or a serious actor in a comedy film?
Seonag Udell 2 years ago
Comedian in serious film, as most comedy actors are excellent in general, comedy is one of the hardest discipline 's to do well.
#21
Silly hats or silly socks?
#22
Instagram famous or infomercial famous?
#24
Hot coffee or iced coffee?
#25
Call first thing in the morning or call in the middle of the night?
Doyle Alan 2 years ago
A call in the middle of the night is usually not a good thing. So definitely morning.
#26
Plans or surprises?
#27
Multiple choice or essay?
#29
See the future or change the past?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I wonder what the world would be like if the Holocaust and Holodomor didn't happen. Wonder who would have been great people who would make great impacts in the world. I don't think I would want to see the future, and it would constantly be changing at a rapid pace because of free-will.
#31
Be the “fix it” person or be everyone’s shoulder to cry on?
Doyle Alan 2 years ago
These two go hand in hand I think. I am both the fix it person and the shoulder to cry on when it's not fixable.
#32
False hope or unnecessary anxiety?
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
I already have unnecessary anxiety. So I’ll take false hope! Try it out!
#33
Be the one that everyone calls in an emergency or be the one everyone goes to for a laugh?
#35
Go out and meet new people or let them come to you first?
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
“Let them come to me”, but then actively avoid them so I don’t have to meet new people!
#36
Work four-day weeks with long work hours or six-day weeks with short work hours?
#37
Be able to sense danger, or be able to sense safety?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Danger. It's already a part of our survival instincts. But we also do sense safety because safety is absent of danger. You can't have one or the other.
#38
Free travel for one year or free lodging for five years?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Free travel for one year. I want to see.... wait. .... If I have 5 years of no rent to pay, I can save up for a lot more travelling than one year.
#39
Meet someone famous from the past or someone famous in the present?
Amused panda 2 years ago
Past. If they are from the past, this is your only opportunity to meet them in your lifetime. If they are from the present, you have a vague, fraction of a percentage or a percentage, but still real, chance of meeting them in your future.
#40
Find out you’re actually a robot or find out you’ve been living your whole life in a dream?
#41
Wake up to the smell of autumn every day, or wake to the smell of spring every day?
#42
Know the truth about all the mysteries of the universe or be able to teleport?
#43
Live in the world of Harry Potter but have to battle Voldemort once a year, or live in the world of the Hunger Games and have to fight kids from other districts?
#44
See the other side of a black hole or walk on the moon?
#45
Build the magical world of your dreams or find yourself inside of your favourite movie?
#46
Bad haircut or bad dye job?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Bad hair cut. Getting hair dyed is so expensive. Having to dye it again could fry my hair. My scalp would have dermatitis from the chemicals. I've had a lot of bad hair cuts. They grow out quickly enough.
#53
A store where every item is free or a restaurant where every dish is calorie-free?
#55
Loud neighbors or nosey neighbors?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
With how loud my neighbours are, they have turned us into the nosey neighbour.
#56
Rich and famous or rich and unknown?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Rich and unknown. I don't see the hype about fame. Famous people are so paranoid and distrusting. For good reason, but still. I them constantly having to defend themselves, having to put on an act in public and worry about their every move being scrutinized and what they do with their money. No thanks.
#57
Cooking or being cooked for?
#58
Roommates or live alone?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Alone. But I love my daughter as a roommate, now. She helps out and is there greeting me when I come home.
#61
Reality shows or documentaries?
#62
Take a friend on your family vacation or join a friend on their family vacation?
#63
Shopping online or shopping in-store?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
In-store. I like physically inspecting what I want to buy and knowing the condition of what I'm getting.
#64
Brand name or generic?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Depends. Sometimes there's no difference. Sometimes generic is better than brand name.
#66
Teacher reads your text message aloud or teacher tells the whole class your grade?
#69
Team building after work or team building on the weekend?
#70
Poor and happy or rich and miserable?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Poor and happy is already where I am. It's not bad at all. All the money in the world can't make you happy. That comes from within. Money can make you feel secure and content. But that doesn't equal happiness.
#73
Eat instant noodles for breakfast or eat cereal for dinner?
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I think I've done both before. These are what we do when food is getting light in the cupboards and money is a bit tight.
#76
Always sit by the printer or always sit by the water cooler at the office?
#77
Go a month without sleep or a year without any kind of sugar?
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
Could live a year without sugar, pretty sure you couldn't go a month without sleep.
#78
Have your favourite food every day or have a million dollars – but never have your favourite food again?
#79
Visit every country in the world or go to space?
#81
Be shrunk down to the size of a cricket or blown up the size of an elephant?
#82
Pineapple pizza or candy corn?
lauralett50 2 years ago
I love candy corn . It messes with my blood sugar , but I only eat it once a year.
#83
Working hard or hardly working?
#84
Speeding ticket or parking ticket?
Pedantic Panda 2 years ago
Parking tickets don't lead to points or endangering of life, usually.
#85
Babies dressed as animals or animals dressed as humans?
#86
Art museum or history museum?
#87
Owe money or owe a favor?
#90
Social media message or text message?
Lene 2 years ago
Text message. I think I'm getting old but I don't understand the hype with SoMe. I have friends that always seem to forget that I don't go on fb very often and that I don't have messenger on my phone. So sometimes when I meet my friends they are disappointed that I didn't go to their event or I didn't reply to something they sent me on fb messenger. They do have my phone number and my phone can receive both sms and mms. Why is sms and mms not the standard text-y way of contact anymore? It is not broken so why not use it? It confuses me so darn much!
#93
Roller coasters or water slides?
#100
Snack stash or stationary stash?
#101
Be an interviewer or interviewee?
#102
Speed or accuracy?
Amused panda 2 years ago
What is the point in speed if you've got to re-do your work a dozen times?
#104
Explore the deep sea or outer space?
#106
Have to rhyme everything you say, or sing everything you say?
Lene 2 years ago
I have 3 kids.... and I'm that annoying sort of mom who will often sing about what is going on in the moment or what I am thinking about. So some days I do most communication via song. Lol. It's not pretty.... but *experts* say it's a great way to teach your kids better vocabulary, better pronouncation and better sense of rhythm.... so I am motivated to keep doing it. Also when my kids yell at me to please stop. 🤭
#108
Travel for 5 years in an RV or travel for 5 years in a sailboat?
#109
Spend a whole day reading the dictionary or a whole year studying a new language?
#113
Sneakers or dress shoes?
#117
Driving fast or driving slow?
#118
Group work or solo work?
#119
Pen or pencil?
#121
Win the lottery or land your dream job?
#126
Happy endings or sad endings?
#127
Overly optimistic or overly pessimistic?
#128
Be better at writing or better at speaking?
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