Question ideas

The questioner's job in Classic is to ask something that gets everyone writing. The best questions are open-ended, a little personal, and impossible to answer with one boring word. Here are ready-to-use questions, sorted by mood, plus ideas for Hot Takes and Two Truths and a Lie.

Funny and silly

What would your autobiography be called?
What's the worst possible thing to say at a job interview?
Describe your morning routine in the most dramatic way possible.
What would a pigeon say about you if it could talk?
What's a terrible name for a restaurant?
You're a ghost haunting this house. What's your first move?
What's the worst thing to hear from your pilot mid-flight?
Invent a new holiday. What do people do on it?
What would you name a pet rock, and why?
What's the most useless superpower you can think of?
Write a one-star review of your own cooking.
What's your villain origin story?
What would be the worst flavour of ice cream?
If your fridge could talk, what would it complain about?
What's a bad slogan for a dentist?
You've been arrested. What for, and what's your excuse?
What's the weirdest thing you'd find in your search history?
What would your evil twin be like?
Rename a famous film so it's completely honest.
What's the worst text to accidentally send to your mum?
What's something you'd only do if nobody would ever find out?
What would your walk-up song be, and why?
If animals could vote, which one would be president?
Describe your last meal like it's on a fancy restaurant menu.
What's the most embarrassing thing to be famous for?

About the group

These work best with friends who know each other well, because everyone tries to answer the way they think the others would.

Who in this group would survive the longest in a zombie apocalypse, and how?
What would this group's reality TV show be called?
Which person here is most likely to become famous, and for what?
What's the most chaotic thing that's happened when we were all together?
If this group was a band, what would our first album be called?
Who here would be the worst roommate, and why?
What's a rule this group should have?
What would our group chat name be if it was totally honest?
Who in this group gives the worst advice?
Which of us would be the first to get kicked off a game show?
What's something everyone here secretly agrees on but never says?
Who's most likely to cry at a cartoon?
What would this group's last-minute holiday look like?
If we opened a business together, what would it be and how would it fail?
What's the best story you have about someone in this room?
Who here takes the longest to reply to messages, and what are they doing instead?
What's one thing you'd change about how this group makes plans?
Which person here would win a fight with a goose?
What would we all be doing ten years from now?
Describe this group using only a weather forecast.

Confessions and secrets

Keep it light. The point is a laugh, not to make anyone uncomfortable. Anyone can write something silly instead.

What's something you've never told this group?
What's the pettiest thing you've ever done?
What's a lie you told as a kid that you never admitted?
What's the most money you've wasted on something stupid?
What's a habit you'd be embarrassed for us to see?
What's the worst gift you've ever pretended to love?
What's a food you secretly hate that everyone else loves?
What's the dumbest way you've ever hurt yourself?
What's your most irrational fear?
What's a show you'd never admit to watching?
What did you get in trouble for at school?
What's the most embarrassing thing in your camera roll?
What's something you pretend to understand but don't?
When did you last pretend to be busy to get out of plans?
What's the strangest thing you believed until embarrassingly recently?

What would you do?

You win a million dollars but have to spend it in 24 hours. What do you buy?
You can only eat one food for the rest of your life. What is it?
You wake up as your pet for a day. What's the first thing you do?
You can bring back one trend from the past. Which one?
You're stranded on an island with one app on your phone. Which app?
You can swap lives with anyone here for a week. Who, and why?
You get one minute on live TV. What do you say?
You can master any skill instantly. What do you pick?
You find a door in your house you've never seen before. What's behind it?
You have to replace your laugh with a sound effect. Which one?
Time stops for an hour for everyone except you. What do you do?
You're given your own country. What's the first law?
You can talk to one type of animal. Which one, and what do you ask?
You can relive one day of your life. Which day?
You're famous overnight. What for?

Worst and best

What's the worst date you've been on, or can imagine?
What's the best excuse you've ever used?
What's the worst haircut you've ever had?
What's the best thing you've ever eaten at 3am?
What's the worst advice you've ever been given?
What's the best purchase you've made under ten dollars?
What's the worst thing to say at a wedding?
What's the best prank you've pulled or seen?
What's the worst song to play at a funeral?
What's the best compliment you've ever received?
What's the worst job you can imagine having?
What's the best way to annoy someone without them knowing?
What's the worst place to fall asleep?
What's the best thing about being a kid that adults lose?
What's the worst way to start a speech?

Finish the sentence

I knew I was an adult when…
The secret to happiness is…
My parents would be shocked to learn…
Nobody warns you that…
The first thing I'd do as president is…
I'm not proud of it, but…
The best thing about Mondays is…
If I'm ever on the news, it'll be because…
My most controversial opinion is…
I'd be a terrible teacher because…
You know it's going to be a bad day when…
In my next life, I want to be…
Future me would be disappointed that…
My toxic trait is…
The weirdest compliment I could give is…

Wholesome

For new groups, family nights, or when you want everyone to feel good.

What's a small thing that always makes your day better?
What's the nicest thing a stranger has done for you?
What's a skill you're secretly proud of?
What's your favourite memory from this year?
What's something you're looking forward to?
What would your perfect lazy Sunday look like?
What's a song that instantly puts you in a good mood?
Who taught you something you still use every day?
What's the best advice you'd give your younger self?
What's a place you'd love to show everyone here?
What's a hobby you'd pick up if you had more time?
What made you laugh hardest this week?
What's a tradition you'd like to start?
What's one thing you appreciate about the person to your left?
What does a perfect day look like for you?

Hot take ideas

In Hot Takes, everyone writes an opinion they'd defend to the end, then the table rates how much they agree. The best takes split the room down the middle. A few to get you thinking:

Breakfast for dinner is better than breakfast for breakfast.
Cereal is a soup.
Voice notes longer than a minute should be illegal.
The book is not always better than the film.
Board games are more fun than video games.
Pineapple belongs on pizza.
Replying “k” is a declaration of war.
Summer is overrated.
You should always split the bill evenly.
Cats make better pets than dogs.
Sequels are usually better than the original.
Showering at night is better than in the morning.
Remakes ruin everything.
Socks with sandals is a valid look.
Being early is just as rude as being late.

Two Truths and a Lie examples

In Two Truths and a Lie, you want truths that sound made up and a lie that sounds boring. Here's the kind of set that works:

1. I once got lost in an IKEA for over an hour.

2. I've never broken a bone.

3. I can recite the alphabet backwards in under ten seconds.

The lie? Nobody can tell, which is the point. Mix one oddly specific true story, one ordinary fact, and a lie that sits somewhere in between.

Use real numbers and places in your lie; specifics make anything believable.
Pick truths your friends don't know yet: old school stories, family trips, weird talents.
Don't make the lie the most exciting one. Everyone guesses that.
Keep all three about the same length so the odd one out doesn't stand out.

How to write a good question

Ask for a story or an opinion, not a fact. “What's your favourite colour?” gets one word. “What colour would your aura be, and why?” gets jokes.
Leave room to lie. The fun of Classic is that nobody knows who wrote what, so questions where anyone could have written any answer are best.
Make it about the people in the room. Questions about the group get the biggest reactions.
Keep it short. One sentence is plenty. Everyone has to read it on a phone.
Read the room. Pick wholesome questions with new friends and save the confessions for people who know each other well.

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