Truth or dare questions and dares
Good ones — not the four everybody already knows.
A truth or dare game dies when somebody has to invent a question on the spot. Everybody defaults to the same three, and the room goes flat.
These are the truths and dares from the game itself — written to be answerable in a room full of friends rather than a dare nobody will actually do.
Truth questions
- 1What's the most embarrassing thing you've done in public?
- 2Have you ever lied to get out of plans? What was the excuse?
- 3What's the worst gift you've ever received but pretended to love?
- 4Have you ever eavesdropped on a conversation? What did you hear?
- 5What's a secret you've kept from your family?
- 6Have you ever cheated in a game? When?
- 7What's the most childish thing you still do?
- 8Have you ever pretended to be sick to avoid something?
- 9What's the most selfish thing you've ever done?
- 10Have you ever blamed someone else for something you did?
- 11What's a rumour you've spread that you regret?
- 12What's the pettiest reason you've unfollowed someone?
- 13Have you ever read someone's messages without them knowing?
- 14What's the biggest lie on your resume or bio?
- 15What's something you've broken and never told anyone about?
- 16What's the last thing you searched for on your phone?
- 17Who in this room would you call first in an emergency, and why?
- 18What's the pettiest thing you have judged someone for?
- 19What's a compliment you gave that you did not mean?
- 20What's the most money you have wasted on something useless?
- 21What's a trend you pretended to like?
- 22What's the biggest argument you have had over something trivial?
- 23Whose message are you ignoring right now?
- 24What's the most embarrassing thing in your room at this moment?
- 25What's a lie you tell so often you almost believe it?
- 26What's the worst advice you have confidently given?
- 27Who did you last look up online, and why?
- 28What's the most dramatic thing you have done for attention?
- 29What's the strangest thing you do when nobody is home?
- 30What's a talent you have exaggerated on purpose?
- 31What's the last promise you broke?
- 32What's something everyone thinks you enjoy but you do not?
- 33What's the pettiest revenge you have ever taken?
- 34Which of your own habits would annoy you most in someone else?
- 35What's something you have thrown away that was not yours?
Dares
- 1Do your best impression of someone in the room.
- 2Speak in an accent for the next 3 minutes.
- 3Tell an embarrassing story about yourself that no one in the room knows.
- 4Let someone else post something to your social media.
- 5Say something genuinely nice to every person in the room.
- 6Pretend to be a game show host for the next round.
- 7Do 10 push-ups right now.
- 8Send a random voice note to someone in your contacts.
- 9Let the group pick a new name for you for the rest of the game.
- 10Tell the group your most-used emoji and why.
- 11Describe your personality using only three animals.
- 12Call someone in your contacts and say 'I know what you did'.
- 13Narrate everything you do for the next 2 minutes in third person.
- 14Take the most unflattering selfie you can and share it.
- 15Try to lick your elbow for 30 seconds.
- 16Let the person to your left choose your next three songs.
- 17Read the last message you sent out loud, in full.
- 18Do your best impression of your own laugh.
- 19Copy how the person opposite you sits for the next two minutes.
- 20Say the alphabet backwards in under 30 seconds.
- 21Let the group write your next social media caption.
- 22Explain the rules of a sport you do not understand, confidently.
- 23Compliment the person opposite you for one full minute without stopping.
- 24Balance something on your head until your next turn.
- 25Talk without using the letter 'e' until your next turn.
- 26Perform an advert for the nearest object in the room.
- 27Show the group the oldest photo on your phone.
- 28Hold a plank for as long as you can.
- 29Recreate a scene from a film using only sound effects.
- 30Speak only in questions until your next turn.
- 31Let the group pick an emoji you must use in every message tonight.
- 32Do your best slow-motion walk across the room.
- 33Give a one-minute speech on why you should be in charge.
- 34Mimic the last person who spoke until someone guesses who it is.
- 35Sing your answer to the next question instead of saying it.
Truths for a family gathering
Safe to read out in front of your parents.
- 1Which relative's advice do you secretly still follow?
- 2What's the biggest lie you have told your parents about your day?
- 3Who makes the best food in this family, honestly?
- 4What's the worst haircut you have ever had?
- 5What's something your family does that you did not realise was unusual?
- 6Which family story about you do you wish people would stop telling?
- 7What's the most you have ever spent without telling anyone?
- 8Which chore do you avoid, and how do you get away with it?
- 9Who in this room would you want on your side in an argument?
- 10What's the strangest nickname you have been given?
- 11What's a rule at home you have never once followed?
- 12Which festival do you actually look forward to, and which do you merely tolerate?
- 13What's the last thing you broke and let someone else take the blame for?
- 14Which teacher do you still remember, and why?
- 15What were you genuinely terrified of as a child?
- 16What's the worst gift you have ever given someone?
- 17Who taught you something you still use every single day?
- 18What's the longest you have sulked about something small?
- 19What's the most embarrassing thing you have done at a wedding?
- 20What's the kindest thing someone in this room has done for you?
Dares for a family gathering
- 1Call the oldest number in your contacts and genuinely ask how they are.
- 2Do your best impression of a relative — no names.
- 3Sing two lines of the first song you ever learned.
- 4Serve everyone in the room something before you eat anything yourself.
- 5Describe your entire day in mime.
- 6Give a one-minute tour of this room as a travel guide.
- 7Teach everyone one word in a language they do not speak.
- 8Make the best cup of chai you can and let the room rate it.
- 9Dance to whatever the group plays for 30 seconds.
- 10Say three things you are grateful for, out loud, with names.
- 11Recite something you still remember word for word from school.
- 12Do cricket commentary on whatever happens next in this room.
- 13Give the person on your right a real compliment about something they did this year.
- 14Take a group photo and let the room decide whether it is good enough.
- 15Act out your favourite film scene without speaking.
- 16Draw everyone here as stick figures and let them guess who is who.
- 17Tell a two-minute story that has to be completely true.
- 18Imitate three different ringtones and let the room pick the worst.
- 19Introduce the person on your left as though they are about to accept an award.
- 20Answer the next three questions in a voice chosen by the group.
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