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

  1. 1What's the most embarrassing thing you've done in public?
  2. 2Have you ever lied to get out of plans? What was the excuse?
  3. 3What's the worst gift you've ever received but pretended to love?
  4. 4Have you ever eavesdropped on a conversation? What did you hear?
  5. 5What's a secret you've kept from your family?
  6. 6Have you ever cheated in a game? When?
  7. 7What's the most childish thing you still do?
  8. 8Have you ever pretended to be sick to avoid something?
  9. 9What's the most selfish thing you've ever done?
  10. 10Have you ever blamed someone else for something you did?
  11. 11What's a rumour you've spread that you regret?
  12. 12What's the pettiest reason you've unfollowed someone?
  13. 13Have you ever read someone's messages without them knowing?
  14. 14What's the biggest lie on your resume or bio?
  15. 15What's something you've broken and never told anyone about?
  16. 16What's the last thing you searched for on your phone?
  17. 17Who in this room would you call first in an emergency, and why?
  18. 18What's the pettiest thing you have judged someone for?
  19. 19What's a compliment you gave that you did not mean?
  20. 20What's the most money you have wasted on something useless?
  21. 21What's a trend you pretended to like?
  22. 22What's the biggest argument you have had over something trivial?
  23. 23Whose message are you ignoring right now?
  24. 24What's the most embarrassing thing in your room at this moment?
  25. 25What's a lie you tell so often you almost believe it?
  26. 26What's the worst advice you have confidently given?
  27. 27Who did you last look up online, and why?
  28. 28What's the most dramatic thing you have done for attention?
  29. 29What's the strangest thing you do when nobody is home?
  30. 30What's a talent you have exaggerated on purpose?
  31. 31What's the last promise you broke?
  32. 32What's something everyone thinks you enjoy but you do not?
  33. 33What's the pettiest revenge you have ever taken?
  34. 34Which of your own habits would annoy you most in someone else?
  35. 35What's something you have thrown away that was not yours?

Dares

  1. 1Do your best impression of someone in the room.
  2. 2Speak in an accent for the next 3 minutes.
  3. 3Tell an embarrassing story about yourself that no one in the room knows.
  4. 4Let someone else post something to your social media.
  5. 5Say something genuinely nice to every person in the room.
  6. 6Pretend to be a game show host for the next round.
  7. 7Do 10 push-ups right now.
  8. 8Send a random voice note to someone in your contacts.
  9. 9Let the group pick a new name for you for the rest of the game.
  10. 10Tell the group your most-used emoji and why.
  11. 11Describe your personality using only three animals.
  12. 12Call someone in your contacts and say 'I know what you did'.
  13. 13Narrate everything you do for the next 2 minutes in third person.
  14. 14Take the most unflattering selfie you can and share it.
  15. 15Try to lick your elbow for 30 seconds.
  16. 16Let the person to your left choose your next three songs.
  17. 17Read the last message you sent out loud, in full.
  18. 18Do your best impression of your own laugh.
  19. 19Copy how the person opposite you sits for the next two minutes.
  20. 20Say the alphabet backwards in under 30 seconds.
  21. 21Let the group write your next social media caption.
  22. 22Explain the rules of a sport you do not understand, confidently.
  23. 23Compliment the person opposite you for one full minute without stopping.
  24. 24Balance something on your head until your next turn.
  25. 25Talk without using the letter 'e' until your next turn.
  26. 26Perform an advert for the nearest object in the room.
  27. 27Show the group the oldest photo on your phone.
  28. 28Hold a plank for as long as you can.
  29. 29Recreate a scene from a film using only sound effects.
  30. 30Speak only in questions until your next turn.
  31. 31Let the group pick an emoji you must use in every message tonight.
  32. 32Do your best slow-motion walk across the room.
  33. 33Give a one-minute speech on why you should be in charge.
  34. 34Mimic the last person who spoke until someone guesses who it is.
  35. 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.

  1. 1Which relative's advice do you secretly still follow?
  2. 2What's the biggest lie you have told your parents about your day?
  3. 3Who makes the best food in this family, honestly?
  4. 4What's the worst haircut you have ever had?
  5. 5What's something your family does that you did not realise was unusual?
  6. 6Which family story about you do you wish people would stop telling?
  7. 7What's the most you have ever spent without telling anyone?
  8. 8Which chore do you avoid, and how do you get away with it?
  9. 9Who in this room would you want on your side in an argument?
  10. 10What's the strangest nickname you have been given?
  11. 11What's a rule at home you have never once followed?
  12. 12Which festival do you actually look forward to, and which do you merely tolerate?
  13. 13What's the last thing you broke and let someone else take the blame for?
  14. 14Which teacher do you still remember, and why?
  15. 15What were you genuinely terrified of as a child?
  16. 16What's the worst gift you have ever given someone?
  17. 17Who taught you something you still use every single day?
  18. 18What's the longest you have sulked about something small?
  19. 19What's the most embarrassing thing you have done at a wedding?
  20. 20What's the kindest thing someone in this room has done for you?

Dares for a family gathering

  1. 1Call the oldest number in your contacts and genuinely ask how they are.
  2. 2Do your best impression of a relative — no names.
  3. 3Sing two lines of the first song you ever learned.
  4. 4Serve everyone in the room something before you eat anything yourself.
  5. 5Describe your entire day in mime.
  6. 6Give a one-minute tour of this room as a travel guide.
  7. 7Teach everyone one word in a language they do not speak.
  8. 8Make the best cup of chai you can and let the room rate it.
  9. 9Dance to whatever the group plays for 30 seconds.
  10. 10Say three things you are grateful for, out loud, with names.
  11. 11Recite something you still remember word for word from school.
  12. 12Do cricket commentary on whatever happens next in this room.
  13. 13Give the person on your right a real compliment about something they did this year.
  14. 14Take a group photo and let the room decide whether it is good enough.
  15. 15Act out your favourite film scene without speaking.
  16. 16Draw everyone here as stick figures and let them guess who is who.
  17. 17Tell a two-minute story that has to be completely true.
  18. 18Imitate three different ringtones and let the room pick the worst.
  19. 19Introduce the person on your left as though they are about to accept an award.
  20. 20Answer the next three questions in a voice chosen by the group.

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