Would You Rather Wheel

The would you rather wheel serves up a random impossible choice, which is the fastest way to get a quiet room arguing about something harmless.

Ten questions to start, each built so there is no obviously correct answer. That is the whole design requirement — a would you rather question with a right answer is just a question.

The good ones split a room roughly down the middle and then reveal something about the people answering. Unlimited money or unlimited time separates a group faster than almost anything else you could ask, and the reasoning people give tells you more than the choice.

It works at parties, on long car journeys, and in classrooms as a warm-up before persuasive writing, where the point is to defend a position you did not choose. Spinning for the question rather than reading down a list matters more than it sounds — nobody can accuse you of picking the one aimed at them.

Add your own. The best questions are usually specific to the group, and one aimed at an inside joke will outperform anything on this list.