Thanksgiving Would You Rather Questions

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These are Thanksgiving dilemmas, not quick food picks. Each one asks you to give something up, so the answer needs a reason. Use them when the plates are full and the easy this-or-that round is over. Every question is clean enough for family, a classroom the week of the holiday, and a work potluck.

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48 Thanksgiving Would You Rather Questions by Theme

The feast

  1. Would you rather cook the whole Thanksgiving meal alone or wash every dish afterward?
  2. Would you rather eat only side dishes or only desserts for the whole day?
  3. Would you rather have perfect mashed potatoes and dry turkey or perfect turkey and lumpy potatoes?
  4. Would you rather the gravy run out halfway through dinner or the pie run out before your slice?
  5. Would you rather taste every dish while you cook or wait and be surprised at the table?
  6. Would you rather be in charge of the roast or in charge of the pies?
  7. Would you rather eat at 2 p.m. and snack all evening or eat at 8 p.m. after a long wait?
  8. Would you rather have a tiny perfect plate or a huge plate with a little of everything?
  9. Would you rather invent a new side everyone loves or perfect a family recipe that is already famous?
  10. Would you rather have the kitchen to yourself for an hour or three helpful people bumping elbows with you?
  11. Would you rather a guest who 'doesn't eat much' finish the stuffing or a guest who 'loves everything' skip your dish?
  12. Would you rather have leftovers for three days or none at all and a clean fridge?

The gathering

  1. Would you rather host ten people in a small apartment or travel three hours to a big house?
  2. Would you rather sit next to the funniest relative or the quietest one?
  3. Would you rather give the toast or be in charge of the playlist?
  4. Would you rather everyone share one thing they are thankful for or nobody have to speak?
  5. Would you rather a surprise guest arrive with a great story or with an extra dessert?
  6. Would you rather play a board game the whole table argues about or watch a movie half the room has seen?
  7. Would you rather the game go to overtime during dinner or the parade get rained out?
  8. Would you rather be the person who remembers every name or the person who remembers every food allergy?
  9. Would you rather bring back the kids' table for one year or sit at the main table with no escape?
  10. Would you rather the power flicker for ten minutes or the wifi drop for the whole afternoon?
  11. Would you rather take the group photo in the rain or wait until everyone is flushed from the kitchen?
  12. Would you rather one person tell the same story every year or nobody remember the old stories?

Travel and the long weekend

  1. Would you rather leave at dawn to beat traffic or leave at noon and sit in it?
  2. Would you rather sleep on a couch at the host's house or drive home the same night?
  3. Would you rather a storm cancel the trip or a sunny day mean you help with chores?
  4. Would you rather spend Friday in pajamas with leftovers or spend Friday in a packed store?
  5. Would you rather win the wishbone pull or get the last warm roll?
  6. Would you rather pack one dish that travels well or cook something impressive that might not survive the car?
  7. Would you rather the long weekend be completely unscheduled or planned down to the hour?
  8. Would you rather help a neighbor who ran out of an ingredient or be the neighbor who has to ask?
  9. Would you rather write thank-you notes to everyone who cooked or cook next year so they can rest?
  10. Would you rather a family recipe card go missing for a week or a family photo go missing for a week?
  11. Would you rather start a new tradition this year or protect an old one from being changed?
  12. Would you rather the group play touch football or the group take a walk to look at lights?

Silly holiday trade-offs

  1. Would you rather a parade balloon get loose and follow your car or a turkey costume be the only outfit that fits?
  2. Would you rather your plate refill itself or your drink stay perfectly warm all meal?
  3. Would you rather speak only in food puns for the day or wear a giant turkey hat through the whole meal?
  4. Would you rather the potatoes be the only thing that turns out or the pie be the only thing that turns out?
  5. Would you rather find a wishbone in your slice of pie or a cranberry in your mashed potatoes?
  6. Would you rather pause time between dinner and dessert or skip the dishes with a snap of your fingers?
  7. Would you rather every guest bring the same salad or every guest bring a mystery dish with no label?
  8. Would you rather the dog steal one roll or the cat walk through the centerpiece?
  9. Would you rather nap through dessert or stay awake and miss the last play of the game?
  10. Would you rather your dish get a standing ovation or your joke get the biggest laugh of the night?
  11. Would you rather trade kitchens with a professional cook for one day or trade tables with a family that seats twenty?
  12. Would you rather Thanksgiving be a whole weekend of meals or one perfect hour at the table?

How to Play

No neither. Read the question and make everyone pick. 'Both' and 'neither' do not count. The interesting part is the reason, so ask why once.

Predict the cook. Before the person who cooked answers, everyone else guesses their pick. A point for each correct guess, first to five wins.

One-minute defense. Vote at the same time. The smaller side gets one minute to change one mind, then you vote again.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are good Thanksgiving would you rather questions?

The best ones force a real trade-off about the day: cooking versus dishes, a huge crowd versus a long drive, leftovers versus an empty fridge. Food preferences alone are this or that. A dilemma is would you rather.

Can kids play these?

Most of them, yes. The feast and silly groups are fine for mixed ages. Skip the travel and hosting questions with younger kids if they would not make sense, or use would you rather for kids for a year-round classroom deck.

Are these safe for a work potluck?

Yes. They avoid pay, politics, religion and anything about who spent what. Hosting and cooking questions still work when coworkers do not share a family table.

How many should we ask at dinner?

Four to eight. Read one between courses so the meal keeps moving. If the table wants speed instead of reasons, switch to Thanksgiving this or that.

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