MAJORITY RULES GAME QUESTIONS

60 Majority Rules game questions that actually work

Everyone answers the same question and tries to match the room. Pick from 60 questions below, or print the free starter game tonight.

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Start with these six questions

Read one aloud. Everyone writes the answer they think most people in the room will choose. Reveal together and see who matched.

  • What takeaway are most people ordering after midnight?
  • Which animal would be the rudest if it could talk?
  • What food disappears first from a party table?
  • What is the best number between 1 and 10?
  • Which app would most people keep if they could only have one?
  • What is the most common lie on a dating profile?

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60 Majority Rules questions

Start with the easy ones while people work out the game, then move to the harder room-readers once everyone is playing to win.

Easy starters

Familiar subjects with a few obvious contenders. Good for the first round.

  1. What takeaway are most people ordering after midnight?
  2. What is the first thing people check when they wake up?
  3. Which app would most people keep if they could only have one?
  4. What is the best pizza topping?
  5. Which day of the week feels the longest?
  6. What is the best season of the year?
  7. What drink do most people order first at a bar?
  8. What is the best thing to spread on toast?
  9. What is the best breakfast for a lazy Sunday?
  10. What is the best ice cream flavour?
  11. Which streaming service would people cancel last?
  12. Which vegetable do people secretly hate the most?
  13. Which sport is the most fun to watch live?
  14. What is the first thing people do when they get home from work?
  15. Which fast-food chain would most people pick on a road trip?

Funny party questions

Questions that make for a good reveal without needing shock value.

  1. Which animal would be the rudest if it could talk?
  2. What is the most common lie on a dating profile?
  3. Which superpower would people abuse the most?
  4. What is the worst thing to run out of at a party?
  5. What do people lose most often on a night out?
  6. Which food should nobody order on a first date?
  7. What is the most annoying noise a neighbour can make?
  8. What is the most painful thing to step on barefoot?
  9. Where is the most awkward place to bump into your boss?
  10. What excuse do people use to leave a party early?
  11. What is the worst sound to hear with a hangover?
  12. What is the worst occasion for a partner to forget?
  13. What is the most annoying thing someone can do at the cinema?
  14. What is the worst thing to find in your bed?
  15. Where is the worst place on your body to get a tattoo?

Food, places and everyday arguments

Everyday preferences and the small debates every group already has.

  1. What food disappears first from a party table?
  2. Which household chore would most people pay someone else to do forever?
  3. What do people eat when they are too tired to cook?
  4. Where is the worst seat on a plane?
  5. What is the best way to eat potatoes?
  6. Which room in the house is hardest to keep clean?
  7. Which kitchen appliance could people not live without?
  8. What is the best dipping sauce for fries?
  9. What do most people order at a coffee shop?
  10. What is the worst thing to forget on a beach day?
  11. Where do most people go on a first date?
  12. What is the most annoying thing a housemate can do?
  13. Which type of shop is easiest to spend too much money in?
  14. Which condiment is the most overrated?
  15. What is the best snack for a long road trip?

Harder room-readers

Wider answer spaces, where guessing the group's default matters more than your own answer.

  1. What is the best number between 1 and 10?
  2. What time do most people actually leave a party?
  3. What is the best decade for music?
  4. What is the best age to be?
  5. At what age do people stop going out on Friday nights?
  6. Which filler word do people say way too much?
  7. What is the most overused emoji?
  8. What is the most important quality in a friend?
  9. What is the hardest thing to give up for a month?
  10. Which movie franchise would most people choose for a marathon?
  11. What colour would most people paint their front door?
  12. How many hours of sleep make the perfect night?
  13. Which cuisine would most people choose for their last meal?
  14. What time is too early to call someone on a weekend?
  15. What would most people buy first after winning the lottery?

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Short answer

How Majority Rules works

Read one question aloud. Everyone secretly writes the short answer they think most of the room will choose. Reveal together. Everyone in the biggest matching group scores 1 point.

There is no correct answer. You are trying to predict the room, not answer the question objectively.

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How to play

You need the questions, scrap paper and a pen for each player. Pass the reader role around the table each round.

  1. 1

    Read a question

    One player reads a question aloud.

  2. 2

    Write your answer

    Everyone secretly writes the short answer they think most of the room will choose.

  3. 3

    Reveal together

    Show every answer at the same time. Everyone in the biggest matching group scores 1 point.

  • Priya+1
    Pavlova
  • Tom+1
    Pavlova
  • Sam+1
    Pavlova
  • Ava0
    Halloumi
Pavlova is the biggest matching group, so Priya, Tom and Sam score 1 point each.

Winning: first to 8 points wins.If tied players reach 8 on the same round, keep playing until one of those tied players scores and the others don't.

Ties: if two answers tie for the biggest group, everyone in both groups scores.

Close enough: answers count as a match when the table agrees they mean the same thing.

What makes a good Majority Rules question?

The best questions sit in the middle. Too obvious and everybody writes the same answer. Too broad and nobody matches. A good question gives the room a handful of believable answers and makes you decide which one everyone else will reach for first.

Too obvious

What colour is grass?

There is effectively one answer, so there is nothing to predict.

Too broad

What is something people like?

The answer space is almost unlimited, so matching becomes luck.

Good

What snack disappears fastest at a party?

There are several obvious contenders, but the group can still converge.

BanterBox Majority Rules

Want questions that sound like your group?

These are ready-made questions anyone can play. BanterBox also builds questions around your person's favourites, habits and stories, alongside general questions that keep the game varied.

Generic

What time do most people actually leave a party?

Personalised (fictional example)

What time is Ava actually walking out the front door?

Personal details only go in when they still create a fair Majority Rules round. The game should never turn into trivia that only one friend understands.

Make a personalised packHow BanterBox Majority Rules works

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