50 friendship quiz questions to test your best friend

Whether you are making an online quiz, killing time on a long train ride or running a game at a birthday party, good questions make or break a friendship quiz. The best ones are specific enough to be interesting and familiar enough that a real friend has a fair chance.

Here are fifty of our favourites, grouped by theme. Many of them work as multiple choice (give four or five options) and all of them work as open questions when you are playing face to face.

Food and chai

1. What is their chai order: kadak, adrak, elaichi, or no chai at all?
2. Which street food would they pick on a rainy evening?
3. Maggi: plain, masala, or loaded with veggies and cheese?
4. What do they order at their favourite restaurant without looking at the menu?
5. Which sweet can they never say no to?
6. Which pizza topping would they fight for?
7. Which home-cooked dish do they miss most when they are away?
8. Biryani or pulao, and which one starts an argument?
9. Late-night craving: chips, chocolate, instant noodles or leftovers?
10. Which food do they quietly dislike but eat to be polite?

Daily habits

1. What is the first app they open in the morning?
2. How many times do they snooze the alarm?
3. Do they reply instantly, after hours, or leave you on seen?
4. Night owl or early bird?
5. Where are they most likely to be on a Sunday afternoon?
6. What do they always forget: charger, wallet, keys or earphones?
7. How do they react when the WiFi stops working?
8. What do they wear when nobody is watching?
9. What do they do first when they are having a bad day?
10. How long does their "ready in five minutes" really take?

Movies, music and cricket

1. Which cartoon did they never miss as a kid?
2. Which IPL team do they support, and how loudly?
3. Which movie can they rewatch any number of times?
4. How would you describe their music taste in one word?
5. Which web series did they finish in a single weekend?
6. Which song is on their repeat right now?
7. Reels, YouTube videos or full-length movies?
8. Whose dialogues do they quote the most?
9. Mobile games, console, PC, or not a gamer at all?
10. Which fictional character are they most like?

School, college and memories

1. What was their favourite subject in school?
2. Which teacher do they still talk about?
3. Which trip together do they remember the most?
4. What is the funniest thing that happened to them in class?
5. Front bench, middle row or last bench?
6. What did they want to become when they were little?
7. What was their best excuse for unfinished homework?
8. What was the first thing they did after the last exam?
9. Which festival gets them most excited?
10. Where did the two of you first meet?

Dreams and "what would you do"

1. Dream trip: Goa, Manali, Dubai or Japan?
2. Which superpower would they choose?
3. What would they do first with a sudden ₹1 crore?
4. What is their dream pet?
5. Which job would they drop everything for?
6. If they could live in any city, which would it be?
7. What is their biggest fear?
8. What would they never lend, not even to you?
9. What would they save first in a flood: phone, photos, or snacks?
10. Where do they see themselves in ten years?

How to pick good questions

• Ask about habits and tastes, not secrets. "What do they do when they're sad?" is sweet; "Who did they last cry about?" is not.
• Avoid topics that can hurt: money problems, health, religion, family issues, or anyone's looks.
• Mix easy and hard. Two or three easy questions keep everyone playing; one or two tricky ones separate the besties from the rest.
• Make the options believable. If one option is obviously right, the question is free points.
• Keep it short. Ten questions take about a minute, which is the sweet spot for a link shared in a group chat.

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