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Family icebreaker questions for every generation.

40 easy, friendly questions for family get-togethers, reunions and holiday dinners, from grandparents to grandkids. Ask them around the table, or play them as a free live game where everyone votes on their phone, then guesses how the rest of the family voted.

🎉Live game Everyone plays at the same time, on their own phones. Each game draws a fresh mix from this list. Host a live game → 🔗Poll Everyone answers in their own time. Pick up to 10 questions and share one link. No meeting needed. Create a poll →

Warm-ups

  1. Best part of a family get-together?The food · Catching up · The games
  2. Leftovers: love them or done after one day?Love them · One day is enough
  3. Kids' table or grown-ups' table?Kids' table · Grown-ups' table
  4. Best seat in the house?Near the kitchen · Near the TV · Wherever the dog is
  5. Arrive early to help or right on time?Early to help · Right on time
  6. Family photos: love them or tolerate them?Love them · Tolerate them
  7. Big family gathering or small and cozy?Big gathering · Small and cozy
  8. Hugs or a wave when you arrive?Hugs all round · A wave is fine
  9. Best time for a family get-together?Brunch · Dinner · All day
  10. Who tells the best stories in your family?The grandparents · The parents · The kids

Food fights

  1. Dessert: pie or cake?Pie · Cake
  2. Who should cook the big meal?The same person every year · Take turns
  3. Second helpings or save room for dessert?Seconds · Save room
  4. Potluck or one big home-cooked meal?Potluck · One big meal
  5. Best snack between meals?Something sweet · Something salty
  6. Gravy on everything?Yes · Only where it belongs
  7. Best family breakfast?Pancakes · Eggs · Cereal
  8. Washing up: right after the meal or later?Right away · Later
  9. Try a new recipe or stick with the classics?A new recipe · The classics
  10. The best family recipe is…A main dish · A dessert · A secret sauce

Traditions & stories

  1. Family board games: fun or chaos?Fun · Chaos
  2. Best family trip?The beach · The mountains · A city
  3. Should every family have a group chat?Yes · Absolutely not
  4. Old family stories: tell them again or heard them enough?Tell them again · Heard them enough
  5. Matching family outfits?Yes, let's do it · Never
  6. Who wins family games?The youngest · The oldest · Whoever makes the rules
  7. Start a new tradition or keep the old ones?Start a new one · Keep the old ones
  8. Look through old photo albums?Love it · Skip it
  9. Family movie night: comedy or adventure?Comedy · Adventure
  10. Best way to keep in touch between visits?Video calls · Group chat · Phone calls

Family would you rather

  1. Would you rather host the whole family or be the guest?Host · Be the guest
  2. Would you rather plan the family trip or just show up?Plan it · Just show up
  3. Would you rather play board games or go for a walk after dinner?Board games · A walk
  4. Would you rather have a family reunion at the beach or at a cabin?The beach · A cabin
  5. Would you rather cook the meal or clean up after?Cook · Clean up
  6. Would you rather hear embarrassing stories about yourself or tell them about others?Hear mine · Tell theirs
  7. Would you rather have a family talent show or a family quiz night?Talent show · Quiz night
  8. Would you rather see your family tree 100 years back or your family 100 years from now?100 years back · 100 years ahead
  9. Would you rather have the whole family on one street or spread around the world?One street · Around the world
  10. Would you rather take a family road trip or fly somewhere together?Road trip · Fly

Good family questions work for every age at the table: quick to answer, impossible to get wrong, and just enough of a debate to get the stories going. Keep it to food, traditions and fun what-ifs, and leave politics and old arguments for another day.

Questions people ask

What are good icebreaker questions for a family gathering?

Light questions that every generation can answer in a second: pie or cake, kids' table or grown-ups' table, who wins family games. Two or three clear options work best. Skip politics, money and anything that reopens old family debates.

How do you play a question game with the whole family?

Start the free Family gathering pack on HTruths and put it on the TV. Everyone joins from their own phone, votes on each question, and guesses how the rest of the family voted. Six questions take about ten minutes, which fits nicely before or after a meal.

Can relatives join from far away?

Yes. Share your screen on a video call and send the join link to anyone who couldn't make it. They play from their own phone or laptop, with no app and no sign-up.

Should I play these live or send a poll?

Play them live when your group is together at the same time, in a room or on a call: you show each question on a screen and everyone sees the reveal together. Send them as a poll when people are in different places or on different schedules: pick up to 10 questions, share one link, and people answer whenever suits them. The poll stays open from six hours to a week.

Ready to play?

Two ways to use this list, both free with no sign-up and no player limit.

🎉Live game Everyone plays at the same time, on their own phones. Each game draws a fresh mix from this list. Host a live game → 🔗Poll Everyone answers in their own time. Pick up to 10 questions and share one link. No meeting needed. Create a poll →

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