Fun Survey Questions (Multiple Choice): 60 Poll Questions That Get Answers

Fun survey questions in multiple-choice form get answered because they cost the reader one click, and a good set of them warms up an audience before the question you actually care about. So, if you are looking for fun multiple choice survey questions for a team meeting, a newsletter, a classroom or a community site, this page can surely help, and every question on it comes with its answer options written out.

I build Core Forms, which includes a poll block, and the sets below were written to run as polls: one question, a few fixed answers and an optional write-in.

One page cannot cover every audience, so this one groups the questions by where you would ask them and leaves room in every set for a question of your own. There is nothing to download; copy the ones you like. Without further ado, let’s get started.

What Makes a Multiple-Choice Question Fun

Before the list, the 3 things that separate a question people answer from one they scroll past, because they apply to every set below.

The options do the work. “What is your favorite season?” is dull; “Which season would you delete?” with the same 4 options gets a reaction. The question is the same shape, and the framing changes the answer rate.

Four options is the sweet spot. Two feels like a test, and 6 or more turns a click into a read. Where a set needs more range, the fifth option is “Other,” and the poll lets people type it.

Every option should be one someone would pick. A throwaway option nobody chooses tells you nothing, and it takes the place of one that would have split the room.

Icebreakers for a Team

The first question in a meeting sets the tone, and a poll on screen beats “any updates?” every time.

1. Which superpower would you take for a workday? Reading minds / Pausing time / Being in 2 places / Never needing sleep
2. Your desk right now is: Spotless / Organized chaos / A biohazard / What desk?
3. Coffee or tea? Coffee / Tea / Both, depending on the hour / Neither, I run on spite
4. The meeting that could have been an email was: This one / The last one / All of them / I like meetings
5. Best way to end a workday: A walk / A show / Cooking / Straight to bed
6. Your work-from-home uniform is: Real clothes / Nice top, pajama bottoms / Full pajamas / Athleisure
7. How many browser tabs are open right now? Under 10 / 10 to 30 / 30 to 100 / I stopped counting
8. If the office had a pet, it should be a: Dog / Cat / Fish / Something with scales
9. Your go-to karaoke song is from the: 80s / 90s / 2000s / I do not karaoke
10. First app you open in the morning: Email / Messages / Social / The weather

Run these as single-choice polls with results shown after voting, so nobody follows the crowd. Question 4 gets the most honest answers when the poll is anonymous.

Would-You-Rather Polls

These split a room on purpose. They work as 2-option polls, and the fun is in the results bar landing near 50-50.

11. Would you rather: Only be able to whisper / Only be able to shout
12. Would you rather: Have unlimited pizza / Have unlimited tacos
13. Would you rather: Live without music / Live without movies
14. Would you rather: Always be 10 minutes late / Always be 20 minutes early
15. Would you rather: Know every language / Play every instrument
16. Would you rather: Have a rewind button for your life / Have a pause button
17. Would you rather: Give up your phone for a month / Give up sugar for a month
18. Would you rather: Be the funniest person in the room / Be the smartest person in the room
19. Would you rather: Work 4 long days / Work 5 short days
20. Would you rather: Time travel to the past / Time travel to the future

Two options only, and no “Other.” The whole point of a would-you-rather is that you have to pick.

Food and Drink

Everyone has an opinion about food, and nobody minds being asked.

21. Pineapple on pizza: Yes / No / Only if someone else ordered it / I have never tried it
22. The best breakfast is: Eggs / Pancakes / Cereal / Coffee, and that is all
23. Which one would you give up forever? Chocolate / Cheese / Bread / Coffee
24. Your ideal Friday dinner: Cooking at home / Takeout / A restaurant / Whatever is in the fridge
25. Hot sauce goes on: Everything / Some things / Nothing / I am the hot sauce
26. The correct number of pizza toppings is: 1 / 2 / 3 / As many as fit
27. Best cuisine for a group that cannot decide: Italian / Mexican / Indian / Thai
28. Cereal: milk first or cereal first? Cereal first / Milk first / I eat it dry / I do not eat cereal
29. Your dessert of choice: Cake / Ice cream / Cookies / Fruit, and I mean it
30. The snack you cannot leave in the house: Chips / Chocolate / Nuts / Anything with cheese

Question 21 is the single most reliable poll on this page. If you only run one, run that one.

Pop Culture and Entertainment

Good for a newsletter or a community site, and the write-in option earns its place here because tastes are wide.

31. The best decade for music was the: 70s / 80s / 90s / 2000s / Other
32. Rewatching a show you love or starting a new one? Rewatch / New / Both at once / I do not watch TV
33. Best movie snack: Popcorn / Candy / Nachos / I sneak in dinner
34. Which would you binge this weekend? A crime series / A comedy / A documentary / Whatever autoplays
35. The best superhero movie era is: The 2000s originals / The 2010s peak / The recent ones / None of them
36. Books or the film version? The book, always / The film, always / Whichever I meet first / Depends on the book
37. Your reading format: Paper / Ebook / Audiobook / I read the summary
38. The best video game genre: Puzzle / Strategy / Shooter / Story-driven / Other
39. Concerts: Front row / Somewhere in the middle / The back, near the exit / I prefer the album
40. A remake you would actually watch: A 90s sitcom / An 80s action film / A classic cartoon / None, leave them alone

Turn on the write-in for 31 and 38. Half the fun is reading what people add, and the poll counts each write-in as its own answer.

Classroom and Student Polls

For a class, a workshop or a training session, where the poll is a check-in as much as a game.

41. How are you feeling about today’s topic? Ready / Curious / Nervous / Lost already
42. Best way to learn something new: Watch it / Read it / Try it / Have someone explain it
43. Homework is best done: Right after class / After dinner / Late at night / The morning it is due
44. If this class were a food, it would be: Pizza / Broccoli / A mystery casserole / Dessert
45. Which subject would you add to the timetable? Cooking / Coding / Money / Music
46. Your study soundtrack: Silence / Lo-fi / Loud music / A podcast I ignore
47. Group projects are: Fine / Fine if I pick the group / Painful / A crime
48. The best seat in the room: Front / Middle / Back / Wherever my friend is
49. When the teacher says “any questions?”: I ask / I want to ask / I have questions but stay quiet / I have already left mentally
50. A field trip should go to a: Museum / Factory / Park / Anywhere with a bus ride

Questions 41 and 49 are the useful ones for the teacher, and the funny ones around them are what make students answer those two honestly.

Community and Newsletter Polls

These run on a site or in an email where the readers do not know each other, so the questions need to work without context.

51. How did you find us? Search / A friend / Social media / I do not remember
52. What should the next post be about? Option A / Option B / Option C / Other
53. How do you read this newsletter? Every issue / Most issues / When the subject line is good / This is my first
54. Which day should the newsletter arrive? Monday / Wednesday / Friday / Sunday
55. Your morning routine starts with: Coffee / A workout / The news / Snoozing
56. The feature you would add to this site: Dark mode / A search box / Comments / Nothing, it is fine
57. How long have you been reading? Under a month / A few months / About a year / Longer than that
58. Best length for an article: Short and sharp / Medium / Long and thorough / Depends on the topic
59. You are reading this on a: Phone / Laptop / Tablet / Desktop
60. Should we do more polls like this? Yes / No / Only fun ones / Only useful ones

Question 52 is the one that pays for itself. Replace the options with 3 real topics and a write-in, and the next post writes its own brief.

Run These as Polls on WordPress

Every question above is a single-choice poll with 2 to 5 fixed answers, and a few carry a write-in. That is exactly the shape of a Core Forms poll, and the guide to creating a poll in WordPress walks through the editor. The short version:

1. Go to Core Forms > Add Poll, write the question and type the answers, one per line.
2. Choose Single choice for everything on this page, and tick Allow an “Other” write-in option where the set says so.
3. In Settings, leave the vote limit at By IP + cookie for a public poll, and switch results to show after voting so people are not nudged by the leading answer.
4. Put the poll on a page with its shortcode or the block.

One question, a few answers, and the write-in when the set calls for it.

Write-in answers get their own bar, which is where the best answers to question 31 end up.

Live results refresh every 15 seconds for anyone watching the page, which turns a team icebreaker into a small event.

The Limits

A poll is one question. If you want to ask 10 of these in a row and keep each person’s answers together, that is a survey, and the guide to creating a survey in WordPress covers it.

Vote limits are per IP and cookie by default. In an office where everyone shares one connection, switch the limit to user accounts or to no limit, or the second person to vote finds the poll already answered.

These are fun questions, and the answers are not data about anything except the mood of the room. Do not put a “which pricing plan would you pay for” question in the middle of the food set and expect a useful answer.

Final Remarks

You now have 60 questions in 6 sets, each with its options written out, and a way to run any of them as a poll in a few minutes. If you keep one idea from this page, keep this one: the options make the question, so spend your time on the 4 answers and the question will take care of itself.

When someone asks me which of these to run first, I tell them 2 things. Start with a food question, because nobody has ever refused to answer one. And put the question you actually need an answer to second, right after the fun one, while people still have the poll open.

The poll guide has the editor with screenshots, and the polls feature page has the full list of settings. If a poll does not behave the way this page describes, the support team can help.

I hope at least one of these gets a laugh in your next meeting.

FAQ

How many options should a fun multiple-choice question have?

Four is the sweet spot. Two reads as a test, and more than 5 turns a quick click into a reading task. Use a write-in option instead of a sixth choice.

Should I show poll results before people vote?

No, for these. Seeing the leading answer nudges people toward it. Show results after voting, and turn on live results if a group is watching the page together.

Can people vote more than once?

Not by default. A public poll limits votes by IP address and cookie. For a room on one Wi-Fi network, switch to user accounts or turn the limit off for the session.