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This or that is the fastest question game there is. You get two options, you pick one, and you cannot say "both".
215 pairs below, sorted for friends, couples, kids, food lovers, Bollywood fans and Hindi chats. Tap copy and send it to your group, or post it on your story.
How to Play This or That
The only rule: pick one of the two. No "both", no "neither", no skipping. Answer in two or three seconds, then explain your pick if the group asks "why?"
On WhatsApp. Send one pair or a whole list to a chat. Your friend copies it and deletes the option they do not pick, or bolds the one they like. In a group, make it a poll so votes stay neat. Copy this starter:
This or That? 🤔 Copy this, delete the one you don't pick and send it back. No "both" allowed 😄
Chai or coffee ☕
Calls or texts 📱
Beach or mountains 🏖️⛰️
Sweet or spicy 🍰🌶️
Movie at home or in a theatre 🎬
Early morning or late night 🌅🌙
Sleep or food 😴🍕
Dogs or cats 🐶🐱
Old songs or new songs 🎶
Plan everything or go with the flow ✈️
On Instagram story. Put one pair on each slide and add the Poll sticker so people vote in one tap. Share the results as a new slide the next day. Five pairs a day is plenty. Lead with the one that will split people 50/50, like chai or coffee. More story ideas are in our Instagram dare games.
At a party or in class. One person reads a pair. Everyone points left for "this" and right for "that", or walks to one side of the room. Play the rapid fire rounds below: anyone who takes longer than three seconds is out.
Funny This or That Questions
Silly pairs for when the group just wants to laugh.
- Sneeze loudly or hiccup all day?
- Always have wet socks or always have a pebble in your shoe?
- Talk like a news anchor or sing everything like an opera?
- Lose your phone or lose your wallet?
- Laugh at the wrong time or cry at the wrong time?
- Have a pet dinosaur or a pet dragon?
- Sweaty palms or a squeaky voice?
- Walk backwards forever or talk backwards forever?
- Fight one horse-sized duck or ten duck-sized horses?
- Never use emojis again or only use emojis?
- Be chased by a goose or by a monkey?
- Wear clothes inside out or shoes on the wrong feet?
- Be stuck in a lift with a crying baby or a loud snorer?
- Have 1% battery all day or no internet all day?
- Burp glitter or sneeze confetti?
- Send a voice note to the wrong person or a selfie to the wrong person?
- Be famous for a viral dance or a viral fall?
- Wave back at a stranger or push a door that says pull?
- Only whisper or only shout?
- Sit next to someone eating loudly or someone talking on speaker?
- Have a rewind button or a pause button for life?
- Have a head that is too big or feet that are too big?
- Be a cat for a day or a fish for a day?
- Laugh like a hyena or snort like a pig?
- Forget everyone's name or have everyone forget yours?
This or That Questions for Couples
For date nights, long-distance chats and new couples who are still learning each other's likes.
- Cute good morning text or long good night call?
- Candlelight dinner or street food date?
- Plan the date or be surprised?
- Love letter or love song?
- Movie night at home or long drive?
- Matching outfits or matching rings?
- Hug or kiss on the forehead?
- First to text or first to say sorry?
- Holding hands or arm around the shoulder?
- Flowers or chocolates?
- Beach honeymoon or hill station honeymoon?
- Surprise gift or gift you asked for?
- Cook together or order in together?
- Romantic movie or horror movie together?
- Celebrate small days or only big anniversaries?
- Selfies together or candid photos?
- Big wedding or small wedding?
- Long texts or short voice notes?
- Talk about problems right away or sleep on it?
- Couple goals posts or keep it private?
- Watch the sunrise or the sunset together?
- Share a dessert or order two?
- Get a pet together or travel together first?
- Pet names or real names?
- Spend the weekend out or stay in bed and binge a show?
This or That Questions for Friends
For your best friend, the college gang and the group chat that never sleeps.
- One best friend or a big friend group?
- Group trip or one-on-one hangout?
- Sleepover or night out?
- Friend who is always late or friend who never replies?
- Gossip session or deep talk at 2 am?
- Same college or same city after college?
- Road trip or flight?
- Stay in touch on calls or on memes?
- Friend who gives honest advice or friend who always supports you?
- Truth or dare?
- Birthday surprise party or simple cake cutting?
- Funny friend or caring friend?
- Share food or share clothes?
- Group photo or solo pic?
- Plan the trip or just show up?
- Text the group or call one person?
- Old friends or new friends?
- Movie marathon or game night?
- Cafe hopping or mall walk?
- Be the one who plans everything or the one who just pays?
- Friends who live far but stay close or friends nearby who rarely meet?
- Inside jokes or matching tattoos?
- Fight and make up or never fight?
- Know your friend's secrets or keep your own?
- Group chat with 5 people or 50 people?
This or That Questions for Kids
Easy pairs for classrooms, school buses and birthday parties. Great for kids aged 5 to 12.
- Dinosaurs or dragons?
- Swings or slide?
- Cartoons or video games?
- Lion or tiger?
- Superman or Spider-Man?
- Rainbow or snow?
- Pencil or crayon?
- Teddy bear or toy car?
- Summer holidays or winter holidays?
- Bicycle or skateboard?
- Zoo or water park?
- Ice cream or chocolate?
- Draw a picture or build with blocks?
- Fly like a bird or swim like a fish?
- Robot friend or alien friend?
- Space or the deep sea?
- Puppy or kitten?
- Doraemon or Chhota Bheem?
- Football or cricket?
- Story at bedtime or song at bedtime?
- Hide and seek or tag?
- Jungle adventure or castle adventure?
- Be a teacher for a day or the principal for a day?
- Talk to animals or be invisible?
- Big birthday party or a trip with family?
Food This or That Questions
For foodies, dinner tables and every friend who cannot decide what to order.
- Pizza or burger?
- Sweet or spicy?
- Biryani or pulao?
- Momos or spring rolls?
- Maggi or pasta?
- Samosa or kachori?
- Gulab jamun or rasgulla?
- Dosa or idli?
- Pani puri or bhel puri?
- Chocolate or vanilla?
- Cold coffee or hot coffee?
- Home food or restaurant food?
- Paneer or chicken?
- Fries or nachos?
- Breakfast or dinner?
- Mango or watermelon?
- Ketchup or green chutney?
- Rajma chawal or chole bhature?
- Thin crust or cheese burst?
- Ice cream cone or ice cream cup?
- Street food or fine dining?
- Aloo paratha or poha?
- Pineapple on pizza: yes or no?
- Cook it yourself or order online?
- Jalebi or ladoo?
This or That: Indian and Bollywood Edition
Desi pairs for Indian friends, family groups and anyone who grew up on chai and cricket.
- Shah Rukh Khan or Salman Khan?
- DDLJ or Kuch Kuch Hota Hai?
- Old Bollywood songs or new Bollywood songs?
- Cricket or kabaddi?
- Virat Kohli or MS Dhoni?
- Diwali or Holi?
- Goa or Manali?
- Kerala backwaters or Rajasthan forts?
- Chai or filter coffee?
- Train journey or flight?
- Window seat or upper berth?
- Ludo or carrom?
- Shaadi dance or shaadi food?
- Antakshari or dumb charades?
- Monsoon or winter?
- Kurta or jeans?
- Rangoli or diya decoration?
- Mumbai or Delhi?
- 3 Idiots or Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara?
- Bollywood or South Indian movies?
- Movie in a theatre or on OTT at home?
- Mehendi or haldi function?
- Gol gappa or chaat?
- Cricket in the street or cricket on TV?
- Family WhatsApp group or school WhatsApp group?
This or That for Instagram Story
Short pairs that fit a Poll sticker. Post one per slide.
- Sunrise or sunset 🌅
- Calls or texts 📱
- Rain or sunshine 🌧️☀️
- Books or movies 📚🎬
- Hoodie or jacket 🧥
- Gym or yoga 🏋️🧘
- Instagram or YouTube 📸
- Reels or stories 🎥
- Night owl or early bird 🦉🐦
- City lights or village calm 🌃🌾
- Sneakers or sandals 👟
- Black or white 🖤🤍
- Spotify or YouTube Music 🎧
- Selfie or group pic 🤳
- Hot weather or cold weather 🔥❄️
- Android or iPhone 📱
- Weekdays or weekends 📅
- Flowers or plants 🌸🌿
- Long hair or short hair 💇
- Ocean or forest 🌊🌲
Deep and Hard This or That Questions
Tough choices for long chats and late-night talks. Take your time with these.
- Be rich or be happy?
- Love or career?
- Know the future or change the past?
- Be loved or be respected?
- Live in the past or live in the future?
- Head or heart?
- Many friends or one true friend?
- Big city success or peaceful village life?
- Be the smartest person in the room or the kindest?
- Honest truth or kind lie?
- Fame or privacy?
- Dream job with low pay or boring job with high pay?
- Travel the world alone or stay home with loved ones?
- Forgive or forget?
- Love marriage or arranged marriage?
- Live forever or live twice?
- Know what everyone thinks of you or never know?
- Start over in a new city or stay where you belong?
- Talent or hard work?
- Be remembered for your work or for your kindness?
This or That in Hindi
हिंदी में दिस और दैट: दोस्तों और फैमिली ग्रुप में भेजें।
- चाय या कॉफी?
- पहाड़ या समंदर?
- बारिश या धूप?
- किताब या फिल्म?
- दोस्ती या प्यार?
- गोलगप्पे या चाट?
- सुबह जल्दी उठना या रात भर जागना?
- गाँव या शहर?
- मीठा या नमकीन?
- पुराने गाने या नए गाने?
- ट्रेन या बस?
- होली या दिवाली?
- कॉल या मैसेज?
- पैसा या खुशी?
- घर का खाना या बाहर का खाना?
- गर्मी या सर्दी?
- क्रिकेट या फुटबॉल?
- मम्मी के हाथ का खाना या दादी के हाथ का खाना?
- छत पर पतंग या गली में क्रिकेट?
- लस्सी या छाछ?
- सपने में उड़ना या पानी पर चलना?
- शादी में नाचना या खाना?
- परांठा या पूरी?
- अकेले घूमना या दोस्तों के साथ?
- दिल या दिमाग?
Rapid Fire This or That Rounds
Ten quick pairs per round. Read them out fast or send the whole round at once. Three seconds per answer, no thinking allowed.
Round 1: Easy warm-up
⚡ Rapid Fire This or That: Round 1 ⚡
Answer fast, no "both"!
1. Tea or coffee
2. Day or night
3. Cats or dogs
4. Summer or winter
5. Chocolate or ice cream
6. Phone or laptop
7. Music or podcasts
8. Shoes or slippers
9. Pink or blue
10. Sleep or eat
Round 2: Desi round
⚡ Rapid Fire This or That: Round 2 (Desi) ⚡
Answer fast, no "both"!
1. Samosa or vada pav
2. Bollywood or Hollywood
3. Kurta or T-shirt
4. Lassi or cold drink
5. Rickshaw or metro
6. Diwali sweets or Holi colours
7. IPL or World Cup
8. Ghar ka khana or Zomato
9. Pahadi trip or beach trip
10. Mummy's scolding or Papa's silence
Round 3: Get to know me
⚡ Rapid Fire This or That: Round 3 (Get to know me) ⚡
Answer fast, no "both"!
1. Introvert or extrovert
2. Planner or go with the flow
3. Listener or talker
4. Save money or spend money
5. Text back fast or reply tomorrow
6. Messy room or clean room
7. Leader or follower
8. Adventure or comfort
9. Smile or laugh
10. Forgive fast or hold a grudge
Want more quick-fire games? See our rapid fire questions, or play the WhatsApp dare games with the same group.
Tips for a Good Game
Ask "why?" The pick takes two seconds, but the reason is where the fun is.
Keep it kind. Skip pairs about someone's looks, weight, money or family problems. Use the kids and food lists with younger players and relatives.
Mix it up. Start with easy food and funny pairs, then move to deep ones once everyone is relaxed.
Like longer choices? Try our would you rather questions, or test your friends on the quiz app.
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