How to pick ten questions that actually work
The mistake almost everyone makes is picking ten questions of the same difficulty. All easy, and everyone scores 9/10 and nobody cares. All brutal, and people quit at question four.
The spread that works: three easy warm-ups, four that need real attention, and three that only someone genuinely close could get. Casual friends stay in the game long enough to finish, and your inner circle still has something to prove.
The other rule is specificity. Swap the general version of any question for its exact version — not "my favourite drink" but "my exact order", not "somewhere I want to travel" but "the city I won't stop talking about". Exact questions can't be guessed from your profile, which is the whole point.
If you already know the format you want, the How Well Do You Know Me? Quiz starts with a scored preset you can edit.
Easy warm-ups
- What's my favourite colour?
- Do I prefer cats or dogs?
- What month is my birthday in?
- Am I a morning person or a night person?
- Tea or coffee?
- How many siblings do I have?
- What's my star sign?
- Beach holiday or mountains?
- Do I prefer texting or calling?
- Sweet or savoury?
Favourites
- What's my comfort film — the one I've seen too many times?
- Which song is on repeat for me right now?
- What's my favourite season and why?
- Which app do I waste the most time on?
- What's my go-to karaoke song?
- Which fictional character am I most like?
- What's my favourite thing to do on a day off?
- Which colour do I wear most?
- What's my favourite takeaway?
- Which social platform am I actually most active on?
Food and drink
- What's my exact order at the place we always go?
- What food will I absolutely not eat?
- What's my weirdest food combination?
- Sweet breakfast or savoury breakfast?
- What snack could I genuinely live on?
- How do I take my coffee or tea?
- What's my most controversial food opinion?
- What do I always order at a restaurant when I can't decide?
- What's the one thing I can actually cook well?
- Pineapple on pizza — where do I stand?
Habits and quirks
- What's my most annoying habit?
- How long do I actually take to get ready?
- What do I do when I'm nervous?
- Am I always early, always late, or exactly on time?
- What's my usual excuse for leaving somewhere early?
- What's the first thing I do when I wake up?
- What do I always have in my bag?
- What's my phone wallpaper right now?
- What chore will I do anything to avoid?
- How many alarms do I set?
Memories and inside jokes
- Which story do I tell at every single hangout?
- Where did we go the first time we hung out?
- What's the funniest thing that's happened to us?
- What was my worst fashion era?
- What nickname did I have growing up?
- Which trip do I still talk about most?
- What's the most embarrassing thing I've done in public?
- Which group memory do I bring up constantly?
- What did I want to be when I was little?
- What's the strangest job or task I've ever done?
Deep cuts
- What am I most afraid of?
- What's been stressing me out lately?
- What am I secretly proudest of?
- What do I need on a bad day — advice, distraction, or food?
- Who do I go to for honest advice?
- What's the compliment that actually lands with me?
- When I'm upset, do I go quiet or do I vent?
- What's something I've changed my mind about recently?
- What do I worry about more than I let on?
- What makes me decide someone is safe to open up to?
Funny and chaotic
- What's my biggest ick?
- What would I do with a completely free Tuesday?
- What's the pettiest thing I've ever done?
- What's my toxic trait, according to me?
- What would I grab first if I had ten seconds to leave the house?
- What's the worst advice I've ever given?
- What am I unreasonably competitive about?
- What's my most-used emoji?
- What's the strangest thing in my search history?
- What would the title of my autobiography be?
This or that
- Cinema or streaming at home?
- Big party or three close friends?
- Plan everything or figure it out later?
- Window seat or aisle seat?
- Text back instantly or three days later?
- Sunrise or sunset?
- Cash or card, no exceptions?
- Books or podcasts?
- Winter clothes or summer clothes?
- Would I rather be too hot or too cold?
Dreams and future
- Where do I most want to travel next?
- What would I do if money stopped being a problem?
- What skill am I always saying I'll learn?
- Where do I see myself living eventually?
- What's the goal I'm actually working towards this year?
- What job would I do if I could restart completely?
- What's on my list that I keep postponing?
- What would I spend a surprise windfall on first?
- What do I want more of in my life right now?
- What's the one thing I'd tell my younger self?
Hard mode
- What do I always say I'm "fine" about when I'm not?
- What's my actual daily screen time — closest guess wins?
- Who do I text first when something big happens?
- What do I pretend to like but genuinely don't?
- What's the fastest way to lose my trust?
- What am I like when I haven't slept?
- What's the thing I keep saying I'll start and never do?
- How do I usually apologise?
- What would my closest friend say is my blind spot?
- What's something true about me that surprises people?
Ready to build it?
Picked your ten? Hit Make my quiz and your link is ready in about a minute — or start from scratch in the friend quiz maker if you'd rather write your own.
FAQs
How many questions should a friend quiz have?
Ten. It's long enough to separate people who pay attention from lucky guessers, and short enough that friends finish it in one sitting instead of saving it for later and never coming back.
What makes a good friend quiz question?
Specificity. Swap the general version for the exact version — your precise order rather than your favourite food, this month's obsession rather than your general taste. Exact questions can't be guessed from someone's profile.
Can I use these questions in my own quiz?
Yes — that's what the "Use this" button does. Tap any ten and hit Make my quiz, and they're loaded and ready to share. You can edit any of them afterwards.
Should I mix easy and hard questions?
Yes. Three easy, four medium, three hard is the spread that works. All-easy is boring and all-hard makes people quit partway through.
What questions should I avoid?
Anything genuinely private. Scores are shareable, so keep real secrets out of it — behaviour questions like how you react under pressure are harder to guess and safer to share anyway.
Can I write my own questions instead?
Of course. The quiz maker lets you write all ten from scratch — these are here for when you'd rather pick than think.
