How do you play a best friend quiz?

For each question, both players write their own answer and a guess for the other person. Reveal them together and score a point for each correct guess. The player with more points at the end wins.

How many questions should a best friend quiz have?

Ten to twenty is plenty for a quick game. The 40 questions on this page are split into four rounds so you can play one or all.

Can you play a best friend quiz with more than two people?

Yes. Each round one person is the subject. Everyone else guesses the subject's answers, and the person who gets the most right wins the round.

What if an answer is nearly right?

Agree on a rule before you start. Many players give half a point for a close answer, such as 'pasta' when the real answer was 'spaghetti'.

Does the quiz measure how good a friend you are?

No. It is a game, and the score is for fun. Knowing someone's favourite colour is not the same as being a good friend.

Is this an online quiz that gives a result?

No. It is a printable question set for two people to play together, with no sign-up or data collected.

Best Friend Quiz (2026): 40 Questions for Two Friends

A best friend quiz is a simple game: you answer questions about each other and see who knows more. All you need is a pen and paper, or a phone each. It works for friends, siblings, couples and classmates, and it is a good way to spend ten minutes together. This page gives you a way to play, a scoring system and 40 questions to use.

How to play

Each player writes two answers for every question. One is about themselves ("My answer"). The other is a guess about the other person ("My guess for you"). Do not show each other until the end of the round.
Compare. Read out your guesses and the real answers.
Score a point each time your guess matches the real answer.
Play five or ten questions per round, then add up the points. The player with more points is the better friend, at least for today.

Quick version

Read a question aloud. Both of you write your own answer in secret and then your guess for the other person. Reveal together.

Rules that keep it fair

Answer honestly. Do not change your own answer after hearing the guess.
If an answer is close but not exact ("pizza" and "Italian food"), agree before the game whether it counts. Half a point is a good compromise.
Skip any question that feels too private. The quiz is meant to be fun.

Round 1: favourites

What is your favourite food?
What is your favourite drink?
What is your favourite colour?
What is your favourite season?
What is your favourite film or TV show?
What is your favourite song or band?
What is your favourite game to play together?
What is your favourite animal?
What is your favourite place to go on a day out?
What is your favourite snack?

Round 2: habits and personality

Are you a morning person or a night owl?
What do you do first when you wake up?
What is the thing you are most likely to be late for?
What do you always carry with you?
What makes you laugh the most?
What is your biggest pet peeve?
Do you prefer to plan everything or be spontaneous?
What is the first app you open on your phone?
Are you better at saving money or spending it?
How do you act when you are nervous?

Round 3: memories and history

Where did we first meet?
What did we do the first time we hung out?
What is the funniest thing that has happened to us?
What is your best memory of us together?
What was the best trip you have ever taken?
What was your favourite subject at school?
What was your first job, or the job you would like most?
What is your earliest childhood memory?
Who did you look up to when you were young?
What is something you were afraid of as a child?

Round 4: dreams and would-you-rather

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
If you won a large prize, what would you buy first?
What job would you do if money did not matter?
Which superpower would you choose?
Would you rather travel to the past or the future?
Would you rather be famous or very rich?
Would you rather have an endless holiday or a job you love?
What is one thing you would like to learn this year?
What is something you would like us to do together?
What do you value most in a friend?

How to read your score

Score out of 40 if you answer every question.

0 to 10: you are still getting to know each other. Good news: you have a lot to learn.
11 to 20: you know the basics.
21 to 30: a solid friendship, you notice the details.
31 to 40: you could write each other's biographies.

These bands are just for fun. A low score does not mean you are not good friends, only that you have some surprises left.

Variations

Write your own questions. Each of you writes ten questions about yourself, then the other tries to answer them.
Rapid fire. Set a ten-second limit per answer.
Three-way or group version. Every player answers about one person each round. The person in the spotlight writes the right answers.
Loser's forfeit. The player with the lower score picks the snack or the next game.
Photo round. Show a photo from your phone and ask when and where it was taken.

After the quiz: play something together

Once you have finished, a game is a natural next step. Try a classic such as tic tac toe or checkers, or browse the 2 Player category for free games you can play with a friend on one screen. Or see our list of games for 2 players.

Best Friend Quiz: 40 Questions to See How Well You Know Each Other