20 truths and 20 dares

Friends

Truth or dare questions for friends should make people laugh, not squirm. These 20 truths dig into camera rolls, guilty-pleasure songs and childhood lies, and the 20 dares are performances — impressions, runway walks, news-anchor voices — that anyone can do in a living room.

Truth questions

1. What's the most embarrassing photo in your camera roll right now? (Describe it — no need to show.)
2. Which app do you open first in the morning, and how long do you stay on it?
3. What's a food everyone loves that you secretly can't stand?
4. What's the silliest thing you've ever cried at?
5. Who here would you call first if you got stuck somewhere at 2 a.m.?
6. What's a lie you told as a kid that you never admitted?
7. What's the worst gift you've ever pretended to like?
8. If you could swap lives with someone here for a day, who would it be and why?
9. What's your most-played song this month? Be honest.
10. What's a skill you pretend to have but really don't?
11. What's the strangest thing you've ever eaten?
12. Which message in your phone would be the most confusing out of context?
13. What's something you searched for this week that you'd rather not explain?
14. What's the pettiest reason you've ever unfollowed someone?
15. What do people usually get wrong about you?
16. Which popular movie or show did you secretly find boring?
17. When did you last laugh so hard you couldn't breathe, and why?
18. What habit of yours would drive a roommate up the wall?
19. What's the most childish thing you still do?
20. Who here is most likely to become famous, and for what?

Dares

1. Do an impression of someone in the group until someone guesses who.
2. Talk like a news anchor until your next turn.
3. Show everyone the last emoji you used, then act it out.
4. Sing the chorus of the last song you listened to.
5. Strike a superhero pose and hold it for 30 seconds.
6. Speak only in questions until your next turn.
7. Let the person on your left give you a nickname. Everyone uses it for the rest of the game.
8. Describe your morning routine like a nature documentary narrator.
9. Make the person on your right laugh within 30 seconds — no touching.
10. Make up a 20-second advert for the nearest object.
11. Draw the person opposite you in 60 seconds with your eyes closed.
12. Walk across the room like it's a fashion runway.
13. Say the alphabet backwards as fast as you can.
14. Explain how to make a sandwich as if it's a bank heist.
15. Balance a cushion or soft toy on your head until your next turn.
16. Answer the next three questions anyone asks you by singing.
17. Let the group pick a word you must use in every sentence until your next turn.
18. Perform an interpretive dance of your day so far.
19. Keep a straight face for one minute while everyone tries to make you laugh.
20. Invent a secret handshake and do it with everyone here.