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How well do you know your friends? A quiz to play together
To test how well you know your friends, pick one friend, have them answer a set of questions about themselves in secret, and have everyone else guess their answers. Score two points for each right guess and add them up. Questions about small habits work better than birthdays or middle names, because nobody can look them up.
Updated November 3, 2026 by Lyravant
Most "how well do you know me" quizzes ask the same few facts: favorite color, birthday, pet's name. Close friends get those right and learn nothing. The fun questions are the small ones you'd only know from spending time together: how they act at a scary movie, how many alarms they set, which seat they want on a road trip.
Below is a 20-question quiz you can use as it is, the rules for playing it with a group or just two of you, and a scoring system that rewards close guesses too.
How do you play the quiz?
- Pick the friend the quiz is about. They answer all 20 questions privately, in a notes app or on paper, before anyone guesses.
- Everyone else writes down what they think that friend answered for each question.
- Go through the questions one by one. The friend reads out their real answer, and everyone checks their guess.
- Score two points for a right answer. For the two 1-to-10 questions, score two points for exactly right or one away, and one point for two away.
- Highest score knows them best. Next round, someone else is in the hot seat.
The 20-question quiz
Read each question to the friend in the hot seat (they answer about themselves), then everyone else guesses.
- How many alarms do you set to wake up?
- Just one
- Two for safety
- A whole stack of snoozes
- I wake up without one
- When do you pack for a trip?
- Weeks ahead
- The night before
- The morning of
- On the way out the door
- How do you watch a scary movie?
- Eyes glued to it
- Peeking through my fingers
- Narrating everything
- I leave the room
- Which road trip seat suits you most?
- Driver's seat
- Shotgun DJ
- Back-seat napper
- Snack captain
- What's your karaoke style?
- Show-stopper
- Duet only
- Backup singer
- Audience member forever
- What do you do the moment you reach a hotel room?
- Unpack everything
- Test the bed
- Check the view
- Hunt for the Wi-Fi password
- How do you wrap gifts?
- Perfect paper and bow
- Gift bag
- Messy but heartfelt
- Unwrapped
- Do you give names to things like plants or cars?
- I name everything
- Just pets
- Never
- Do you sing along in the car?
- Full concert
- Quiet hum
- Silent listener
- How do you catch up on a busy group chat?
- Read every message
- Skim to the end
- Mute it and move on
- Reply with one emoji
- Which game show would you love to be on?
- Jeopardy!
- Wheel of Fortune
- Family Feud
- Wipeout
- Which Hogwarts house would you be sorted into?
- Gryffindor
- Hufflepuff
- Ravenclaw
- Slytherin
- If you could have any animal as a sidekick, which would it be?
- Red panda
- Golden retriever
- Parrot
- Penguin
- If you entered a talent show, which act would you perform?
- A song
- A dance routine
- Stand-up comedy
- Magic tricks
- If you found a dragon egg, what would you do?
- Raise it
- Hide it
- Return it to the wild
- Post it online
- At a movie night, what are you most likely to do first?
- Pick the movie
- Make snacks
- Doze off
- Talk through it
- Which world would you rather live in?
- Harry Potter
- Star Wars
- Middle-earth
- Pokémon
- On a road trip, what role do you play?
- DJ
- Navigator
- Professional napper
- Snack distributor
- How much do you talk during movies, from 1 to 10?
- 1: Total silence
- 10: Running commentary
- How good are you at trivia night, from 1 to 10?
- 1: Guesses every answer
- 10: Walking encyclopedia
Other ways to play it
Hot seat in the group chat
Post one question a day about one friend instead of all 20 at once. They send their answer to whoever is hosting, everyone else replies with a guess, and the host reveals it in the evening. It turns a one-off quiz into a daily habit.
Head to head
Two friends each answer the quiz about themselves, then swap and guess each other's answers. Compare scores: did you know them better than they knew you?
Write a fake
For open questions like "What show do you rewatch over and over?", everyone writes a fake answer instead of guessing. Mix the fakes with the real one, and see who can pick it out.
Make it about you
Answer the 20 questions about yourself, then send them to friends one at a time and see who gets the most right. It's the classic "how well do you know me" quiz, with better questions.
What makes a good friend quiz question?
- It has one clear answer the friend can give in a few seconds.
- It's about a habit or a preference, not a fact you could find on their profile.
- The options are all believable, so guessers actually have to think.
- It's kind. Nothing about looks, weight, money, exes or anything someone might be sensitive about.
Where does Deja Who fit?
Deja Who is this quiz, spread out over time. Every day your group gets one question about one friend; they answer privately, everyone else guesses, and the answer is revealed at the hour your group picks. It mixes multiple choice, ranking, 1-to-10 scales and write-a-fake questions, and scores close guesses the same way as above.
Points add up over a monthly season, and the game tracks who knows each friend best. It's free, needs no account, and plays from a link in your group chat. Two friends can play as a pair.
Turn these into a daily game
Deja Who asks your group one of these a day. One person answers, everyone else guesses or writes a fake answer to fool the others, and the reveal shows who knows you best. Free, in any phone browser, no app or account.
Play it with your group Try a sample roundQuestions people ask
How do you score a how well do you know me quiz?
Give two points for each right guess. For number or ranking questions, give partial credit for being close: two points for exact or one away on a 1-to-10 scale, one point for two away. The highest total knows that friend best.
How many questions should a friend quiz have?
Ten to twenty is plenty for one sitting. If you play it in a group chat, one question a day works better than a long list all at once.
Can you play a friend quiz online with friends far away?
Yes. Post the questions in your group chat and collect answers by direct message, or use Deja Who, which runs one question a day about one friend from a link and keeps score for you.
What questions should you avoid?
Skip anything about looks, weight, money, past relationships, religion or politics. The point is to laugh about small habits, not to put anyone on the spot.