Printable Dinner Party Games

Five paper games for a dinner table, printed one at a time, a copy for each place.

Printable Dinner Party Games

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  1. Each rule below starts with the name of its game. Write your name at the top unless your game says not to.
  2. Find someone who: between courses, ask around the table. Tick a line when a guest says yes and write that name. One line per guest.
  3. Place-card questions: cut the lines apart and set one at each place. Each guest reads theirs aloud during the meal and answers it.
  4. True or false: write T or F on each line. The host has the answers on a separate page.
  5. Three facts about me: fill in any three lines and do not sign the sheet. The host reads each sheet aloud and the table guesses who wrote it.
  6. Table awards: write one guest's name on each line. The host counts the votes over coffee.
  1. Find someone who brought a dish, a loaf or flowers tonight
  2. Find someone who has shared an office with the host
  3. Find someone who has known the host for over a decade
  4. Find someone who walked or biked here tonight
  5. Find someone who has a cookbook with notes in the margins
  6. Find someone who has switched careers
  7. Find someone who has asked the host for a recipe
  8. Find someone who had never been in this home before tonight
  9. Find someone who has cooked for more than twenty people
  10. Find someone who peeked at the menu before tonight
  11. Find someone who has been on local radio or television
  12. Find someone who has eaten supper outdoors this week
  13. Find someone who knows which fork to use first
  14. Find someone who arrived within five minutes of the time on the invitation
  15. Find someone who signed up for lessons in something new this year
  16. Find someone who is the oldest child in their family
  17. Find someone who moved house in the past two years
  18. Find someone who knows how to change a tire
  19. Find someone who guards a recipe they will not hand over
  20. Find someone who went to a wedding this year
  21. Find someone who gives time to a local group
  22. Find someone who went to school in another country
  23. Find someone who has sat at this very table before
  24. Find someone who has eaten a meal on a train or a boat
  25. Find someone who took a wrong turn on the way here
  26. Find someone who has waited tables or washed dishes for pay
  27. Find someone who is in the middle of a long novel
  28. Find someone who has a houseplant older than five years
  29. Find someone who has set off a smoke alarm while cooking
  30. Find someone who has written a letter by hand this year

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How it works

These printable dinner party games are pencil sheets: find someone who, place-card questions, food and drink true or false, three facts about me, and a table awards ballot. Pick one in the box, then Print this list.

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Print what the table needs

Find someone who comes up first, and the box below the button lists the rest. On paper the rules come first. Place-card questions print with a box and nothing to fill in; games with a cover print a blank instead, and the covered answers go to a final page the host holds back.

Fit the games to the meal

Set Place-card questions out before guests sit: cut the printed lines apart, one to a place. True or false fills the wait between courses, and the Table awards ballot goes round with dessert.

Tips
  • Three facts about me suits a table of eight or fewer, so every sheet gets read aloud.
  • The true or false answers are on the last printed page. Keep it in the kitchen until the round ends.

Questions and answers

What games can you play at a dinner party table?

Five print from this page: find someone at this table who, a question for each place card, food and drink statements to mark true or false, three facts about me, and a ballot of kind table awards.

How do place-card questions work?

Print the list, cut the questions apart and tuck one beside each name card. Each guest reads theirs aloud during the meal and answers it. The set holds more questions than a table has places, so leave out any that do not suit.

Are the true or false answers checked?

Yes. Each statement was read against an encyclopedia article on 2 October 2026. Half are true and half are false: capers are flower buds, and couscous is not a kind of rice.

What are good awards for a dinner table?

Kind ones that any guest could win: best story of the night, warmest welcome, most surprising fact. Each guest writes one name per line, and nobody is voted worst at anything.

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Find someone at this table who 30

  • Find someone who arrived within five minutes of the time on the invitation Sample: Half the table.
  • Find someone who brought a dish, a loaf or flowers tonight Sample: Ines, a lemon cake.
  • Find someone who gives time to a local group Sample: Hal, the library sale.
  • Find someone who guards a recipe they will not hand over Sample: Uncle Art, the sauce.
  • Find someone who had never been in this home before tonight Sample: The new neighbor.
  • Find someone who has a cookbook with notes in the margins Sample: Ravi, his mother's.
  • Find someone who has a houseplant older than five years Sample: Gus, a jade plant.
  • Find someone who has asked the host for a recipe Sample: Tom, for the soup.
  • Find someone who has been on local radio or television Sample: Dot, a weather interview.
  • Find someone who has cooked for more than twenty people Sample: Mina, every reunion.
  • Find someone who has eaten a meal on a train or a boat Sample: Ruth, on a night train.
  • Find someone who has eaten supper outdoors this week Sample: Luis, on the back steps.
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Find someone at this table who, continued

  • Find someone who has known the host for over a decade Sample: Carla, since college.
  • Find someone who has sat at this very table before Sample: The host's brother.
  • Find someone who has set off a smoke alarm while cooking Sample: Lena, with toast.
  • Find someone who has shared an office with the host Sample: Paul, same office since spring.
  • Find someone who has switched careers Sample: June, from law to baking.
  • Find someone who has waited tables or washed dishes for pay Sample: Dev, three summers.
  • Find someone who has written a letter by hand this year Sample: Flo, to her sister.
  • Find someone who is in the middle of a long novel Sample: Ada, page 600.
  • Find someone who is the oldest child in their family Sample: Nell, of five.
  • Find someone who knows how to change a tire Sample: Bea, in the rain.
  • Find someone who knows which fork to use first Sample: Kay, without looking.
  • Find someone who moved house in the past two years Sample: The hosts.
  • Find someone who peeked at the menu before tonight Sample: Abe, twice.
  • Find someone who signed up for lessons in something new this year Sample: Sol, pottery.
  • Find someone who took a wrong turn on the way here Sample: Everyone who trusted the map.
  • Find someone who walked or biked here tonight Sample: The couple from two streets over.
  • Find someone who went to a wedding this year Sample: Three of us, the same one.
  • Find someone who went to school in another country Sample: Yuki, for two years.

Place-card questions 40

  • What did you pack for lunch this week?
  • What do you eat when you get home late?
  • What do you order when nobody is sharing?
  • What do you wish you could cook as well as someone you know?
  • What food reminds you of a grandparent?
  • What is the bravest thing you have ever tasted?
  • What is the longest you have waited for a table?
  • What is the oddest thing in your pantry?
  • What is your first choice of jam?
  • What is your rule for the last piece on the plate?
  • What tastes better cooked over a fire?
  • What was the first thing you baked that worked?
  • What would you bring to a potluck with one hour of warning?
  • What would you serve a guest from another country?
  • Where was the best picnic of your life?
  • Which aisle of the grocery store slows you down?
  • Which cafeteria dish do you secretly miss?
  • Which cookbook, real or imagined, would you write?
  • Which dish did you burn the first time you tried it?
  • Which dish do you make when you are tired?
  • Which dish do you make when you want to impress?
  • Which food from a trip have you tried to copy at home?
  • Which food tastes best eaten straight from the pan?
  • Which fruit is worth the mess?
  • Which gadget in your kitchen was a mistake to buy?
  • Which host's table do you still think about, and why?
  • Which kitchen job do you quietly enjoy?
  • Which meal of the day would you give up last?
  • Which morning dish deserves a place at supper?
  • Which pudding, pie or cake would you drive an hour for?
  • Which restaurant from your past do you wish were still open?
  • Which sandwich is your own invention?
  • Which soup means winter to you?
  • Which spice would you keep if you could keep only one?
  • Which street food would you cross town for?
  • Which supper never gets old for you?
  • Which table manner did your family care about most?
  • Which vegetable won you over as an adult?
  • Which weeknight supper did your childhood kitchen repeat most?
  • Who taught you the most in a kitchen?

Food and drink, true or false 24

  • A coffee bean is a seed. True. It is a seed of the coffee plant.
  • A sourdough starter has no yeast in it. False. Wild yeast lives in a starter, along with bacteria.
  • All mozzarella is made from cow's milk. False. Buffalo mozzarella is made with buffalo milk.
  • Balsamic vinegar starts as crushed grapes. True. All or part of it is grape must, the juice of freshly crushed grapes.
  • Brussels sprouts are a root vegetable. False. They are buds of a kind of cabbage.
  • Capers are flower buds. True. A caper is a flower bud of the caper bush, picked to be eaten.
  • Cilantro is the leaf of the coriander plant. True. In the United States the leaves of coriander are called cilantro.
  • Cinnamon is a ground seed. False. It is the inner bark of cinnamon trees.
  • Cocoa beans are the seeds of a tree. True. Each bean is a seed of the cacao tree, fermented and dried.
  • Couscous is a kind of rice. False. It is semolina rolled into tiny grains and steamed.
  • Guacamole was first made in Mexico. True. The avocado dip began in Mexico.
  • Hummus takes its name from the Arabic word for chickpeas. True. The Arabic word means chickpeas.
  • The leaves are the part of rhubarb that people cook. False. Cooks use the stalks, not the leaves.
  • Macadamia trees are native to Australia. True. They grow wild in New South Wales and Queensland.
  • Nutmeg and mace come from the same fruit. True. Nutmeg is the seed and mace is the covering of that seed.
  • Paprika is made from dried red peppers. True. The peppers are dried, then ground to a powder.
  • Pesto comes from the city of Naples. False. It comes from Genoa.
  • The pineapple is native to Hawaii. False. It is native to South America.
  • Pumpernickel is a rye bread. True. It is a heavy loaf made with coarse-ground rye.
  • Quinoa is a kind of wheat. False. Quinoa is not a grass at all. It is related to spinach and amaranth.
  • Sushi always has raw fish in it. False. Vinegared rice is what makes it sushi. The rest can be cooked seafood, vegetables or meat.
  • Tapioca is made from rice. False. It is a starch drawn from the tubers of the cassava plant.
  • Traditional Greek feta is made from cow's milk. False. It is made from sheep's milk, or from sheep's milk with some goat's milk.
  • Wild rice is the grain of a grass. True. Four kinds of grass bear it, all in the genus Zizania.

Three facts about me 15

  • A fact about me: a contest I entered Sample: A pie bake-off. I came fourth of four.
  • A fact about me: a food I cannot stand Sample: Cooked carrots.
  • A fact about me: a job I once had Sample: I sold shoes for one summer.
  • A fact about me: a landmark I have climbed Sample: The top of a lighthouse on the coast.
  • A fact about me: a pet that was not a cat or a dog Sample: A tortoise named Gus.
  • A fact about me: a place I have lived Sample: A houseboat, for a year.
  • A fact about me: a skill nobody here has seen Sample: I can juggle.
  • A fact about me: a sport or game I played seriously Sample: Table tennis.
  • A fact about me: a stage I have stood on Sample: A town hall, as a tree in a play.
  • A fact about me: a street, hill or lake I grew up beside Sample: A lake with one island.
  • A fact about me: a vehicle I have driven or steered Sample: A tractor, at age twelve.
  • A fact about me: an instrument I gave up Sample: The clarinet, after one winter.
  • A fact about me: something I built or sewed Sample: The bench in my hallway.
  • A fact about me: something I collect Sample: Old postcards.
  • A fact about me: something I have never done Sample: I have never ridden a horse.

Table awards ballot 12

  • Award: best story of the night Sample: Dot, the canoe and the goose.
  • Award: best toast Sample: The host's brother.
  • Award: guest who made everyone feel at home Sample: Ruth.
  • Award: kindest listener Sample: Ada.
  • Award: longest trip to get here Sample: Yuki.
  • Award: most contagious laugh Sample: Tom.
  • Award: most help in the kitchen Sample: Luis.
  • Award: most surprising fact Sample: Abe plays the accordion.
  • Award: plate everyone asked about Sample: Mina's flatbread.
  • Award: sharpest question of the evening Sample: June.
  • Award: smoothest change of subject Sample: Carla.
  • Award: warmest welcome Sample: The hosts.

How this list was compiled: Written for this site on 2026-10-02 by the gamenightgenerator editors: five pencil games for a dinner party, with invented sample answers that describe no real person. Own work; nothing was copied from another site. Each of the 24 true or false statements was read on 2026-10-02 against the opening of the Wikipedia article linked on its row (en.wikipedia.org, text under CC BY-SA 4.0); twelve are true and twelve are false, and the reason under each cover is in our words. No statement is about alcohol, health or diet. Licence: own work