Put a Finger Down Questions

Hold up ten fingers, read the card aloud, and put a finger down if it is true for you.

Put a Finger Down Questions

Put a finger down if a pet has ever chewed up your homework, a shoe or a remote.

Read it aloud. True for you? Put a finger down.

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How it works

These put a finger down questions come in eight sets: school, brothers and sisters, pets, food, road trips, home, friends and funny habits. More than half name a habit or a taste, so quiet players lose fingers too.

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How to play put a finger down

Everyone holds up ten fingers. One player reads the card, and whoever it is true for folds a finger down, the reader too. Settle one thing before the first card: either the last player with a finger up wins, or the first player out does.

Put a finger down if questions by theme

Pets catches anyone with an animal at home: Put a finger down if a pet in your house has its own favorite chair. Road trips is for the back seat: Put a finger down if you pack snacks before you pack clothes. Brothers and sisters has a card each for the oldest, the youngest and an only child.

  • With mixed ages, choose Easy: those cards are true for most players, so every card costs somebody a finger.
  • Filming a round? Keep both hands in the frame and let someone off camera read.

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What are funny put a finger down questions?

Ones that catch people in a habit: Put a finger down if you laugh at your own jokes before you finish telling them. Put a finger down if you have ever tripped on nothing and then glared at the floor. Funny habits holds 17.

Is put a finger down the same as never have I ever?

The scoring is the same: a finger for each card that fits you. The wording is turned round, so a card can also name a taste or your place in the family. The other wording is at never have I ever for teens.

Can you play put a finger down with five fingers?

Yes. Five fingers make a short round for a car ride or a line. Ten suit a party, where players like time to explain the finger they just lost.

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School 17

  • Put a finger down if recess or lunch is your favorite subject.
  • Put a finger down if you can still sing a song from a school play.
  • Put a finger down if you can still spell the word that knocked you out of a spelling bee.
  • Put a finger down if you have a favorite pen and notice at once when it is gone.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever answered a question the teacher asked somebody else.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever carried the wrong book to class for a whole week.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever found an overdue library book months too late.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever handed in homework with a food stain on it.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever rushed lunch to get outside sooner.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever waved at a teacher in a grocery store.
  • Put a finger down if you like the smell of a brand-new notebook.
  • Put a finger down if you sharpen pencils that are already sharp.
  • Put a finger down if you take the same seat every day, even when others are free.
  • Put a finger down if you were ever line leader and took the job very seriously.
  • Put a finger down if you write the date at the top of a page without being told.
  • Put a finger down if your backpack has a crumpled paper from last year in it.
  • Put a finger down if your pencil case holds more broken pencils than good ones.

Brothers and sisters 17

  • Put a finger down if a brother or sister taught you to ride a bike.
  • Put a finger down if someone has called you by your brother's or sister's name.
  • Put a finger down if you are an only child.
  • Put a finger down if you are the oldest child in your family.
  • Put a finger down if you are the one in the family who gets the remote.
  • Put a finger down if you are the youngest child in your family.
  • Put a finger down if you have a cousin who feels more like a brother or sister.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever called the front seat before anyone else could.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever marked a line down the middle of a shared room.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever split a cookie and kept the bigger half.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever swapped beds with a brother or sister for a night.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever taken the blame for a brother or sister.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever teamed up with a brother or sister to ask for a pet.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever wished you were a twin.
  • Put a finger down if you know exactly which noise annoys your brother or sister most.
  • Put a finger down if you share a made-up word with a brother or sister.
  • Put a finger down if you wear, or once wore, hand-me-downs.

Pets 17

  • Put a finger down if a pet has ever chewed up your homework, a shoe or a remote.
  • Put a finger down if a pet has ever sat down on your book, keyboard or game.
  • Put a finger down if a pet has ever walked into a family photo.
  • Put a finger down if a pet in your house has its own favorite chair.
  • Put a finger down if a pet in your house knows the word walk, treat or dinner.
  • Put a finger down if a pet wakes you up before your alarm does.
  • Put a finger down if you ask a pet questions and then answer for it.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever had a pet that lived more than fifteen years.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever had a pet with no legs or more than four.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever had two pets that could not share a room.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever looked after a neighbor's pet.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever searched for a pet that was asleep in plain sight.
  • Put a finger down if you have given one pet three or more nicknames.
  • Put a finger down if you have more photos of an animal than of people.
  • Put a finger down if you have never had a pet but already have the name picked out.
  • Put a finger down if you say hello to dogs you pass on the street.
  • Put a finger down if you would rather have a cat than a dog.

Food 17

  • Put a finger down if there is a vegetable you like more now than you used to.
  • Put a finger down if you ask for the sauce on the side.
  • Put a finger down if you blow on food that is already cold.
  • Put a finger down if you can flip a pancake without a spatula.
  • Put a finger down if you cannot stand it when foods touch on the plate.
  • Put a finger down if you dip fries in something other than ketchup.
  • Put a finger down if you drink the milk left in the cereal bowl.
  • Put a finger down if you eat the frosting and leave the cake.
  • Put a finger down if you eat the toppings off a pizza and leave the bread.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever bitten into a cookie and found raisins, not chocolate.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever burned toast twice in one morning.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever cooked a whole dinner by yourself.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever eaten leftover cake first thing in the morning.
  • Put a finger down if you like the corner piece better than the middle.
  • Put a finger down if you peel the strings off a banana before you eat it.
  • Put a finger down if you pour the milk in before the cereal.
  • Put a finger down if you read the dessert menu before you choose a main course.

Road trips 17

  • Put a finger down if you are the one who reads the map or the directions.
  • Put a finger down if you can sleep sitting up in a car.
  • Put a finger down if you end up in the middle seat more often than anyone else.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever asked "Are we there yet?" in the first hour.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever been on a car ride longer than ten hours.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever counted cows, trucks or license plates on a drive.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever fallen asleep before the car left your street.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever held your breath through a tunnel.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever left something behind at a rest stop.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever missed a turn and made the trip an hour longer.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever played I spy until nobody would play any more.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever slept in a car overnight.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever stopped just to look at a strange roadside statue.
  • Put a finger down if you know the words to every song the driver plays.
  • Put a finger down if you pack snacks before you pack clothes.
  • Put a finger down if you pick the music more often than anyone else in the car.
  • Put a finger down if you wave at people in other cars.

At home 17

  • Put a finger down if you fall asleep with a book, a show or music still going.
  • Put a finger down if you have a drawer full of things with no other home.
  • Put a finger down if you have a spot on the couch that everyone knows is yours.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever climbed in through a window of your own home.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever hidden a mess under the bed before visitors came.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever hunted for a phone that was in your hand.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever painted a wall of your own room.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever rearranged your room after bedtime.
  • Put a finger down if you keep a pile of clothes that is not dirty and not clean.
  • Put a finger down if you know exactly where the spare batteries are kept.
  • Put a finger down if you know which light switch in your home does nothing.
  • Put a finger down if you know which stair or floorboard creaks.
  • Put a finger down if you line up your books, games or shoes in a set order.
  • Put a finger down if you open the fridge, close it, and open it again a minute later.
  • Put a finger down if you sleep on the same side of the bed every night.
  • Put a finger down if you still own a stuffed animal you had as a baby.
  • Put a finger down if you win arguments in your head an hour after they end.

Friends and sleepovers 17

  • Put a finger down if you are the friend who is always early.
  • Put a finger down if you are the one who makes the plans in your group.
  • Put a finger down if you ask for a rematch as soon as you lose a board game.
  • Put a finger down if you have a friend who lives too far away to visit often.
  • Put a finger down if you have a friend you met only because you sat side by side.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever dressed to match a friend on purpose.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever kept a surprise secret for more than a month.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever laughed at a joke you did not understand.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever made up a dance with a friend.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever told a spooky story with a flashlight under your chin.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever traded snacks with a friend every day for a week.
  • Put a finger down if you have had the same best friend for five years or more.
  • Put a finger down if you have kept a friendship bracelet for more than a year.
  • Put a finger down if you know a friend's birthday without looking it up.
  • Put a finger down if you pack your bag for a sleepover a day early.
  • Put a finger down if you say "five more minutes" when it is time to go home.
  • Put a finger down if you share a joke with a friend that nobody else finds funny.

Funny habits 17

  • Put a finger down if you always put the same shoe on first.
  • Put a finger down if you check the mailbox on days when no mail comes.
  • Put a finger down if you describe what you are doing out loud while you cook.
  • Put a finger down if you eat the same breakfast almost every day.
  • Put a finger down if you give names to things you own, like a bike or a plant.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever told one person the same story twice in a day.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever tried to open the wrong car in a parking lot.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever tried to pay with a library card by mistake.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever tripped on nothing and then glared at the floor.
  • Put a finger down if you have ever written a reply in your head and never sent it.
  • Put a finger down if you keep a list of your lists.
  • Put a finger down if you laugh at your own jokes before you finish telling them.
  • Put a finger down if you own a book you have read more than five times.
  • Put a finger down if you rehearse what to say before you make a phone call.
  • Put a finger down if you say thank you to a machine when it hands you a ticket.
  • Put a finger down if you talk to yourself when nobody is around.
  • Put a finger down if you wave goodbye to buses, trains or boats.