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Family Table Questions

A pass-the-phone game for Thanksgiving and holiday dinners. One question at a time, big enough to read across the table, for kids, parents and grandparents.

Who's at the table?

Pick the decks you want. We'll shuffle them together.

How to Play

1

Pick your decks

Choose questions for everyone, for kids, for the grandparents, or all of them.

2

Start the game

One question fills the screen, big enough to read across the table.

3

Read it out loud

Whoever holds the phone reads the question, and anyone can answer.

4

Pass the phone

Hand the phone to the next person, who taps Next and reads the next question.

All 50 questions

Everyone

  1. What's one thing that made you really happy this year?
  2. If our family had a theme song, what would it be?
  3. What's a family tradition you never want to stop?
  4. What's the best meal you've ever eaten?
  5. If you could take the whole family on a trip anywhere, where would we go?
  6. What's something new you learned this year?
  7. Who in the family are you most like, and how?
  8. What's a smell that reminds you of home?
  9. What's the best gift you ever gave someone?
  10. If you could have dinner with anyone from our family's past, who would it be?

For the Kids

  1. What's the funniest thing that happened to you this year?
  2. If you could be any animal for a day, which one would you be?
  3. What's your favorite thing to do with your grandparents?
  4. If you were in charge of dinner, what would we eat?
  5. What's something you're really good at?
  6. If you could invent a new holiday, what would we celebrate?
  7. What do you want to be when you grow up, and why?
  8. What's the best day you can remember?
  9. What's your favorite thing about our family?
  10. If you had a superpower, what would you use it for?

Ask the Grandparents

  1. What did you get in trouble for when you were my age?
  2. What games did you play when you were little?
  3. What was your favorite holiday food when you were a kid?
  4. What was your first job, and how much did it pay?
  5. How did you meet the person you married?
  6. What was my mom or dad like as a kid?
  7. What was your house like when you were growing up?
  8. What's different now from when you were young?
  9. What toy did you want most when you were little?
  10. What's the best advice anyone ever gave you?

Remember When

  1. What's the funniest thing that ever happened at a family holiday?
  2. What's your favorite story about someone at this table?
  3. What's a family trip you'll never forget?
  4. What's a dish that tastes like our family?
  5. What's your favorite family photo, and what was happening when it was taken?
  6. Who in the family always makes you laugh the most?
  7. What's a saying our family uses that nobody else would understand?
  8. What's the biggest disaster you remember at a family dinner?
  9. What's your earliest memory of a family holiday?
  10. What's a story about our family you hope gets told for years?

Thankful

  1. Who at this table are you thankful for, and why?
  2. What's a small thing that made this year better?
  3. Who helped you this year without being asked?
  4. What's something about our family you're proud of?
  5. What's an everyday thing you're grateful for that's easy to forget?
  6. Who would you like to thank who isn't here today?
  7. What's a hard thing from this year that turned out okay?
  8. What made you laugh the hardest this year?
  9. What are you looking forward to next year?
  10. What's one nice thing you'd like to tell the person next to you?

Frequently Asked Questions

One phone goes around the table. Whoever holds it reads the question on the screen out loud, people answer, then they tap Next and hand the phone to the next person. There's no app to install and nothing to print.
Yes. The For the Kids deck has questions young children can answer, and the Ask the Grandparents deck gives kids questions to ask the oldest people at the table. A grown-up can read the questions for kids who can't read yet.
No. The questions work at any family meal: Christmas, birthdays, reunions or a regular Sunday dinner. Turn off the Thankful deck if it doesn't fit the occasion.
No. The game is free and runs in your phone's browser. It doesn't save your answers or anything else.

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