Question of the Day

How the question of the day works

Every night at midnight Eastern time, three new questions show up: a would you rather, a this or that and a get-to-know-you question. They come from the same clean question sets as our games. Everyone who opens the page that day sees the same three, so two classrooms or a whole team spread across offices can answer the same questions.

Want more than three? Play the full games on one phone: Would You Rather, This or That and Get to Know You. Each one has many more questions to play through.

Question of the day for students

A daily question gives class a steady start. Students know there will be something to answer when they walk in, and quiet students get an easy way to speak up. Nobody gets "pancakes or waffles?" wrong.

Teachers use it as a morning meeting question, a bell ringer, an exit ticket or a writing prompt.

Starting a new year or a new group? Pair the daily question with Find Someone Who bingo, and find more classroom games for indoor recess or the last ten minutes before the bell.

Question of the day for work

A good daily icebreaker question for work is quick, easy to answer and doesn't ask anyone to share too much. A this or that or a light would you rather fits that well, and it takes a minute or two.

For longer team time, try our icebreaker games and video call games, or run a round with these two truths and a lie ideas.

Questions for the dinner table and car rides

At home, the daily question gives everyone something to talk about besides "How was your day?" Read it out at dinner and go around the table. The only rule: everyone answers, and everyone says why.

On car rides, a passenger reads the question out loud and the whole car answers, the driver included, since it only takes listening. If the drive is long, the past questions from the last 7 days give you plenty more.

Relatives who live far away can play along too. Copy the question into the family group chat and see who answers first.

How to embed the question of the day on a class site

The embed puts today's question right on your own page. You paste the snippet once, and the question changes every day without any work from you. It shows a small ManyMini credit link. Here's how to add it to Google Sites:

1. 1On this page, tap the embed button and copy the snippet.
2. 2Open your site in Google Sites and choose Insert, then Embed.
3. 3Pick the Embed code tab, paste the snippet, then click Next and Insert.
4. 4Drag the corners of the box until the whole question fits.
5. 5Click Publish. Check the live page tomorrow, and you'll see a new question there.

On Canvas, edit the page, switch to the HTML editor and paste the snippet where you want the question to show. On most class websites and team wikis, look for a block called Embed, HTML or Code and paste it there.

Notion is a little different, since its embed block takes a web address instead of code. Type /embed, then paste the address from inside the snippet, the part that starts with https.

Ways to make the question of the day a routine

A daily question works best as a habit: same time, same spot, every day. These ideas help it stick.

• Keep a tally. Write A and B on the board and mark the votes for each day's would you rather. On Friday, look back at which side won the week.
• Build a question wall. Write each question on a card, pin it up and add a few answers on sticky notes. After a month, the wall shows what your group thinks about everything from breakfast to superpowers.
• Always ask "Why?" After the vote, ask one person from each side to explain. The reasons are often more fun than the votes, and it's good practice in backing up an opinion.
• Pass the job around. Let a different student or teammate read the question and run the vote each day.
• Catch up on Mondays. The past questions cover the weekend, so Monday can start with Saturday's or Sunday's question.

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