No wedding celebration is complete without fun competitions and games. Depending on the age and status of the invitees, they should be selected taking into account a number of features. Not every proposal from the toastmaster may be to the taste of the newlyweds and those present.
For example, it would be inappropriate to force guests to jump on balls if they are 60 years or older. It’s the same with young people, they will probably be bored sitting at the table all evening and solving puzzles. But, fortunately for the presenters, there are games that are suitable for absolutely any society. These include a fun “Question and Answer” competition at a wedding (for guests, see the list of questions below).
Wedding competition rules
The rules of the competition are extremely simple. It is necessary to prepare cards with questions and answers in advance. After which the presenter takes out question cards one by one and reads them out loud. The answer cards must be kept by the players. Without choosing, the player takes out an answer card and reads it, thereby answering the question asked. Both newlyweds and guests can play. The more original and positive the answers and questions are, the greater the dose of fun you will have. The game can last as long as you like. Another great advantage of this competition is that absolutely everyone can take part in it.
"Welcome"
Participants: guests.
Props: leaves with names of places.
4-5 people are selected for the game. Leaves with the names of various places are pinned on their backs: strip bar, pre-trial detention center, nudist beach, bathhouse, maternity hospital, etc. Participants sit on chairs in such a way that the names of the places are visible to the audience. They themselves should not know what is written on them. Then the wedding host begins to ask questions to the participants in the game:
- How often do you go there?
- How recently were you there?
- How long have you been there?
- What do you take with you?
- Who do you hang out with there?
- What are you doing there?
- Do you take pictures there? Where can you see these photos?
- Does your significant other know about this?
- Do you go there with a group or alone?
After participants answer, let them know where they have been. You are guaranteed a sea of positive emotions!
Questions and answers
For guests
Questions for guests can be general or thematic, for example, relating to a specific celebration and their preparations for it.
Depending on the list of questions, create a list of answers that can interact with each other and cause laughter. Note! There should be no less answers in the list than questions, so that for each question there is at least one answer.
Try not to resort to vulgar questions; they should be general and suitable for any age.
- Did you come here to eat?
- Do you go to the theater?
- Have you washed today?
- Do you love your spouse?
- Have you given a gift to the newlyweds?
- Do you ever get a hangover so bad you can't lift your head from the pillow?
- Do you like to eat aspic at night?
- Where will you go today after the celebration?
- Do you like to scratch your neighbor's belly button?
- Did you come here because the newlyweds forced you to?
- Where would you like to be now?
- Have you eaten crocodile from Lapland?
- Do you walk barefoot down the street in the cold?
- Will you pick up your gift when you go home?
- Do you love pets? What about hedgehogs?
Cards for guests can be absolutely anything - try to get creative. The main thing is originality. The more unusual the questions and answers, the more emotions the game will evoke.
Interesting! The question and answer competition can be supplemented with other wedding entertainment for guests to make the celebration even more fun.
For newlyweds
The main guests of the holiday are the newlyweds. Everything on this day should be directed towards the bride and groom. Also, the “question-answer” game can perfectly lift the already great mood and amuse the guests.
- Do you love your husband, wife?
- Are you afraid of your wedding night?
- How did you meet?
- Will you go to visit your mother-in-law?
- How many children do you want?
- How did you agree to all this?
- Why did you buy such a luxurious dress?
- Will you take the food home after the holiday?
- Can you resist the temptress, the seductress?
- Will you cook breakfast for your husband or at least dinner?
- Will you bring home your salary and give everything to your wife?
- Don't you want to get a divorce yet?
- Will you eat at night with your spouse?
- Are you taking your spouse to the seaside?
- Buy your spouse a diamond piece of jewelry or an expensive watch?
- Do you want to have three children?
- Are you into the Kama Sutra?
- Are you going to feed your husband a three-course meal?
- Will you give your wife expensive gifts?
- Are you planning to take your wife on vacation to the Bahamas?
A lot will depend on the professionalism of the presenter. It is important to be able to comment on the existing pair of answer and question in a timely manner , add a joke or paraphrase.
To know each other
By the time of the wedding, the groom learns a lot about the bride, and the bride learns a lot about the groom. These questions will help you check how well the newlyweds have studied each other.
- How many children does your significant other want?
- What dish does the bride (groom) like best?
- What eye color does your chosen one have?
- Where does your spouse dream to visit?
- What is your spouse's shoe size?
- What is the groom's (bride's) cherished dream?
- What did your parents affectionately call your significant other?
- What is the groom's favorite song?
- What is your spouse's favorite time of year?
- What kind of pet would your loved one like to have?
- What subject was easiest for your significant other at school?
For parents
Parents, like other guests, are simply obliged to take part in this fun relay of the absurd. Choose questions so as not to hurt someone's feelings or offend them.
- Where and when did you meet?
- How and where did your husband confess his love to you?
- How many guests were at your wedding?
- What was the weather like on your wedding day?
- What wedding gift did you and your spouse remember most?
- Are you happy for the children?
- Will you visit them often?
- If you are very tired, do you go straight to bed or wash your feet first?
- Have you bought a wedding suit, and now you will wear it to all holidays for many years?
- Do you like going to public baths?
- If it were so easy, would you change your last name?
- Do you ever get a hangover?
- Can I rely on you?
- You often think like that - oh, why am I not a man (woman)?
- Are you asking the mirror who is the cutest in the world?
- When you eat, do you think about what you are eating?
Important! It is advisable to select questions that relate specifically to your parents. For example, dad works as a dentist - relevant to this topic. Or, for example, your mother is interested in gardening - ask her about her favorite flowers.
For all
This list of questions is suitable for absolutely everyone. They can be asked to newlyweds, guests, parents.
- What did you have for lunch?
- Do you like to smell cacti?
- How nice it is to wake up at 5 am to the sound of a drill behind the wall. Isn't it true?
- Do you love balloon soup?
- How often do you sleep at bus stops?
- Can you kiss the hand of a passerby?
- Do you feel like a king?
- How many slaves do you have?
- Have you adopted 500 kittens and they all live with you?
- Do you often think about changing your gender?
- Have you been to a sobering station?
- Do you love cockroaches?
- Do you often shave your legs?
- Do you like women's legs?
- Do you love your wife (husband)?
- Do you shower often?
- Are you good at remembering numbers?
- Do you often paint your lips?
- Do you often kiss women's hands?
- Do you wash your feet at night?
- Do you have endurance?
- Can you resist a beautiful woman (a handsome man)?
- Do you smile at strangers?
- Have you been to public baths?
- Do you trust yourself?
- Could you make a date with two girls (young men) at once?
- Do you like your appearance?
Answers on questions:
- It’s just funny to ask me such questions!
- I guess I’ll answer with a song!
- If I don't do this, I won't sleep!
- You know, this happens, but not as often as other people usually do;
- But why do you need such details?
- I try to be pessimistic about it;
- Aren’t you ashamed to ask such a question, a member of the United Russia party?
- I'll chew it first and then I'll kick your ass!
- Certainly! I'm from Russia!
- And it's not funny!
- My answer is, you know, I’d rather remain silent;
- It depends how much I drink;
- Would you do that?
- I think everyone does this;
- Yes. This is where we differ from animals;
- Only in the bath;
- Immediately after the first glass;
- Yes. There's more to it though;
- You don't know me well;
- Well, isn't this lovely?
- Good idea;
- Let's do this together;
- When I'm in my underwear;
- Yes. When I take off my socks;
- Yes. But today I am resting;
- If we are alone, you will learn much more;
- Yes. I practice this often;
- This is where I come in handy for you;
- Alas, it's true.
Wedding riddles
This is one of the funniest competitions. A wedding riddle about newlyweds can exist for centuries or be invented by the organizers of the celebration themselves. The main thing is that it is in line with the theme of the evening, and the guests have a lot of fun with the solution . For example, a funny riddle about the groom goes like this: “This word, like a magnet, scares and attracts us. But we won’t scare you, he’s dear to his mother-in-law... (Son-in-law).”
Here are a few popular riddles:
- Is love sweet in the heart, is everything mutual and in order? Only an eccentric denies that it’s time for you to enter into... (Marriage).
- Let the stork sit on your roof! Quiet!!! And he will put it in your hands... (Baby, baby).
- If we sing, dance and laugh until the morning, then the “happy” neighbors will drive us away... (from the yard).
- We shouted “Bitterly” to the happy bride and groom two hundred times. Now they will go to bed and begin... (Count money).
- It is worn once in a lifetime, and every bride knows that it is a symbol of beauty, innocence and purity... (Veil).
Guests having fun at the wedding
Of course, this is only a small part of what you can think of for wedding entertainment for guests. Many entrust this important role to the toastmaster , but there are jokers and jokers who themselves will be delighted with the hosting of the festive entertainment program. If you have such friends, entrust this responsibility to them.
Useful video
You can watch one of the options for the Question and Answer competition in the video:
The more absurd the questions, the more laughter they will cause. Come up with your own list of questions and answers that would reflect the qualities, professions, hobbies of your guests or the newlyweds themselves.
The question and answer game is very popular not only at weddings, but also at other holidays. It refers to table competitions, in which you can participate without leaving the table. “Question and answer” will save the evening at a time when guests are already tired of dancing, playing, and just want to sit at the tables and enjoy the atmosphere.
How well do you know each other
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6. What disappointment from the past still gnaws at your partner?
7. What achievements is he (she) proud of?
8. What's your partner's least favorite thing to do around the house?
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9. What are the names of your partner's grandparents. Can you name all the grandparents?
10. What talents does your partner have, in his own opinion?
11. What is his (her) favorite smell?
12. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
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13. What character trait does your partner dislike about himself, and in what ways is he similar to his parents?
14. What death is your partner afraid of?
Tongue Twisters
The tongue twister competition has long become one of the most beloved not only among the presenters and organizers of the holiday, but also among all its participants. You can conduct it differently each time, choosing tongue twisters depending on the theme of the wedding and the age of the guests.
Both young people and older people, as well as the youngest guests, can participate in it. It is better to prepare tongue twisters in advance to be sure that the presenter himself will be able to set an example for the participants.
You can play one on one, team against team, seniors against young, groomsmen against bridesmaids, mother-in-law against mother-in-law. If several people participate in the competition, they will have to choose a team leader. Long before the start of the holiday, organizers prepare props for games and other entertainment; posters with the text of tongue twisters will also come in handy. They are written in large font so that the letters are clearly visible to everyone present in the room.
Such a competition is held after the guests are a little tired of outdoor games and dancing, using funny entertainment as a test of sobriety.
Which tongue twisters should you choose? It all depends on the age of the participants. At a wedding you can offer texts 18+:
- I drive through potholes, but I won’t get out of the potholes.
- Mother gave Romasha whey from the yogurt.
- In the hut, a yellow dervish from Algeria rustles his silks and, juggling with knives, eats a piece of fig.
- Near the hole, three needles are withered. I’ll stand on the pine needles and get the pine needles.
- The guru's inauguration went off with a bang.
For the competition to be truly interesting, you need to develop a scenario according to which you will act during the holiday:
- The host invites representatives of all age categories to the middle of the banquet hall or to the stage and invites them to divide into two teams, each of which has at least 3 people.
- To begin with, representatives of each team draw lots, thus deciding who will start.
- So that all guests know what text the participant is about to pronounce, the presenter shows a poster on which the tongue twister is written to everyone present in the hall.
- The player is given three attempts and the time is recorded, the jury counts the mistakes.
Of course, reservations are inevitable, which means fun and laughter will last a long time.
The winner is offered to play a super game to receive a prize. He is given the opportunity to read the text once and then speak it quickly and clearly the first time.
Tongue twisters are not just a fun competition. Anyone can take part in it, even those who are not included in the team can ask to speak and read the text without leaving their place at the festive table.
I believe - I don't believe
When working on the scenario for the game “Believe it or not,” the organizers carefully think through all the questions that will be asked and select 3-4 possible answers. Considering the fact that a wedding is a holiday for adults, the questions may be the most unexpected (as well as the answers). Several people from the groom’s side and the same number of bridesmaids take part. According to the scenario:
- participants are armed with ribbons of different colors. Having chosen the answer, the player raises his hand, holding a ribbon of the desired color in it. For example, red – I believe, but blue – no;
- Having started the game, the toastmaster asks the first question and offers 2 answer options, addressing the team of girls;
- the person answering comes forward and stands under the card with the number that corresponds to the correct answer;
- The team with the most correct answers wins.
One team is led by the groom, and the other is led by the bride.
Questions may concern not only the wedding or specifically one of the heroes of the occasion:
- Napoleon had a cap on his head. (No)
- Natasha Rostova wore a loose dress at the first ball because she was hiding her pregnancy. (No)
- Men in Egypt see their brides for the first time only at a wedding. (Yes)
- In Norway, newlyweds must milk a cow together before the wedding. (Yes)
- In Hungary, the groom is required to present a wine-smoked ham as a gift to the bride's parents. (No)
- Knowing when the bride's father will come, the groom in Finland must pour water on him before the matchmaking. (No)
Although the questions are quite simple and finding the correct answer is not so difficult, many guests enjoy this competition.
This video contains recommendations for holding the “Tongue Twisters” competition:
For variety, the presenter offers several answer options, but only one of them is correct, and it is not always possible to guess it.
Intellectual games at a wedding are fun and interesting. You shouldn’t deny yourself the pleasure of joking, laughing, and relaxing in good company. And even if you don’t have to do a tug of war or jump in a sack, the video that will be saved after the holiday will confirm that answering comic questions is also a lot of fun. And in order for everyone to enjoy such entertainment, you need to work better on the holiday scenario.