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Games: Would You Rather?

Would You Rather? Game

Would You Rather? Game

Would You Rather...

Would You Rather? Game Instructions

Click Play

Click the "Play" button to generate a random "Would You Rather?" question. Each question presents two thought-provoking choices related to information literacy concepts.

Choose Your Side

After reading the question, decide which option you prefer. If playing in person, move to the side of the room that represents your choice. If playing online or individually, take a moment to reflect on your decision.

Discuss Your Choice

Once you've chosen, discuss your reasoning with others who made the same selection. Consider why people might choose differently and what factors influence each perspective.

Explore New Dilemmas

Click "Play" again to generate a new question. Each round introduces new challenges that encourage critical thinking and engagement with information literacy concepts.

Would You Rather? Game Questions

(Choose a number between 1-60 to select a random question in the event the JavaScript of the game above isn't working) 

  1. "trust an anonymous source with compelling evidence or a well-known author with weak arguments?",
  2. "use an outdated but respected source or a recent but unverified one?",
  3. "cite a famous scholar who is outside their expertise or an unknown expert in the field?",
  4. "use a source with a known bias or a source with no clear authorship?",
  5. "rely on an AI-generated source or a source written by a non-expert?",
  6. "trust a blog written by an experienced professional or a peer-reviewed article written by a student?",
  7. "only use sources from a single country or only use sources from multiple countries with potential translation issues?",
  8. "use an opinion piece from a reputable newspaper or a data-driven report from an unknown organization?",
  9. "cite a well-known researcher with controversial views or an obscure researcher with widely accepted conclusions?",
  10. "use an open-access journal with questionable peer review or a paywalled journal with strong editorial standards?",
  11.  "only use peer-reviewed sources or only use government reports?",
  12. "use a source with an unclear publication date or one with an unknown author?",
  13. "rely on sources that are highly technical or sources that are overly simplified?",
  14. "only use sources from the last five years or only use sources older than twenty years?",
  15. "use a source with a questionable funding source or a source with no funding information?",
  16. "write a research paper without any digital tools or only use digital tools with limited functionality?",
  17. "have to manually format all your citations or rely on an auto-generator that makes occasional mistakes?",
  18. "use a citation style that changes every year or one that is outdated but consistent?",
  19. "cite a source with an incorrect author name or with a missing publication date?",
  20. "use a citation style that requires footnotes or one that uses endnotes?",
  21. "cite every sentence in your paper or risk being accused of plagiarism?",
  22. "always over-cite your sources or risk under-citing them?",
  23. "cite a source incorrectly or forget to cite it at all?",
  24. "have to cite every image you use or every quote you include?",
  25. "publish your research in a journal that pays you but limits access or in an open-access journal with no financial benefit?",
  26. "have all your research behind a paywall or allow free access but with no control over its use?",
  27. "be accused of plagiarism due to a citation error or lose credit for your work because someone else didn't cite you?",
  28. "write a paper without any citations or write a paper where every sentence has a citation?",
  29. "use sources without DOI numbers or only use sources that require a paywall?",
  30. "find the perfect source but be unable to access it or have access to thousands of sources but none are quite right?",
  31. "start with a broad topic and narrow it down or start with a narrow topic and broaden it?",
  32. "have to redo your research halfway through or realize you missed a key source at the end?",
  33. "have to use a specific database for all your research or be restricted from using the most popular databases?",
  34. "have to present your research findings in a format you're unfamiliar with or write a paper in a style you dislike?",
  35. "have to collaborate with a team on your research or work entirely alone?",
  36. "feel overwhelmed by too much information or frustrated by too little?",
  37. "have a research topic that is too broad or one that is too narrow?",
  38. "have to revise your thesis multiple times or never be able to revise it once submitted?",
  39. "have to defend your research to a skeptical audience or present it to an uninterested one?",
  40. "never be able to change your research question or have to revise it multiple times?",
  41. "rely only on sources that agree with your viewpoint or only on sources that challenge your perspective?",
  42. "only use sources from your discipline or only use sources from other disciplines?",
  43. "cite an outdated but widely accepted theory or a newer but controversial theory?",
  44. "be required to respond to every critique of your research or never be able to respond at all?",
  45. "write a research paper that no one reads or have your work misinterpreted by a large audience?",
  46. "publish a groundbreaking study with no citations or a minor study that gets widely cited?",
  47. "cite sources that contradict each other or only use sources that say the same thing?",
  48. "only use scholarly sources or only use non-scholarly sources?",
  49. "be required to debate your research findings in front of experts or defend them to the general public?",
  50. "only be allowed to publish in niche academic journals or be required to write for popular media?",
  51. "only be able to search using exact keywords or have to guess keywords with no suggestions?",
  52. "only be able to use Google for research or never be able to use Google at all?",
  53. "search for sources manually in a physical library or only be able to use digital sources with poor search functions?",
  54. "have access to only one perfect source or thousands of mediocre ones?",
  55. "only use sources that appear on the first page of search results or have to dig through hundreds of pages?",
  56. "only use sources from the deep web or only use sources from the surface web?",
  57. "have to search without Boolean operators or only be able to use Boolean operators for searches?",
  58. "have to verify every fact in your research or risk including unreliable information?",
  59. "have all your research results influenced by algorithm bias or have no filtering at all?",
  60. "only be able to search for sources written in your native language or be required to use multilingual sources?"