Would You Rather: Summer Vacation

Summer Vacation Would You Rather Game

There's nothing I love more than summer vacation! The beautiful weather is the perfect excuse to spend days at the beach and nights sitting around a campfire. There are so many ways to spend a summer's day, sometimes I don't know what to do with my time. In case you're having trouble with ideas for how to spend your summer, I posted some suggestions below in the form of my favorite game. So here's the question you've all been waiting for.

This summer, would you rather . . . 

1. Learn to ride a unicycle OR ride a dolphin?
2. Travel in Ron's flying car OR travel on the Hogwarts Express?
3. Spend a week camping in the woods OR spend a week at the beach?
4. Invent a board game OR invent a new sport?
5. Adopt a pet from an animal shelter OR discover a new species?
6. Adventure in the Amazon jungle OR travel across the Sahara Desert?
7. Build a space robot OR construct a rocket ship?
8. Become a Hollywood actor OR become a star on Broadway?
9. Become a super hero and save a city OR become an evil villain and conquer the world?
10. Write an epic novel OR have an epic novel written about you? 

Post your answers in the Comments below and have a happy end to your school year!

— Brian, STACKS Writer (a.k.a. BlackBird268)

Would You Rather Quiz

Life is full of important questions. Like why is the sky blue? What came first, the chicken or the egg? Where's Waldo? But now it's time for the most important question of them all: Would You Rather? Yes, it's that time again when Ink Splot 26 pushes you to your creative limits and forces you to make some tough decisions. So without further ado, here's what you've all been waiting for!

Would you rather . . . 

1. Fly on the back of a griffin OR swim in the ocean with a sea monster?
2. Learn how to cast spells OR learn how to brew potions?
3. Travel around the world in a hot air balloon OR sail the seven seas in a boat?
4. Star on a TV show OR become a pop star?
5. Go hiking in the Amazon jungle OR spend the day on the beach in the Caribbean?
6. Fight a hoard of pirates OR battle a band of ninjas?
7. Travel to the moon OR journey to the center of Earth?
8. Travel across America on a bike OR ride across the 50 states on horseback?
9. Play in a rock band OR perform a symphony in an orchestra?
10. Read a new book every day for a year OR write a new book every day for a year?

Post your answers in the Comments below. Good luck making these tough decisions!

— Brian, STACKS Writer (a.k.a. BlackBird268)

April Fools' Would You Rather?

April Fools' Would You Rather?

Howdy, Splotters! The biggest prank day of the year is coming up – April Fools' Day on April 1st. Do you have big plans to pull some fast ones on your friends? Or are you usually the one who gets fooled? Either way, get in the zone with our April Fools' Would You Rather.

Would you rather . . .

1. Wake up with your hair dyed purple OR with a giant tattoo of “I heart MOM?”  
2. Have someone put itching powder in your underwear OR a fake rat in your backpack?
3. Split your pants in front of your crush OR have a giant booger on your face while talking to him or her?
4. Have your sandwich filling replaced with used chewing gum OR your body lotion replaced with mayonnaise?
5. Find out the “mystery meat” in the cafeteria you ate was pigeon OR the chemical substance used to make play-doh?
6. Have your breakfast smoothie replaced with strawberry shampoo OR your bowl of Cocoa Pebbles replaced with cat food?
7. Have toilet paper stuck to the butt of your pants OR bird poop in your hair?
8. Have your favorite perfume/cologne replaced with a Vomit scent OR Disgusting Sweat scent?  
9. Sit on a whoopee cushion in church OR realize (too late!) someone added green food coloring to your face wash?
10. Get a prank call from your brother or sister pretending to be your crush OR get a phony report card with all F's?

Leave your answers in the Comments below. And let us know if you have any good pranks planned for April Fools' Day! Until next time, good luck making it through April 1st!

— Ratha, STACKS Writer

Valentine's Day Would You Rather?

Valentine's Day Would You Rather?

Howdy, Splotters! Watch out for Cupid's arrow, because Valentine's Day is here. To get you in the mood, I came up with some Valentine's Day Would You Rather questions. So whether you live for Valentine's Day, or you hate it more than the world's most impossible math test, let's see if you LOVE our questions below!

Would you rather. . .

1. Get tons of candy OR tons of love letters?
2. Have to marry Barney the purple dinosaur OR Darth Vader from Star Wars?
3. Wear red to celebrate Valentine’s Day OR black to protest it?
4. Get kissed by Dobby the house elf OR a dementor (if he promises not to suck your soul out?)
5. Get a dozen roses OR a dozen donuts from DD?
6. Fall in love with a vampire OR a werewolf?
7. Have Justin Bieber sing you a love song OR Twisted Sister?
8. Have your mom send you a singing “I Love You” telegram to your school so everyone hears? OR have your principal announce who your crush is over the loudspeaker?
9. Get married when you’re 25 years old OR 35 years old?
10. Have a love potion that could make anyone fall in love with you OR have the ability to get straight A's forever without studying?

Leave your answers in the Comments below! And remember, all Valentine candy is usually 50% off on Feb. 15th so you can stock up on your favorites then! Until next time.

— Ratha, STACKS Writer

New Year's Would You Rather

Happy New Year, Ink Splotters! I'm so excited it's 2012, and I'm really looking forward to the new year. Every year is like a blank book and you have the opportunity to fill it with stories and adventures. To help with some ideas, this week's Trivia Tuesday is a New Year's Would You Rather with questions about future hopes and plans in 2012. So, would you rather. . .

1. Be trapped in an igloo OR trapped in a really hot place
2. Receive a Valentine from your crush OR Receive a Valentine from a secret admirer
3. Get caught in an April shower OR pick May flowers
4. Go swimming in a pool OR go swimming in an ocean
5. Eat 10 hotdogs on the 4th of July OR eat 10 hamburgers
6. Go on summer vacation to somewhere warm OR travel to somewhere cold
7. Play in a pile of leaves OR play in the snow
8. Dress as a ghost for Halloween OR see a ghost
9. Cook a turkey yourself on Thanksgiving OR have Slappy cook your turkey
10. Give 100 Christmas presents OR receive 100 terrible Christmas presents

 Post your answers in the Comments below, and also let us know what you would most like to do in the coming year!

— Brian, STACKS Writer (a.k.a. BlackBird268)

Winter Vacation Would You Rather

Last week I posted some Holiday Gifts Would You Rather questions, and we got some awesome responses from you guys! To keep in the winter-y spirit, this week we're going to do it again with Winter Vacation Would You Rather. So whether you could go to these places and do these things for real or not, let your brain do the traveling. And let us know, would you rather . . .

1. Ski the Alps OR surf Hawaii?
2. Be snowed in your school for the whole break, OR be caught at the mall wearing matching Santa sweaters with your mom?
3. Get a stomach bug from eating moldy fruitcake OR 10 cavities from too many candy canes?
4. Clean Santa’s elves’ bathroom OR brush his reindeers’ grimy, smelly teeth?
5. Watch Sesame Street the whole break OR babysit 5 screaming toddlers instead of going to a New Year’s Eve party?
6. Go to Disney World OR Hogwarts?
7. Visit the Grinch in Whoville OR Santa at the North Pole?
8. Sip hot chocolate at the lodge OR snowboard sick slopes?
9. Be lost in a frozen tundra OR stranded on a desert island?
10. Sleep in an igloo in Alaska OR bungalow in Tahiti?
11. Go on a shopping spree in the Big Apple (New York City!) OR at the Apple store?

Leave your answers in the Comments below! And let us know your ultimate holiday vacation. Real or daydreams. Because in my opinion, sometimes you've gotta have big dreams!

— Ratha, STACKS Writer

Holiday Gifts Would You Rather

'Tis the season for giving . . . and receiving. So grab some hot chocolate, stir it around with a candy cane, and answer our Would You Rather . . . Holiday style!

Would you rather get . . .

1. $200 OR 200 mystery presents?
2. A cute puppy OR exotic lizard?
3. iPad OR Kindle Fire?
4. Tastless fruitcake OR tasteless fuzzy sweater?
5. 101 Science Experiments With Bloody Leeches book OR 101 Science Experiments With Reindeer Droppings book?
6. Angry Birds swag OR real birds that are REALLY angry?
7. Video games or a cell phone?
8. Dinner with J.K. Rowling OR dinner with Suzanne Collins?

Leave your answers in the Comments below! And tell us know what’s on YOUR holiday gift list. Inquiring minds want to know.

—Ratha, Stacks Writer

Would You Rather. . . Halloween Style!

Happy Halloween Spooky Splotters! We know you are big fans of Would You Rather. . . ?, so we thought we’d combine the two for some frightening fun. Ok, maybe not so frightening. . . but you get the idea!

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Would You Rather. . .Back to School Style!

Hi! Happy new school year, everybody! I hope you love your new teachers and are having so much fun back in school again! We know you are big fans of the Would You Rather quizzes, so now that schools are open, I've got some Would You Rather. . .questions about school.

Would you rather. . .

1. Be homeschooled, or go to school outside the home?
2. Have your father be your teacher, or the principal of the school?
3. Go to school until 7pm but have more days off, or go to school until noon all year long?
4. Be a first grader, or a twelfth grader?
5. Get detention with Professor Umbridge, or Professor Snape?
6. Be the most popular kid in school, or be the nicest kid in school? (I know a lot of you are probably both, but pretend you have to choose one.)
7. Be the lead in the school play, or the captain of the soccer team?
8. Dance with your mom in front of the whole class, or spill your entire lunch on yourself in front of everyone?
9. Sing a solo in front of the school, or get detention for a week?
10. Fail a test, or have all your friends be mad at you?

 Leave your answers in the Comments. If you have your own Would You Rather. . . questions, write those in the Comments too! 

— Sonja, STACKS Staffer

Would You Rather. . . ?

Since it's technically still summer, we didn't want to make you use too much brain power for this week's Trivia Tuesday. So, just as much fun, we thought we'd do a "Would You Rather. . . ?" We've done these before on the STACKS and they were a lot of fun. Now, get ready for more.

Simply answer. . . would you rather. . .

1. Do a duet with Taylor Swift? OR Katy Perry?
2. Visit the Eiffel Tower? OR the Egyptian Pyramids?
3. Own an amusement park? OR a tropical island?
4. Sing with the Black Eyed Peas? OR Paramore?
5. Win the lottery? OR American Idol?
6. Have dinner with the Obamas? OR Prince William & Princess Kate?
7. Surf? OR snowboard?
8. Read a sequel to Percy Jackson? OR Harry Potter?
9. Coke or Pepsi?
10. Read a book? OR a Kindle?

Leave your answers in the Comments below. Inquiring minds want to know!

—Ratha, Stacks Writer

More Would You Rather. . .?

Your responses to last week's Would You Rather. . .? blog post were so fun, that I am going to give you some more. A few readers were cool enough to submit their own questions, so here they are. . .

From 400cherry: WOULD YOU RATHER. . .

Would You Rather. . .?

Today's Trivia Tuesday quiz is really more of a game than a trivia quiz, but it's Winter Break and I didn't want you to have to work too hard! It's a "Would You Rather. . .?" game from GinnyW123 on the Reading Buzz Board. Leave your answers in the Comments. And go to the Message Board to see other people's answers.

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