How well do you know the bride? 75 questions for the bridal shower

"How well do you know the bride?" is the shower game everyone can play: guests answer questions about her, she reads out the real answers, and the person who knows her best wins. Below are 75 questions in seven rounds, bachelorette ideas, and how to run it.

Before the shower

Pick 15 to 20 questions and send them to the bride a week ahead. She writes her answers privately; the host keeps the sheet. Questions she would rather skip, she skips.

The best twist: ask the groom (or her partner) the same questions on video. Guests guess, then you play his answers and the bride's side by side.

75 how well do you know the bride questions

Swap in her name, and "partner" or a name where we say groom.

The basics

1. Where was she born?
2. What is her middle name?
3. How many siblings does she have?
4. What is her star sign?
5. How tall is she?
6. What is her shoe size?
7. Is she left or right handed?
8. What colour are her eyes?
9. What was her first job?
10. Where did she go to school?
11. What did she study?
12. What does she do for work?

Favourites

13. Her coffee or tea order?
14. Her favourite food?
15. Her favourite dessert?
16. Her favourite colour?
17. Her favourite flower?
18. Her go-to drink on a night out?
19. Her favourite film?
20. The show she has rewatched the most?
21. Her favourite singer or band?
22. Her go-to karaoke song?
23. Her favourite holiday destination?
24. Her favourite season?
25. Her favourite restaurant?
26. The one thing she always orders there?

Growing up

27. What did she want to be when she grew up?
28. What was her childhood nickname?
29. What was her first pet's name?
30. What was her first car?
31. Who was her first celebrity crush?
32. What was her favourite subject at school?
33. Which family holiday does she still talk about?
34. What was her favourite toy?
35. Which band did she see at her first concert?
36. What did she get in trouble for most as a kid?

The relationship

37. Where did she meet her partner?
38. What did she think of him at first?
39. Where was their first date?
40. Who said "I love you" first?
41. What was the first gift he gave her?
42. How long had they dated before the proposal?
43. Where did he propose?
44. What was the first thing she did after saying yes?
45. Who did she call first?
46. What is his nickname for her?
47. What is her favourite thing about him?
48. What does he do that annoys her most?

Who is more likely to

49. Who is the better cook?
50. Who takes longer to get ready?
51. Who is always late?
52. Who apologises first?
53. Who is the bigger spender?
54. Who falls asleep first on movie night?
55. Who plans the holidays?
56. Who is the better driver?
57. Who cries at films?
58. Who would survive longer on a desert island?

The wedding

59. Who chose the date?
60. What colour are the bridesmaids wearing?
61. What is the first dance song?
62. What flavour is the cake?
63. Where is the honeymoon?
64. What is the one detail she cared about most?
65. Is she changing her name?
66. How many guests are invited?

Funny how well do you know the bride questions

67. What would she grab first in a fire?
68. What is her most-used emoji?
69. What is her worst habit?
70. What is the strangest thing she has ever eaten?
71. Which celebrity would play her in a film of her life?
72. What is her hidden talent?
73. What will she be doing on a Sunday morning in ten years?
74. What is the one thing she cannot leave the house without?
75. What would her last meal be?

Bachelorette questions

For a bachelorette, keep it fun, not cruel. Good additions: her most embarrassing night out, her worst date before him, her signature dance move, and which bridesmaid she would call to bail her out. Skip anything her mother would not want read aloud if her mother will be there.

How to run it

Answer sheets. Hand out a numbered sheet and a pen. Guests write their answers, swap with a neighbour, and the bride reads the real answers aloud. One point each, highest score wins. Twenty questions take about 15 minutes.

Read aloud. For a big group, the host reads each question, guests shout or raise hands, and the bride answers last. Faster, louder, no paper.

Online or mixed. For guests joining by video, put the questions in a shared form and read the results at the end. A digital invitation can carry the link: Paper&Seal bridal shower invitations open like a real envelope and collect replies for you.

Prizes. A bottle of wine, a candle, or first pick of the dessert table. A tie-break: closest guess to how many days until the wedding.

More shower games

The Bride or Groom game turns the "who is more likely to" round into a printable card. Advice cards give quieter guests something to do, and wedding bingo with your own gift prompts runs while she opens presents. For a game about both of them, see our wedding trivia questions, and for the invitation itself, bridal shower invitation wording.