Punchline: the funniest answer wins
Punchline puts up a prompt with a gap and everyone writes their own ending. All the answers go up without names and the room votes for its favourite - you can't vote for your own. Every vote scores for the writer's team, and the authors are revealed at the end.
- Time
- ~10 min
- Team size
- Any size
- Plays
- All teams at once
How a round works
- Finish the line. A prompt with a gap goes up - everyone writes their own answer in 60 seconds.
- Vote anonymously. All the answers go up without names; vote for your favourite (not your own).
- Votes are points. Every vote is worth 10 to the writer's team. Authors are revealed at the end.
Best for
- Ending a session on laughs
- Teams with a strong in-joke culture
- Groups where the quiet ones turn out to be the funniest
Try a few
A terrible name for the company all-hands: ______
The real reason the printer is jammed: ______
Something you should never say in an exit interview: ______
Where it fits
It works well at:
Questions
Why are the answers anonymous?
So people vote for the funniest answer rather than for their friends. Names are revealed once the voting is over.
Are the prompts safe for work?
Yes. They're about office life - meetings, printers, all-hands - and written to be funny without being edgy.