Usually, I am all about intentional team activities, but sometimes you just want a quick laugh to wake people up in your online team meeting. Funny polls are a way to quickly engage and energize your team with a little bit of humor.
An example of a funny poll is:
What are you wearing on your bottom half (off-camera) right now?
- Pants
- Jeans
- Skirt
- PJ bottoms
- Sweatpants
- Shorts
Here are some additional funny and light-hearted polls that would only take 1-2 minutes to post and share.
Submitted by Becky Gill Tolnay:
How many virtual meetings have you had in the last month?
- This is my first
- A few
- At least 1 a day
- More than I can count
How would you measure your commute today?
- Miles
- Minutes
- Feet
- Steps
When my alarm clock goes off in the morning I…
- Get right up
- Hit snooze once to get my bearings
- Hit snooze multiple times until I have to get up
- Am awake because the kids/pets/spouse already woke me up
Submitted by Ellen Schuster-Nastir:
The last phone call you made was to:
- A client you haven’t spoken to since COVID started
- A friend who you love talking to
- A wrong number
- The COVID hotline
Last time you ate?
- Right before this meeting
- Now and that’s why I’m off camera
- I’m waiting for someone to bring my food anytime now
- Are we supposed to stop eating?
Submitted by Wanda Walker:
If you could bring one thing from the office to your home, what would it be?
- Coffee Machine
- My chair
- Ping-pong table
- My whole desk setup
On a scale of 1-7, how are you feeling today?
- 1 – Yabba Dabba Doo!
- 2 – Smiling and dialing
- 3 – Not too shabby
- 4 – Been better, been worse
- 5 – Just OK
- 6 – Ready for tomorrow
- 7 – Calgon, take me away
Summary
Try adding one of these funny polls to wake up your team and get a fun reaction. You can also use them as inspiration to create a funny poll unique to your team, online team meeting, or training.
About the Author: Leigh Ann Rodgers, Founder of Better Teams and Forward, is an IAF Certified Professional Facilitator with 20 years of experience in the human development field. Leigh Ann is a skilled meeting facilitator, trainer, and coach working across the globe to help leaders cultivate teams that are happy and high-performing.
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One Response
Leigh Ann
I love the fun poll idea and I’m so going to use that.
I have a session coming up so I started to think about all of the expressions we used in Ireland…there was no end to them. Not sure if they would all be understood outside of Ireland but thought I’d share a few with you anyway…..
Regards
Miriam
Grand
Chilled out
In the zone
So so
Fair to middling
Happy days, happy out
Up to 90
Up to high doh
Fed up
Walking on air
On cloud nine
On top of the world
In high spirits
Happy camper
Under the weather
Out of sorts
Out of it
A bit off
Wrecked
In bits
Seeing red