Who Knows the Bride Best? 40 Questions and How to Play
Who Knows the Bride Best is a hen party quiz in which guests answer questions about the bride, then compare their guesses with her answers. Give one point for each match. The highest total wins.
The preparation is simple: choose a short round, get the bride's answers privately and keep them for the reveal. Below are 40 questions to choose from, a suggested 15-question selection and an answer sheet you can copy into your own document.
Set up a short round
For an individual game, prepare one question sheet and pen per player, plus the bride's completed answer key. For teams, use one sheet per team. A small prize is optional.
Try 15 questions for your first round. As a planning allowance, leave roughly 15–20 minutes for writing, marking and a few stories; a chatty group may need longer. You do not need to use all 40 questions.
Choose a mixture of everyday favourites, shared memories and wedding details. A quiz made entirely from school memories can leave newer friends guessing throughout. A few questions that invite an educated guess keep the game open to everyone.
How to play Who Knows the Bride Best
- Choose the questions and ask the bride to approve them. Remove anything she does not want discussed.
- Get her answers in writing before the game. Ask for one answer per question and keep the key private.
- Give every player or team the same questions. Explain whether they can confer, and agree the scoring rule before starting.
- Allow a few quiet minutes for answers. Ask players not to look things up or question the bride.
- Read each question and reveal the bride's recorded answer. She can add a story if she wants to.
- Award one point per match, add the totals and use the agreed tie-breaker if needed.
If the bride wants to skip a question during the reveal, remove it from everyone's score. This is a party game, not a test of who deserves to be her closest friend.
40 questions to choose from
The bride supplies the answer key. These questions have no universal correct answers, and you can replace any prompt that does not fit her life.
Everyday favourites
- Which takeaway dish would she order for a quiet Friday evening?
- What drink would she order at her usual café?
- Which television programme would she put on for a comfort-watch?
- What one song would she choose for karaoke?
- Which colour appears most often in the clothes she wears?
- Which book would she choose to read again?
- What snack would she pack for a long train journey?
- Which shop would she visit first with an afternoon to herself?
- What breakfast would she choose if someone else were cooking?
- Which board game or card game would she pick for a night in?
Memories she is happy to share
- What name did she give a favourite childhood toy?
- Which school-trip destination does she still remember clearly?
- What was the first thing she saved up to buy for herself?
- Which hobby has she returned to after a long break?
- What costume from a past party does she remember best?
- Which family recipe would she most like to learn or keep?
- What was her favourite place to spend time as a teenager?
- What skill has she learned that surprised her friends?
- Which holiday souvenir has she kept the longest?
- What achievement from the last year is she most pleased about?
Her habits and plans
- What item does she usually realise she has forgotten after leaving home?
- Which household task would she happily hand over for a month?
- What phrase does she use when she is particularly excited?
- Which app would she open first to plan a day out?
- What hobby would she try if she had a free lesson?
- Which place in the UK would she choose for a weekend visit?
- What would she cook if friends announced they were coming round?
- Which fictional character would she invite to dinner?
- What single item would she choose to make a hotel room feel more like home?
- What would she put first on the itinerary for a completely free Saturday?
The celebration and the couple
- What was the first wedding-planning task she wanted to tackle?
- Which part of the wedding day is she most looking forward to?
- What one song would she like to hear at the reception?
- Which detail did she and her partner agree on straight away?
- What food would she most like to find at the end of the wedding evening?
- What is the couple's usual choice for an easy night in?
- Which shared outing would she most like to repeat?
- What small thing does her partner do that she particularly appreciates?
- Which photograph of the two of them would she choose to frame?
- What is one thing she hopes to remember about the hen party?
Keep confidential wedding plans out of the round. Guests should not learn a surprise outfit, announcement or private family detail through a quiz answer.
A suggested 15-question round
For a balanced starting selection, use questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 20, 22, 25, 26, 32, 35 and 36. Renumber them 1–15 on the guest sheet and the bride's key.
That gives you five everyday questions, four memory questions, three about habits or plans and three about the celebration or couple. Swap any that require information most guests could not reasonably know or guess.
For example, replace the childhood-toy question with a current hobby if the group mainly knows the bride through work. For family guests, keep a few early memories but add recent favourites so older knowledge does not decide every point.
Copyable answer sheet
Copy this layout into a document and place your chosen questions beside the numbered spaces, or read them aloud. Make a separate copy for the bride's answer key.
Player or team: ____________________
| Question | Your answer | Point |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 2 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 3 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 4 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 5 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 6 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 7 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 8 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 9 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 10 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 11 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 12 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 13 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 14 | ____________________ | ___ |
| 15 | ____________________ | ___ |
Total: ______ / 15
Scoring and close answers
Use one point for a correct match and zero for a miss. Accept a clear spelling mistake if the intended answer is obvious. Decide how specific an answer must be before you reveal the key.
For a café-order question, suppose the bride wrote “a large oat latte”. If you agreed that the drink type is enough, “latte” earns a point. If milk choice is part of the question, the player needs that detail too. Apply the same rule to everyone rather than awarding points to the most persuasive guest.
Worked example: a player has 10 exact matches, one answer accepted under the agreed rule and four misses. The score is 11 out of 15, with no half-points to calculate.
A tie-breaker that does not need private information
Before the party, put a counted quantity of paper clips in a clear, closed container. Keep the number written down. Tied players each write one estimate; the smallest absolute difference from the actual count wins, whether the guess is above or below it.
If two guesses are equally close, share the win. There is no need to turn the final minute into another lengthy round.
Keep the quiz comfortable
Leave out questions about former partners, body measurements, salaries, fertility or private disagreements. Ask the bride whether relationship questions are welcome rather than assuming they are.
Offer larger-print sheets or read questions aloud if that helps. Players can work in pairs, and anyone who would rather watch can help with the reveal. Do not require alcohol or forfeits for wrong answers.
For a different style of activity, our 12 hen party game ideas include drawing, music and shared-memory games.
Prefer ready-printed cards
The Forever Lily eight-game hen party bundle includes its own Who Knows the Bride Best game, alongside other activities. There is also a Rose Gold eight-game bundle, with guest-pack options for 10, 20, 30 or 40 people on both products.
The 40 questions above are a separate DIY question bank, not a transcription of the printed cards. Check the product's game list and select the guest option you need before ordering. You will still need pens.
Common questions
Does the bride answer the questions too
Yes. Her recorded answers form the key. She does not compete against the guests; she helps reveal the answers.
Is this the same as the partner quiz
No. Here, guests answer questions about the bride. In a partner quiz, the bride usually tries to match answers collected from her partner. Choose the format she is comfortable with.
Can you play without printing anything
Yes. Read the questions aloud and let players write numbered answers on plain paper. Keep your key separate and repeat each question before moving on.
What if nobody knows some of the answers
Guessing is allowed. If an entire round depends on private memories, replace some prompts with current favourites or play in mixed teams. The aim is to learn a little about the bride as well as recognise what you already know.
