# Who invented Truth or Dare? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 3, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-truth-or-dare/91343 "2001-11-03T20:31:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CoasterMaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@CoasterMaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoasterMaster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-truth-or-dare/91343/1 "2001-11-03T20:31:21Z")
Doesn’t it make you wonder, cuz someone had to have come up with the idea, but who? ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-truth-or-dare/91343/2 "2001-11-03T20:33:19Z")
My guess is that it was some horny bastard. ---
**Author:** ![cleops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@cleops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cleops)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-truth-or-dare/91343/3 "2001-11-03T23:44:47Z")
How do you actually play truth or dare? ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-truth-or-dare/91343/4 "2001-11-04T03:03:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cleops \* > \*\*How do you actually play truth or dare? \*\* It’s a game for young teenagers in a group, with no adult supervision. It’s taken in turns, with the person who’s turn it just was to pick someone and ask “Truth, or Dare?” If they pick truth, they have to answer a question “Truthfully” like “Have you ever kissed your Mom on the Lips?” or “Do you think Cindy is hot?”, etc. If they pick dare, the questioner comes up with a dare, often involving kissing someone else in the group, exposing a body part. That’s the Jist of it, though I’m sure there are regional variations. ---
**Author:** ![to\_catch\_a\_painted\_pony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@to\_catch\_a\_painted\_pony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/to_catch_a_painted_pony)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-truth-or-dare/91343/5 "2001-11-04T03:22:55Z")
So is it a double-dare thing? What if you don’t do it? ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-truth-or-dare/91343/6 "2001-11-04T03:52:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by to catch a painted pony \* > \*\*So is it a double-dare thing? What if you don’t do it? \*\* You’re out of the game, and everyone laughs at you for being a Wuss. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-truth-or-dare/91343/7 "2001-11-04T03:54:29Z")
Unless, of course, the majority of the people in the game agree that the dare is unreasonably dangerous or out of line. “I dare you to jump off of the Sears Tower.” “No way”, “Yeah, Right”, “Get real” ---
**Author:** ![Caracticus\_Potts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Caracticus\_Potts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caracticus_Potts)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-truth-or-dare/91343/8 "2001-11-04T05:44:39Z")
Eve invented it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-truth-or-dare/91343/9 "2001-11-04T06:53:27Z")
I’m pretty sure it was Madonna, back in '91. ---
**Author:** ![Caracticus\_Potts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@Caracticus\_Potts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caracticus_Potts)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-invented-truth-or-dare/91343/10 "2001-11-04T07:32:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \* > \*\*I’m pretty sure it was Madonna, back in '91. \*\* No, she simply repopularized it. 😉 Too bad it’s a fad that didn’t catch on. ☹ Although realistically, why would anyone _want_ to enter a legal relationship with more than one person? Especially in a community property state? :eek: