How do you play the how well do you know me quiz?

One person sits for the portrait and answers ten questions about themselves, with a side bet on how the other will do. The other person, the artist, guesses each answer. Every right guess paints part of the portrait, and misses stay in pencil. Use one phone, or send the link to as many friends as you like.

One point for each right guess. The side bet doesn’t count. Then look up your rank: 10 of 10 is a Museum piece, 8 or 9 a Spitting image, 6 or 7 a Good likeness, 4 or 5 a Police sketch, 2 or 3 a Stick figure, 1 is Two dots and a smile, and 0 is a Blank canvas.

What do the eyes mean?

The heart is worth the most. The last cards of every round are about feelings, and the portrait has no eyes until they’re cracked: half of them gets a wink, all of them opens both eyes.

What makes a good how well do you know me question?

One you could only answer by paying attention, with four answers that all sound like them. “When’s my birthday?” is a memory test. “What do I really mean by I’m fine?” is the game.

Is this for couples only?

No. The cards are about the person being painted, not about a relationship, so they work for best friends, brothers and sisters, parents and new couples. New couples often have the most fun, because nobody expects a perfect score.

Do I need to sign up or download anything?

No. It plays in your browser, free. On one phone, nothing leaves the phone. If you send a link, your first name and answers are kept for 30 days so the other person can play, then deleted.

Can I keep the portrait?

Every portrait hangs on a wall on your phone, and you can share one as a picture. Hang three and the gallery opens, so the whole wall can go out as one picture. Play 20 questions instead of 10 and the portrait gets a background and a hat.

How well do you know me quiz

You sit. They paint you from memory. Right guesses go on in paint, misses stay in pencil, and no heart means no eyes.

Play it here, free, no sign-up

An unfinished portrait in a gold frame, waiting to be painted

For two · 385 cards

Or draw a card

One of you sits, the other paints you from memory. Ten questions, and every right guess goes on the portrait. Play the how well do you know me quiz right here, or send it to everyone who thinks they know you. The questions below work for couples, best friends and family.

Card 1 / 385

It’s midnight and you’re in the kitchen. What are you eating?

You both answer. Then tap Done.

How to play

Sit down: one of you answers on your own, with a side bet on how the other will do.
Pick up the brush: the other guesses every answer. Right guesses paint, misses stay in pencil.
See the portrait: the heart comes last, and the eyes only open if you cracked it.

Start with these

What your score means

Rank	Right of 10	Right of 20
Museum piece	10	20
Spitting image	8 or 9	16 to 19
Good likeness	6 or 7	12 to 15
Police sketch	4 or 5	8 to 11
Stick figure	2 or 3	4 to 7
Two dots and a smile	1	1 to 3
Blank canvas	0	0

Why four believable answers beat a trivia question

Plenty of lists of these questions ask things you could read off a form: a birthday, a middle name, the hand someone writes with. Getting those right proves you were told once. It doesn’t start a conversation, and missing one starts an awkward one.

A good question has four answers that could all be them, so a wrong guess is a small argument instead of a failure. “Cereal, standing up” against “cheese, with the light off” is a real disagreement about who someone is at midnight. That’s why every card in the game comes with something to talk about, and why the score is a picture and not a percentage.

Keep playing in the app

The app’s Know Me Better is the same idea with both of you on your own phones: you answer for yourself, guess for them, then grade each other’s guesses, and it remembers your past games.

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