Find Someone Who is a mixer played with a pen and one sheet of paper. Each line on the sheet describes a person, such as Has built a fort or Can drive a manual. Players walk around, ask each other questions, and collect a signature from someone who fits each line. The tool at the top of this page prints a different shuffled sheet for every player, as a worksheet or as a 4x4 bingo card.

How to Play Find Someone Who

One round takes 10 to 20 minutes and works with 8 to 40 people. You need one sheet and one pen per player, and enough floor space for people to walk around.

Setup (2 Minutes)

Pick Students, Adults, or Work in the tool above.
Pick a format. A worksheet with 10 rows suits a short slot or a small group. 12 rows is the default. 16 rows or the bingo card suits a group of 20 or more.
Set Sheets to the number of players and press Print sheets. Each sheet prints on its own page.
Hand out the sheets face down so everybody starts at the same moment.

Print two or three spare sheets for late arrivals.

Check the numbers before you print. Because each person signs a sheet only once, a 12-row worksheet needs at least 13 players to be filled. With a smaller group, use 10 rows and let each person sign twice.

Rules

Read these out before anyone stands up. It takes about a minute.

Walk around and ask one person one question from your sheet. If the answer is yes, that person signs the line.
One person can sign your sheet only once. This is the rule that makes people move on and meet somebody new.
You cannot sign your own sheet.
Ask the question out loud. Do not hand your sheet over and let the other person choose a line.
When the facilitator calls time, sit down, even if a few lines are still empty.

What the facilitator says: "You have ten minutes. Get a different signature on every line. Ask, listen to the answer, then move to a new person. Go."

The sheets are all different on purpose. Two friends standing together cannot copy each other, and nobody can read a neighbour's page to find out who to ask.

Ending and Debrief

Stop the round when the first three or four players have a full sheet, or when the time is up. Waiting for every player to finish leaves most of the room standing around with nothing to do.

Then spend three minutes on what people heard. Without this step the group remembers the noise and forgets the names. Ask two or three of these:

Which line was the hardest to fill?
Whose answer surprised you? Point to that person and tell us what they said.
Is there a line nobody in the room could sign?
Turn to the last person who signed your sheet and ask them one more question about their answer.

With a class, collect the sheets afterwards. The signatures show you who talked to whom, and who may need help joining in next time.

Find Someone Who Questions for Students

The Students bank has 40 prompts written for elementary and middle school. The lines are about school, play, small skills, and likes and dislikes, so most children can say yes to several of them and nobody has to share something private. Read each line as the end of a sentence that begins with the name of the game.

Is new to this school this year
Has a birthday this month
Has a name with double letters
Has a name people often spell wrong
Has made up a song
Can count to 20 in another language
Can say hello in three languages
Knows how to say thank you in sign language
Can whistle
Can snap their fingers
Knows a joke by heart
Likes broccoli
Likes spicy food
Likes rainy days
Likes winter best
Likes green best
Likes math more than reading
Prefers drawing to writing
Likes to sing
Likes to dance
Likes recess more than lunch
Has read a book twice
Has looked for shapes in the clouds
Has invented a game
Has written a story
Has been to a library
Has planted a seed
Has watched a sunrise
Has seen a rainbow this year
Has fed an animal
Has collected rocks or shells
Has built a fort
Has made a paper airplane
Has drawn a map
Likes to build things
Has taught someone a game
Has tried a new food this month
Has picked up litter outside
Has helped a classmate today
Has made someone laugh today

For children who are still learning to read, go through the lines together first and use the 10-row worksheet. A drawn smiley or initials can stand in for a full signature.

Find Someone Who Questions for Adults

The Adults bank is for clubs, workshops, training days, and community groups where most people have not met. The 40 prompts are neutral facts and small stories. Each one can be answered in a single sentence, and several are good for a follow-up question.

Has lived in more than one city
Knows how to change a tire
Can cook one dish really well
Has kept a plant alive over a year
Prefers aisle to window
Has taken a class just for fun
Can drive a manual
Prefers salty to sweet
Has written a letter by hand
Can swim a full length
Has given a speech
Prefers planning to improvising
Has a childhood nickname
Has fixed something instead of replacing it
Prefers mountains to beaches
Has volunteered in the last year
Can play a card game well
Prefers cold weather
Has taught someone a skill
Has a comfort movie
Can identify a bird by sound
Works better with music on
Can remember a phone number by heart
Has run a race
Sleeps with the window open
Has a plant named after someone
Reads before bed
Has been up for a sunrise this year
Can whistle a tune
Prefers stairs to escalators
Has a song that always lifts their mood
Keeps a handwritten list
Has met someone famous
Can name their first concert
Prefers black coffee
Has a scar with a story
Has moved house in the last two years
Can speak more than one language
Has a go-to board game
Has camped overnight

If you know the group well, cross out any line that will not fit before you copy the sheets. A sheet with one line removed still works.

Find Someone Who Questions for Work

The Work bank is about office life: desks, coffee, commutes, and meeting rooms. Nothing on it asks about performance or pay, so it is comfortable to play with a manager in the room. It fits a new-hire day, a team offsite, or the first ten minutes of an all-hands.

Has a plant on their desk
Knows where the good coffee is
Takes the stairs
Has a usual coffee order
Brings lunch from home
Has decorated their desk
Knows everyone's name on this floor
Has stayed late to finish something
Prefers a standing desk
Keeps snacks in a drawer
Uses a paper notebook
Arrives before nine
Has fixed the printer
Knows the wifi password by heart
Eats lunch at their desk
Takes a walk at lunch
Has a photo at their workspace
Prefers the window seat
Has booked the wrong meeting room
Keeps headphones at their desk
Has brought treats for the team
Knows where the fire exit is
Has swapped desks
Waters someone else's plant
Has a spare charger to lend
Prefers a quiet corner
Has led a meeting standing up
Keeps a water bottle at their desk
Has helped a new hire find something
Uses two screens
Has a tidy desk right now
Knows the best lunch spot nearby
Prefers mornings for focus
Has taken a call in the hallway
Keeps a paper calendar
Has left a note for a coworker
Commutes more than an hour
Has worked in this building over a year
Has a jacket that lives at the office
Has organized a team lunch

In a company with several teams, add one house rule: a signature only counts if it comes from somebody outside your own team. For a card that is filled in during a meeting, with nobody leaving their seat, use office bingo.

Find Someone Who Bingo vs. Worksheet

Both formats draw from the same three banks. The difference is the layout of the page and the moment the round ends.

	Worksheet	Bingo card
Layout	A numbered list with a signature line after each prompt	A 4x4 grid with 16 squares and room to sign in each one
Prompts	10, 12, or 16	16
Goal	Fill as many lines as you can before time is called	Four signatures in a row, column, or diagonal
Ends	When the facilitator calls time	At the first bingo, unless you ask for more lines
Best for	Lessons, language practice, groups where everybody should keep talking	Parties, large events, groups that enjoy a race

Choose the worksheet when the goal is conversation. Nobody wins early, so nobody sits down early. A list is also easier to read for young children and for people working in a second language.

Choose the bingo card when you want a clear finish and some noise. The first line can come quickly, so either ask for two lines or keep going until three players have called bingo. For 5x5 cards with a free space, use get to know you bingo. To type your own squares, use the bingo card generator.

Find Someone Who vs. Human Bingo

The two games share one mechanic: a list of descriptions, a room of people, and one signature for each match. The two names are often used for the same activity.

The usual difference is the page. Human bingo is always played on a grid, most often 5x5 with a free square in the middle, and it ends when a player completes a line. The worksheet version on this page is a plain list with no winning pattern. Players work down the page at their own speed, and the facilitator decides when to stop.

In practice, choose by the room. A class of eight-year-olds or a language lesson is calmer with a list. A conference mixer with 60 people has more energy with a grid and a small prize.

Variations

First Day of School

Use the Students bank and the 10-row or 12-row worksheet. Before the class stands up, model one exchange with a volunteer: say hello, say your name, ask the question, and say thank you. Then give the class eight minutes.

Add one step to the rules: the signer writes their first name clearly, and the asker says that name out loud before moving on. By the end of the round each child has said up to ten classmates' names out loud.

In the debrief, read one line and ask everybody who could sign it to stand. Children see what they have in common with classmates they have not talked to yet. Keep the sheets. They are a quick record of which children already know each other.

ESL and Language Classes

The sheet doubles as speaking practice, because learners cannot read a line straight off the page. They have to turn it into a question first. Can whistle becomes "Can you whistle?" Likes rainy days becomes "Do you like rainy days?" Has read a book twice becomes "Have you read a book twice?"

Before the round, write those three patterns on the board: can, do you, and have you. Practise two or three lines as a whole class. Ask for a full-sentence answer, "Yes, I can" or "No, I haven't," and not just a nod.

For beginners, use 10 rows and allow 12 minutes. For stronger groups, add a follow-up rule: after a yes, the asker must ask one more question, such as "When?" or "Which one?", and note the answer next to the signature.

Virtual Find Someone Who

On a video call nobody can walk around, so breakout rooms do the mixing. Share your screen with the preview from the tool, or choose "Save as PDF" in the print window and send one page to each person.

Players number a piece of paper, or open a blank document, with one line per prompt.
Open breakout rooms of four people for three minutes.
In each room, players ask each other questions and write a name next to every line that gets a yes.
Shuffle the rooms and repeat. Four rounds gives each player up to twelve different people to ask, which is enough for a 12-row sheet.

The once-per-person rule still applies. Finish in the main room with the same debrief questions.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you play Find Someone Who bingo?

Give every player a 4x4 card. Players ask each other questions and collect one signature per square, each from a different person. The first player with four signed squares in a row, column, or diagonal calls bingo. To make the round longer, ask for two lines or a full card.

Is there a free version of the Find Someone Who game?

Yes. The generator on this page is free and needs no sign-up. Choose a group and a format, set the number of sheets from 1 to 60, and print. Every sheet draws its own prompts from a bank of 40 and puts them in its own order.

Can I play Find Someone Who online?

Yes, with breakout rooms. Send the sheet as a PDF or show it on a shared screen, then move people between small rooms every three minutes. Players write names where they would have collected signatures. The steps are in the virtual variation above.

What is the Find Someone Who activity?

It is a getting-to-know-you activity for a group that has just met. Each player holds a list of descriptions and looks for a different person to match each one. Teachers use it in the first week of term, language teachers use it for question practice, and trainers use it to open a workshop.

Find Someone Who Game