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Game Day Watch Party Guest Preference Survey
Helps hosts plan a game day watch party guests will actually love — covering food, activities, budget trade-offs, and timing. An AI follow-up interview digs into what made past game day parties memorable (or forgettable) so the host can prioritize the details that matter most, not just the ones that are easiest to plan.
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13 questions · ~7 min
Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired
Thinking back on game day parties you've been to before, what was your favorite part?
- The food and snacks
- The game itself
- Halftime games or contests
- Socializing with friends
- Prize contests or side bets
- Something else
Q03
Multiple ChoiceRequired
Which foods would you be excited to see at the party?
- Wings
- Chili
- Nachos/dips
- Grilled food (burgers, hot dogs)
- Vegetarian or vegan options
- Desserts
- Finger foods/snack mixes
Q04
Short Text
Any dietary restrictions or allergies we should plan the menu around?
Q05
Point AllocationRequired
If we had 100 points to spend on the party, how would you split them across these areas? (Your split doesn't have to match the actual budget — it just tells us what matters to you.)
- Food & drinks
- TV/viewing setup
- Decorations
- Games & activities/prizes
- Comfortable seating
Allocate 100 points
Q06
MatrixRequired
How important is each of these to your enjoyment of the party?
5 rows × 5 columns
- Food quality and variety
- Comfortable seating and screen view
- Halftime games or contests
- Music/atmosphere between plays
- Prize incentives or side bets
Columns: Not important · Somewhat important · Important · Very important · Essential
Q07
Ranking
Rank these game day activities by how much you'd enjoy them, from most to least.
- Prediction/squares pool
- Trivia about the teams or players
- Commercial or halftime-show bracket voting
- Costume or jersey contest
- Just watching the game together, no extras
Drag to rank
Q08
Opinion ScaleRequired
How likely are you to stay for the entire game, including overtime or a postgame hangout?
Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Very unlikely to stayMax:Very likely to stay
Q09
Multiple ChoiceRequired
When would you prefer the party to start?
- Right before kickoff (Replace with actual kickoff time)
- About an hour early for pregame hangout
- Earlier in the day, with lunch or brunch
- I'm flexible, whatever works for the group
Q10
AI Interview
Probe the 'why' behind what this respondent rated as most important (food, seating, activities, or prizes) — ask them to describe a specific past game day party that nailed or botched that exact thing, and what the host did differently. If they ranked 'just watching the game, no extras' highest in the activities question, explore whether that reflects genuine preference or past frustration with forced games, and what would change their mind.
Q11
Multiple Choice
Which age range are you in?
- Under 18
- 18-24
- 25-34
- 35-44
- 45-54
- 55-64
- 65+
- Prefer not to say
Q12
Multiple Choice
How would you describe your connection to the host or group?
- Close friend
- Family member
- Neighbor
- Coworker
- Other
- Prefer not to say
Q13
Message
That's everything — thanks so much! Your answers go straight into the party plan, so expect a menu and schedule that actually matches what you're hoping for.
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
Attention checks
Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.
AI-drafted copy
Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.
Auto report
Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.
How it compares
We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.
Why this template
- Includes a constant-sum budget trade-off question (splitting 100 points across food, activities, etc.) so hosts see real priorities, not just wishlist answers
- Uses an AI follow-up interview that specifically probes the 'why' behind whatever the respondent rated as most important (food, seating, atmosphere), surfacing details a static form would miss
- Pairs a matrix importance rating and activity ranking with dietary restriction free-text so hosts can plan a menu and lineup that fits real guest constraints
- Asks about past game day parties' most memorable (or forgettable) moments, giving hosts qualitative context standard checkbox surveys don't capture
SurveyMonkey
Big Game Party Planning SurveyThis is a directly comparable, fielding-ready template aimed at the same big-game watch party use case. It likely covers standard logistics questions like food and viewing preferences, but as a static template it can't adapt follow-up questions based on individual answers. No pricing tier for academic use is offered on SurveyMonkey's platform either.
What it does well
- Purpose-built for the same big-game/watch-party occasion as our template
- Backed by SurveyMonkey's mature survey infrastructure and distribution tools
- Likely quick to deploy for hosts wanting a simple, no-setup checklist-style survey
Where it falls short
- Static question set with no adaptive AI follow-up to probe why a respondent rated something important
- No per-response quality scoring or automated report generation described on the page
- No transparent, published interview prompts or methodology for how questions were designed
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