United We Transform | Facilitator run sheet

Ten-Question Personality Questionnaire

Participants complete a lighthearted ten-question multiple-choice questionnaire, tally their points, and review a descriptive profile. In pairs or small groups, they share only what they choose about how closely the description fits them.

15 minutes | 4 to 24 people

Choose this exercise

Purpose: Compare self-perception with lightweight personality descriptions using a standardized self-scoring survey.

Use it when: Use as a light icebreaker or warm-up in team kickoffs, training workshops, or language classes exploring self-description.

Skip it when: Skip during high-stakes hiring, formal performance evaluations, or conflict mediation where quiz labels could be misinterpreted as clinical or diagnostic assessments.

Group arrangement: Individual completion followed by pairs or triads and brief whole-room debrief.

Timing: Fits the 5 to 15 minute band from the source records.

Materials and tools

Before participants arrive

  1. Print copies of the questionnaire and interpretation sheet, or prepare them as digital slides.
  2. Distribute writing utensils and scratch paper.

Say this to open

We are going to complete a short, informal ten-question quiz. Answer based on how you behave right now, not in the past. Your answers and your final score belong to you. You decide what, if anything, you want to share with others.

How to run it

  1. Introduce quiz and answer questions 4 minutes

    Distribute the questionnaire or display the questions. Have participants record their chosen letter for questions 1 through 10 on scratch paper. Participants work independently.

  2. Score responses 3 minutes

    Reveal the scoring point values for each question. Direct participants to look up the points for their letters and add them up to find their total score between 10 and 70.

  3. Read profiles and discuss in pairs 5 minutes

    Display or hand out the score band interpretations. Form pairs or triads. If there is an odd number, form one group of three. Give participants 4 minutes to discuss whether the profile matches how they see themselves, sharing only what they wish.

  4. Debrief with whole group 3 minutes

    Bring the room back together. Ask one or two debrief questions. Take two to three volunteer comments from the room within the time.

Debrief questions

Finished output: A completed private point total and personal reflection shared with a peer.

Remote

Display questions on screen slides or send a link to a digital form. Have participants note their answers privately. Paste point values into chat or display on a slide for self-scoring. Break into breakout rooms of 2 to 3 people for 4 minutes to discuss, then return for whole-group debrief in chat or on mic.

Hybrid

Display questions and scoring keys simultaneously on the room screen and screen share. Pair remote participants with remote participants in breakout rooms, and in-person participants with in-person partners to avoid cross-talk.

Access and participation choices

If the session gets stuck

A participant receives a score in a category with unflattering descriptors (for example, 'handle with care' or 'plodder') and feels uncomfortable.
Remind the room immediately that this quiz is an informal parlor game with no clinical validity, and invite them to critique where the quiz got it wrong.
A participant loses count or miscalculates their score.
Provide the printed scoring key so they can check their arithmetic at their own pace without needing facilitator assistance.

Terms used here

Ten-Question Personality Questionnaire and Scoring Sheet

QUESTIONS:1. When do you feel at your best? a) In the morning b) During the afternoon and early evening c) Late at night 2. You usually walk... a) Fairly fast, with long steps b) Fairly fast, with little steps c) Less fast, head up, looking the world in the face d) Less fast, head down e) Very slowly 3. When talking to people, you... a) Stand with your arms folded b) Have your hands clasped c) Have one or both your hands on your hips or in pockets d) Touch or push the person to whom you are talking e) Play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair 4. When relaxing, you sit with... a) Your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side b) Your legs crossed c) Your legs stretched out or straight d) One leg curled under you 5. When something really amuses you, you react with... a) A big appreciated laugh b) A laugh, but not a loud one c) A quiet chuckle d) A sheepish smile 6. When you go to a party or social gathering, you... a) Make a loud entrance so everyone notices you b) Make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know c) Make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed 7. When you are working or concentrating very hard, and you are interrupted, you... a) Welcome the break b) Feel extremely irritated c) Vary between these two extremes 8. Which of the following colours do you like most? a) Red or orange b) Black c) Yellow or light blue d) Green e) Dark blue or purple f) White g) Brown or grey 9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep, you lay... a) Stretched out on your back b) Stretched out face down on your stomach c) On your side, slightly curled d) With your head on one arm e) With your head under the covers 10. You often dream that you are... a) Falling b) Fighting or struggling c) Searching for something or somebody d) Flying or floating e) You usually have dreamless sleep f) Your dreams are always pleasant SCORING KEY:1: a=2, b=4, c=62: a=6, b=4, c=7, d=2, e=13: a=4, b=2, c=5, d=7, e=64: a=4, b=6, c=2, d=15: a=6, b=4, c=3, d=5, e=26: a=6, b=4, c=27: a=6, b=2, c=48: a=6, b=7, c=5, d=4, e=3, f=2, g=19: a=7, b=6, c=4, d=2, e=110: a=4, b=2, c=3, d=5, e=6, f=1 SCORE INTERPRETATIONS:- Over 60 Points: Others see you as someone they should handle with care. You are seen as vain, self-centred, and one who is extremely domineering. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but do not always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.- 51 to 60 Points: Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality; a natural leader, one who is quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once, who takes chances and enjoys an adventure.- 41 to 50 Points: Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who is constantly in the centre of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They see you as kind, considerate, and understanding.- 31 to 40 Points: Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful, and practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who is extremely loyal to friends you do make.- 1 to 30 Points: Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. They expect you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then usually decide against it.

Sources and adaptation

Observed in Teampedia as 'Personality Test' (often circulating as the internet chain letter 'Dr. Phil's Personality Test').

Retained the full 10-question text, point values, and profile tiers directly from the Teampedia entry (cached-public-163a9d4e0ad2). UWT established a structured 15-minute facilitation plan, added explicit opt-out and non-disclosure language to protect participant privacy, structured pair discussions, and framed the debrief around critical reflection rather than endorsing the quiz as a formal evaluation tool.

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