Question Tuesday

q and a format · in 143 videos (2007–2026)

A Q&A video in which a brother, most often John, answers real questions from real Nerdfighters; Hank suggested Tuesdays as question days in 2007. Over the years it moved to other days, brought in guests such as Ashley C. Ford, and in 2025 took on a single question, the meaning of life.

Videos by year: 2007: 6 · 2008: 25 · 2009: 19 · 2010: 2 · 2011: 11 · 2012: 7 · 2013: 11 · 2014: 7 · 2015: 8 · 2016: 8 · 2017: 9 · 2018: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2021: 8 · 2022: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2026: 1

Also known as: Question Tuesdays, Question Friday, Question Wednesday, Question Thursday, Question Day

Threads

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Paper Towns (19) · Reunion video (3) · Willy (7) · Nerdfighter Ning (4) · Thoughts from Places (3) · Twitter (11) · Amsterdam (4) · Alan Lastufka (2) · The Fault in Our Stars (film) (4) · Florida (3)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

2007-07-24 · July 24: More Harry Potter?! — Hank suggests a tradition: Tuesdays are question days, on which one of the brothers asks the nerdfighters a question. — 00:02:05
2007-08-30 · August 30th: A Secret Project for Nerdfighters — John: Asked about the compilation they said in January they would make, they admit they didn't; John jokes there are '70 million' abandoned Brotherhood 2.0 projects, like Question Tuesdays and his tote-bag giveaway. (playful) — 00:01:43 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
2007-11-28 · November 28th: Amy Winehouse and Brain Liquefication — ask: John invites Nerdfighters to leave questions of any kind, from Pakistan to his glasses, in the comments. — 00:02:16
2007-12-04 · December 4th: Question Tuesday!!!! — John opens Question Tuesday: though about 7,500 people are watching him talk to his camera, he will answer as many questions as he can within four minutes. — 00:00:00
2007-12-14 · Dec. 14th: John and Maureen Johnson: LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY — announcement: John: Because the rebirth of Question Tuesday went so well, John will do it again, and asks Nerdfighters to leave questions for his Tuesday video. — 00:01:52
2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John announces it is Question Tuesday, when he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters, after first answering questions about the Secret Project. — 00:00:00 · also in: Giraffe Love and Other Questions ANSWERED, Love and Romance Questions ANSWERED, Peanut Butter Face Question Tuesday, Hank's Question Tuesday DEBUT!, REUNION TUESDAY! FRIDAY! WHATEVER!, Cheez Doodles Guy, Ringo Silver, and Dad Jokes (Pizzamas Day 4), Decathlons, Pretension, and the Weirdest Animal I've Met: It's Question Thursday

2008

2008-01-04 · Nerdfighting in 2008, Pakistan, and Hillary Clinton — announcement: John says he will do a Question Tuesday next week (week of 7 January 2008) and asks nerdfighters to leave questions in the comments. — 00:03:31
2008-02-21 · People Who Love Giraffes Who Love Giraffes — announcement: John: On the next Question Tuesday John will try to break the world record for most questions answered in four minutes. (hedged) — 00:00:36
- John asks Nerdfighters to leave questions in the comments; any he doesn't answer in the video he'll try to answer in a big blog post on the Ning. — 00:00:41
2008-02-26 · Best Wishes! — announcement: John: The world-record Question Tuesday planned for today is moved to next Tuesday (4 March 2008) because John hasn't finished going through more than 2,000 questions. — 00:01:08
2008-03-04 · SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD — John: In a Question Tuesday, John answers more than 55 viewer questions in four minutes, his world-record attempt. (playful) — video description
2008-04-08 · Nerdfighting in Bangladesh — announcement: John: Since this video will have few jokes, John says he will make up for it with a 'joketacular' Question Tuesday next Monday (14 April 2008). — 00:00:00
2008-04-14 · PAPER TOWNS-TACULAR — announcement: John cannot do Question Tuesday today, thanks viewers for thousands of book questions, and vows to do it by the end of the week or be punished. — 00:00:43
2008-04-21 · Belated Book-tacular Questions — John admits he didn't do his Question Tuesday video last week (week of 14 April 2008), which means he will be punished. (playful) — 00:00:00
2008-05-20 · Guys Love Giraffe Love — announcement: John reminds viewers there is one more Question Tuesday this week (week of 19 May 2008) and that he gives a Paper Towns copy to a random commenter every day; leave questions in comments. — 00:03:40
2008-10-08 · J Scribble Goes to Borders — announcement: John says he will do a Question Tuesday on Friday and asks Nerdfighters to leave questions and comments. — 00:02:16
2008-10-11 (said on 2008-10-10, implied) · Question Friday — John holds Question Friday, the day he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:29
2008-11-03 · BlogTV in St Louis! — announcement: Hank says they will do a Question Tuesday on Monday, which is what today is in St. Louis. (playful) — 00:00:00
…and 16 statements more in 2008 — all statements of 2008

Also named in: The Return of Question Tuesdays, QUESTION TUESDAYS (On Friday), Paper Towns and Touring Question Tuesday

2009

2009-02-10 · Paper Towns Tastic Question Tuesday — ask: The description asks viewers to leave questions in the comments for the Question Tuesday after next. — video description
2009-02-24 · How to Make Guys Like You — John devotes Question Tuesday to a single question, emailed by a 15-year-old girl who is not very popular: how does she get boys to like her? — 00:00:00
2009-03-08 · PEEPS for Bangladesh — announcement: John says he will try to set the Question Tuesday world record on Tuesday, and tells Hank to dress up as Carrie Bradshaw soon to avoid a YouTube mutiny. (playful) — 00:02:42
2009-03-10 · How to Get Girls to Like You — John says his first draft of the Paper Towns screenplay is due in three days, so he lacks time to break the Question Tuesday world record. — 00:00:00
2009-04-21 · Question Tuesday — ask: John says he still needs more questions and asks viewers to leave them in comments. — 00:03:31
2009-04-25 · Saturday Video?!?!?! — John says this is a rare Saturday Brotherhood 2.0 video that is also Question Tuesday, when he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2009-06-29 (said on 2009-06-28, implied) · GAY is NOT an INSULT — announcement: John announces he will do a Question Tuesday on Tuesday and asks Nerdfighters to leave good questions in the comments. — 00:03:04
2009-08-25 · The Gift of Gary Busey — announcement: John says he will soon break the Question Tuesday world record by answering 100 questions in four minutes and asks for many succinct questions. — 00:02:38
2009-08-30 · 100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!! — John attempts to answer 100 viewer questions in four minutes, on a Sunday. — 00:00:00
2009-10-06 · Victoria Beckham In Your Pants — John says he forgot to ask Nerdfighters for questions, so he can't do Question Tuesday; instead he makes an old-school video in three parts. — 00:00:00
2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to leave questions in the comments and says he will do a Question Tuesday on Tuesday. — 00:02:34
2009-12-13 · Eyelash Malaria — announcement: John says he will do a Question Tuesday on Tuesday, with half the questions on the Project for Awesome and half on relationship advice. — 00:02:58
…and 6 statements more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

Also named in: Question Tuesday!, Nerdfighter MARRIAGE PROPOSAL, Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition, In Which A Secret Is Revealed

2010

2010-03-05 · Red Green, the Nintendo, and HANK — announcement: John says a Question Tuesday video will come over the weekend rather than on Tuesday. — 00:00:05
- John asks Nerdfighters to leave their questions in the comments. — 00:00:08
2010-08-11 · College Advice From an Expert — John says he tweeted Nerdfighters the day before asking for questions; they answered en masse, mostly about college. — 00:00:04

2011

2011-01-03 · Is bronchitis contagious? Is black a color? — announcement: John will do a Question Tuesday video this Friday (7 January 2011), asks for questions in the comments, and will answer as many as he can in four minutes. — 00:02:37
2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — John opens Question Friday, the day he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2011-01-31 · Revolution in Egypt: A 4-Minute Introduction — announcement: John: As a reward for listening, John will do a Question Tuesday on Friday and asks viewers to leave questions and comments. — 00:03:49
2011-02-07 · Cancer Sniffing Dog — announcement: Hank announces that he, John, WheezyWaiter, Alex Day and Elmify are creating a linked VYou space, which he calls like Question Tuesdays except forever and always. — 00:03:09
2011-04-25 · Meeting Greg Mortenson — announcement: John will do a Question Tuesday on Friday about things that don't make sense to new viewers, and asks for questions in the comments. — 00:03:11
2011-08-26 · Will He Kiss You? Am I a Muggle? It's Question Friday. — John: Asked to do Question Tuesday with peanut butter face, John does it briefly and says he is proud of his career as a man who puts peanut butter on his face. (playful) — 00:02:23
2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — announcement: John says he will do a Question Tuesday next week (week of 24 October 2011) as well and asks Nerdfighters to leave questions in comments. — 00:02:30
…and 1 statement more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

Also named in: DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day, Question Tuesday! Paula Deen Riding Me (and critical reading)

2012

2012-01-17 · Thoughts from Places: The Tour — John: At the show John reads and talks about The Fault in Our Stars, Hank sings, John answers questions, Hank wears a tutu, and in joint questions whoever is talking when the timer goes off is shocked with Charlie McDonnell's 'patented shocker'. — 00:01:37
2012-10-02 · What To Do With Your Life — John: On Question Tuesday John answers one question from a college freshman about how to figure out what to do with life, a question the brothers get almost every day. — 00:00:05

Also named in: The Fault in Our Stars, Sharpie Face Question Tuesday, Thoughts on Romance and Sex in an Airport, The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday, Burning Peeps, My OTP, and Velociraptors: It's Question Tuesday

2013

2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John announces a live Question Tuesday: two teams, questions sent on Twitter read by teammates, and whoever is talking at the end is punished with mild electrocution. (playful) — 01:43:42
- Hank realises he did not electrocute himself and, having 'policed' himself, gives himself the shock in his pocket. (playful) — 02:02:38
2013-05-17 · GIFs, JIFs, Whip Pans, Trivia, and BATMAN! — Hank notes that with his, there were two Question Tuesdays in one week, and says his was a bit more ambitious. (playful) — 00:02:55
- Hank says the best answers to this week's (week of 13 May 2013) Question Tuesday came from Nerdfighteria, citing viewer answers on invisibility, the Great Gatsby film and ferrets. — 00:02:57
- Hank tells John not to do a Question Tuesday next Tuesday (21 May 2013), as that would be overkill. (playful) — 00:03:48
2013-06-11 · How To Be John Green — Craig Benzine: Craig parodies more things John does: Question Tuesday with fake questions, a 'Who the eff is Hank?' answer, Sharpie face (a cracker smashed on his forehead), a Thoughts from Places about his office, an Oscar Wilde reading, and a 'not-airport'. (joke) — 00:02:07
2013-09-10 · Secrets of the Movies: Thoughts from The Fault in Our Stars Set — announcement: John does a quick Question Tuesday with Ansel Elgort, who plays Gus, and says viewers can submit questions so that maybe they will do another one with real questions. (hedged) — 00:02:53
2013-09-17 · Question Tuesday with Nat Wolff (aka Isaac in The Fault in Our Stars movie) — John does a Question Tuesday in the woods with Nat Wolff, who plays Isaac in the movie, asking him questions viewers submitted on Twitter. — 00:00:10
2013-12-13 · Mom and Dad Green! Extra Special Question Tuesday — Hank introduces a special Question Tuesday in which his real mom and dad answer real questions from Nerdfighters. — 00:00:01

Also named in: How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday, Puppies, Pegasi, and TFiOS Casting: It's Question Tuesday, TFiOS Movie, Bees, Babies, and More!, Question Tuesday: The Fault in Our Stars Movie Edition, REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John!

2014

2014-01-28 · Question Tuesday! TFIOS Movie Trailer, Penguin Knees, and Backflips — John: Asked how many backflips he can do, John attempts one and reports zero, partly blaming the massive cold Hank gave him. (playful) — 00:03:13
2014-11-25 · Tyler, Ingrid, Troye, Hannah, Mandy, Jenn, and Rosianna Visit Paper Towns — John: it is Question Tuesday, when he answers real questions from real Nerdfighters, but today he asks the questions and the guests answer. — 00:00:13
…and 2 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

Also named in: The Naughty Professor: Hank and John at the Beach - REUNION!, It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains, Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne of Paper Towns

2015

2015-01-20 · REUNION MINIGOLF — both: John opens Question Tuesday from a minigolf course, pretending Hank is too busy with the President; Hank is there with him in Florida. (playful) — 00:00:00
2015-06-23 · Question Tuesday with Cara Delevingne and Nat Wolff — John records Question Tuesday in the back of a movie theater in Berlin with Nat Wolff, who plays Q, and Cara Delevingne, who plays Margo Roth Spiegelman in the Paper Towns film. — 00:00:06
2015-08-03 · I Love You, Hank. Esther Day 2015 — announcement: John will do a Question Tuesday tomorrow and asks Nerdfighters to leave brief questions in the comments. — 00:01:31
2015-08-04 · Question Tuesday: Wookiee Gunships, Sneezing Cessation, and Pizza — John's Question Tuesday answers real questions from real Nerdfighters; he had asked for brief questions and got them, starting with 'briefs or boxers?' (boxer briefs). (playful) — 00:00:01
2015-08-25 · Question Tuesday: The Goat Edition — both: Hank interrupts John's Question Tuesday; at dinner the night before he made a dumb face in a photo that everyone decided was 'goatobombing', photobombing while looking like a goat. (playful) — 00:00:05
- both: John asks why all the questions are about goats; Hank admits he asked for questions and also asked people to ask about goats, and John finds his tweet 'Goat questions preferred'. (playful) — 00:01:15
2015-11-10 · It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2) — announcement: John says he is going to do a Question Tuesday on Thursday because it seems like the right time. — 00:02:47
- John asks Nerdfighters for questions, preferably brief ones, in the comments. — 00:02:52
…and 2 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

Also named in: Question Tuesday: My Social Media Hiatus, My Excellent German, and Books!

2016

2016-02-26 · Things You Don't Know About Us (REUNION!) — Hank marks nine years of making vlogbrothers videos with a Question Tuesday of things people still don't know about the brothers, using questions he gathered on Twitter. — 00:00:18
2016-03-01 · Question Tuesday: The Potato Edition — John: When Hank notes that potatoes are the trend of this Question Tuesday, John deadpans that he just got a lot of potato questions and doesn't know why. (playful) — 00:01:12
2016-03-29 · My New Book, Marriage Advice, and Hamilton: 50 Snapchat Questions Answered! — John announces a Question Tuesday answering 50 real Snapchats from real Snapchatters, which he does in four minutes. — 00:00:00
2016-06-24 (said on 2016-06-21, implied) · Questions (and Announcements) from VidCon — Hank: Overwhelmed by VidCon, Hank records early, on Tuesday, and does a Question Tuesday because anything more complicated would destroy him. (playful) — 00:00:24
2016-09-13 · YouTube's New Thing (and a New Thing of Our Own) — John says live shows are now easier and better, as viewers can see when he does a live Question Tuesday today. — 00:02:41
2016-11-15 · Good News/Bad News: A Pizzamas Video in Nine Slices — announcement: John says he thinks he will close out his part of Pizzamas on Thursday (17 November 2016) with an old-fashioned Question Tuesday. (hedged) — 00:02:52
- John asks viewers to leave questions, ideally brief ones, in the comments. — 00:02:58

Also named in: The Looking for Alaska Movie, Davos, and Hufflepuff Shade: It's Question Tuesday, Baby Poop Rookie: Vlogbrothers Reunited

2017

2017-01-06 · Too Excited about Pears! (Question Tuesday with Hank) — Hank notes most Question Tuesday videos go to John, which makes sense as John posts on Tuesdays but is a bit unfair, so today is Question Tuesday on a Friday. (hedged) — 00:00:07
2017-03-14 · Green Brothers Reunited! — John announces a Question Tuesday on Pokémon and monkey turtles that is also a reunion video, with everyone together in the desert. — 00:00:08
2017-06-20 · FIRST! Green Brothers Reunited Again — John introduces a special edition of Question Tuesday in which he asks Hank questions that contain the word 'first'. — 00:00:04
2017-10-31 · Where are Whale Balls? Question Tuesday: Pizza Edition — The description says Hank and John sneaked around backstage in Bellingham, Washington, and found a theatre set for a Question Tuesday meant to be mostly pizza questions. — video description
…and 1 statement more in 2017 — all statements of 2017

Also named in: Good News, YA Books, and Bears: It's Question Tuesday, Does Human Life Have Real Meaning?, Boxes, Butterflies, and Regular Aunts: Live from the Past, It's Question Tuesday, How Will the World End? Why Even Get Out of Bed? It's Question Tuesday., Definitely Not A Pecan Orchard: A Pizzamas Question Tuesday

2018

2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John introduces Question Tuesday as the day he answers a prime number of real questions from real Nerdfighters. (playful) — 00:00:02
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Hank and John are together in Canton, Ohio, doing a 'Question Tuesday' of questions from Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
…and 1 statement more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

Also named in: My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY, Laurel or Yanny and Baby Dance Moves - It's Question Friday, How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday

2020

2020-07-24 · Could I Spare some Change for Gas? — announcement: Hank: For a change of pace Hank sits in his yard and, taking a cue from John, answers viewer questions Question Tuesday style. — 00:00:00

Also named in: Foolish · Beautiful, A Strong but Fleeting Flavor: A Reunion Video, Somebody Once Asked . . .

2021

2021-06-08 · Feelings, Little Tunnels, and Oprah: It's Question Tuesday with Ashley C. Ford — John introduces Question Tuesday, answering real questions from real nerdfighters, with best-selling memoirist and friend Ashley C. Ford, whose Somebody's Daughter is out now. — 00:00:03
2021-08-20 · Question Tuesday Except I'm an AI — announcement: Hank opens a Question Tuesday with real questions from real Nerdfighters, but says it is not really Tuesday and it is not really going to be him answering. — 00:00:00
- Hank sums up the AI Question Tuesday as delightful, if a little unsettling. — 00:03:00
2021-08-24 · It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. — announcement: John: On his 44th birthday John announces that his preferred lifespan is officially 97: a nice solid prime number, since rooting for triple digits would be gauche. (playful) — 00:02:08
2021-12-10 · What Was Early YouTube Like? (with Hank and John) — Hank says this is the last reunion video, a Question Tuesday YouTube edition answering real questions from real Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00

Also named in: I am a small boat. It's Question Tuesday., VLOGBROTHERS REUNITED!!!!, Pizza Sized Johns or John Sized Pizza? It's Question Thursday, Vlogbrothers REUNITED AT LAST

2022

2022-05-31 · A Casting Announcement — announcement: John says he will make more Question Tuesday videos with the movie's cast and with its directors. — 00:02:09
2022-07-05 · Director Hannah Marks Is Nervous To Meet You — announcement: John introduces Hannah Marks, director of the Turtles All the Way Down movie, and thanks her for directing it. — 00:00:29

2023

2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — John discovers all the Question Tuesday questions are about goats because Hank's tweet said 'goat questions preferred'. — 01:18:10
- John says the word 'goat' comes from Old English. — 01:19:07

2025

2025-12-02 · The Meaning of Life with Hank and John — John says this Question Tuesday has only one question, the meaning of life, which in 19 years of Vlogbrothers they have never directly addressed. — 00:00:00

Also named in: Taylor, Dr Pepper, and My Anxiety Strats: It's Question Tuesday, LLAMAS Are NOT What You Think

Also named in other years (nothing said): Battling Apathy and Searching for Meaning on Question Tuesday (2019-02-19), Optimism and Spider People: Question Tuesday from the Looking for Alaska Set (2019-03-26), Question Tuesday with Miles and the Colonel: Manolo! (2019-06-18), Death, Love, and John's Religion: The Big Questions Take Over Question Tuesday (2019-09-03), Hank and John Reunited WITH RAX (2024-04-09), Has Anyone Ever Accidentally Seen me Naked (Question Tuesday on a Friday) (2026-01-30)