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“What’s Your Favorite…” Questions

Asking someone about their favorite blank is a great way to get know them better and learn about their preferences and opinions. These questions are good for when you are first meeting someone and are easy to incorporate as part of introductions in a larger group, such as asking each person to say their name, role, and favorite food as a child.

1. What was your favorite food when you were a child? shrimp
2. What’s the #1 most played song on your iPod? no ipod, dressed to kill by cher on my cd player
3. What is one of your favorite quotes? from mame "lifes a buffet and most poor sobs are starving to death"
4. What’s your favorite indoor/outdoor activity? reading
5. What chore do you absolutely hate doing? cleaning the toilet
6. What is your favorite form of exercise? bellydance
7. What is your favorite time of day/day of the week/month of the year? Monday because my itv show is on, October because it has Halloween
8. What’s your least favorite mode of transportation? walking
9. What is your favorite body part? my eyes
10. What sound do you love? rain on a tin roof

“What If…” Questions

Hypothetical questions help you learn more about another person’s personality, as well as their ideal state of the world. Since many of these questions might evoke longer responses, they are better suited for one-on-one conversations or smaller group discussions.

11. If you could throw any kind of party, what would it be like and what would it be for? an Elvira movie themed party for halloween
12. If you could paint a picture of any scenery you’ve seen before, what would you paint? a field of iris
13. If you could choose to stay a certain age forever, what age would it be? 36
14. If you knew the world was ending in 2015, what would you do differently? get busy!
15. If you could choose anyone, who would you pick as your mentor? dali lama
16. If you could witness any event past, present or future, what would it be? tina turners first song in that bar in st louis
17. If you could learn to do anything, what would it be? to speak ALL languages
18. If you had to work on only one project for the next year, what would it be? a tarot deck/book
19. If you were immortal for a day, what would you do? destroy some evil-does
20. If you had to change your first name, what would you change it to? willow
21. If you could meet anyone, living or dead, who would you meet? albert einstein
22. If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do? order everything in my cart/wishlist on amazon!
23. If you were reincarnated as an animal/drink/ice cream flavor, what would it be? tiger/diet dew/orange sherbert
24. If you could know the answer to any question, besides “What is the meaning of life?”, what would it be? was Jesus gay
25. If you could be any fictional character, who would you choose? paul atredies

Personal Questions

Asking personal questions gets right to the purpose of getting to know someone and can be used in smaller groups with elaborate answers or larger groups with quick responses.

26. Which celebrity do you get mistaken for? I dont
27. What do you want to be when you grow up? happy
28. When you have 30 minutes of free-time, how do you pass the time? read
29. What would you name the autobiography of your life? timothology
30. What songs are included on the soundtrack to your life? the best by tina turner, better get to livin by dolly parton, the happy phantom by tori amos, beautiful people by Melanie safka

Personal History Questions

Questions involving people’s past help give you insight into their character and background by revealing memorable moments from the person’s life. These are great for one-on-one interactions or for smaller, more intimate groups. These questions help build trust as they are more personal than some of the other types of questions.

31. Have you ever had something happen to you that you thought was bad but it turned out to be for the best? yes getting fired
32. What was one of the best parties you’ve ever been to? a chrismas party
33. What was the last movie, TV show or book that made you cry or tear up? lolol ok ncis la.
34. What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done? keep going when I wanted to die
35. What was the last experience that made you a stronger person? see 34
36. What did you do growing up that got you into trouble? talked too much
37. When was the last time you had an amazing meal? hmmmm in Orlando about 10 years ago
38. What’s the best/worst gift you’ve ever given/received? best was my spider Gossomar, worst a silly phone
39. What do you miss most about being a kid? being fearless
40. What is your first memory of being really excited? my birthday when I was 4
41. What was the first thing you bought with your own money? toy animals
42. When was the last time you were nervous? last week
43. What is something you learned in the last week? some friends aren't friends BIG sigh
44. What story does your family always tell about you? when I was 4 my family went to a high school football game and my daddy said "that'll be you out there in a few years son" and I replied" NOPE GONNA BE A CHEERLEADER!" lolol
45. At what age did you become an adult? at 8 when my mama died, I was legally an adult at 16 when I went to court and became emancipated...... I began being a child at around 38.

Random Questions

Random questions can be a great way to add some quirkiness to introductions or a conversation. These are best used when each person gets a different question because they intentionally break people’s expectations with an abstract question in the midst of a variety of other questions.

46. Is a picture worth a thousand words? Elaborate. yes because it cant and doesn't need excuses, reasons, or angles. it is what it is.
47. Where’s Waldo? finding himself!
48. The best part of waking up is? figuring out where you are, and finding your pants so you can sneak out before he wakes up!
49. How now brown cow? hmmmm I don't drink chocolate milk?
50. Whasssssuuuupppppp? BYE BYE NOW!