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Get-to-know your friends, family, coworkers or strangers with this collection of Classic, Would You Rather, Deep, and Favorite icebreaker questions…
Classic Icebreakers
1. What was the last book you read?
2. If you could magically become fluent in any language, which language would it be & why?
3. What is your favorite way to exercise?
4. Are you an early bird or a night owl?
5. What is something that you are grateful for?
6. What is the best live concert that you have been to?
7. What has been your favorite job?
8. What was your favorite and least favorite subject in school?
9. If you were going to train to break a world record, what would it be?
10. If you could be paid a full-time salary to practice anything you wanted for a full year, what would you practice?
11. If you could live in any sitcom, which would it be and why?
12. If they made a movie about your life, which actor would you want to play you?
13. If you could instantly become an expert in something, what would it be?
14. What is the strangest thing you’ve ever eaten?
15. What topic could you give a 10-minute presentation on without any preparation?
16. If you could add a rule to any sport what would it be and why?
17. What is a weird hobby of yours?
18. What is a website or app that you wish existed?
19. What is your favorite outdoor activity?
20. What is your favorite rainy day activity?
21. What could movie theaters do to improve the movie-going experience?
22. If you could become a member of one band, what band would it be?
23. What is your favorite item that you purchased in the past year?
24. If you could add anyone to Mt. Rushmore who would it be and why?
25. If you were to change your career, what would you do?
26. What was the last vacation that you went on?
27. If you could have an unlimited supply of something for the rest of your life, what would you choose?
28. If you could bring back any fashion trend what would it be?
29. If you were stuck on a deserted island, what three items would you want to have with you?
30. If you could choose any two famous people to have dinner with, who would they be?
31. What is something that you have learned in the past 24 hours?
32. What is a talent you have that most people don’t know about?
33. What is the background wallpaper on your cellphone?
34. What was your favorite moment from yesterday?
35. What are you looking forward to tomorrow?
36. What is the best dish you can cook?
Would You Rather?
1. Would you rather be able to freeze time or time travel?
2. Would you rather have to shout all the time, or whisper all the time?
3. Would you rather live in one place for the rest of your life, or somewhere new every year?
4. Would you rather be the most attractive person in the world, or the most intelligent person in the world?
5. Would you rather be able to speak every language fluently, or play every musical instrument exceptionally?
6. Would you rather always be cold or always be tired?
7. Would you rather have a guaranteed $100,000 or a 50/50 chance at $1,000,000?
8. Would you rather go without internet for a month or go without a car for a month?
9. Would you rather have to wear clothes that are way too big, or clothes that are way too small?
10. Would you rather always be 10 minutes late for everything or always be 1 hour early for everything?
11. Would you rather say everything on your mind, or nothing ever again?
12. Would you rather have a personal cook or a maid?
13. Would you rather live in Antarctica or the Sahara Desert?
14. Would you rather get paid $100/hr to sit in an empty room for as long as you can, or $20/hr to sit in an empty room as long as you can with your choice of 5 books?
15. Would you rather pick a new hobby every year, or stick with one hobby for life?
16. Would you rather have your own private office at work, or your own private bathroom?
17. Would you rather raise your salary by 25% or reduce the hours you work by 25%?
18. Would you rather have a super deep voice or a super high-pitched voice?
19. Would you rather be an Olympic Gold Medalist or an Astronaut?
20. Would you rather be a superhero or the world’s best chef?
21. Would you rather detect every lie you hear or get away with every lie you tell?
22. Would you rather be an amazing dancer or an amazing singer?
23. Would you rather wear clown shoes every day or a clown wig every day?
24. Would you rather be completely alone for 5 years or constantly be surrounded by people and never be alone for 5 years?
25. Would you rather be stuck on a broken ski lift or in a broken elevator?
26. Would you rather have nosy neighbors or noisy neighbors?
27. Would you rather be too busy or be bored?
28. Would you rather watch the big game at home or live at the stadium?
29. Would you rather be a little late or way too early?
30. Would you rather be known as a one-hit wonder for a novel or a song?
31. Would you rather be locked in an amusement park or a library?
32. Would you rather never age mentally or physically?
33. Would you rather spend the night in an aquarium or in a botanical garden?
34. Would you rather live where it is constantly winter or where it is constantly summer?
35. Would you rather go into the past and meet your ancestors or go into the future and meet your great-great-grandchildren?
36. Would you rather play a villain or a hero in a movie?
DEEP
1. What is your earliest childhood memory?
2. If you could change one thing about the past year, what would it be & why?
3. If you had $1,000 to buy a gift for the person to your left, what would you buy for them?
4. What year has been the best year of your life (so far)?
5. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
6. What is something you’ll be able good at when you’re older, that you can’t do now?
7. What is something you’ve done in the past 6 months that you are proud of?
8. What is something that you regret doing in the past 24 hours?
9. If you could forgive your younger self for one thing, what would it be?
10. Are you an introvert or an extrovert? How do you know?
11. What excites you about the world 10 years from now?
12. Who knows you the best?
13. What do you miss about being in school?
14. If you could time travel to any year which year would it be and why?
15. If you could speak to someone who is 100 years old, what would you ask them?
16. Name something about you that your 5 year old self would be proud of…
17. If you could rename yourself, what name would you pick?
18. What does your ideal morning routine look like?
19. What is something that you really didn’t want to do, that turned out to be a great experience?
20. If you had six more hours in the day, what would you use those hours for?
21. What is a bad habit of yours that you are trying to change?
22. If you were to start a charitable organization what would you name it and what would your cause be?
23. What do you think makes a good friend?
24. If someone was writing a book about your life, what would this current chapter be called?
25. What is the scariest thing you’ve ever done for fun?
26. If you could eliminate something from your daily routine, what would it be and why?
27. What childish thing do you still do as an adult?
28. What is something that you think about at least once a day?
29. What is something unexpected that has changed about you in the past few years?
30. What is something that you should spend MORE money on?
31. What is something that you should spend LESS money on?
32. What do you think will become MORE important to you as you get older?
33. What do you think will become LESS important to you as you get older?
34. Who do you admire?
35. What weird thing do you have nostalgia for?
36. What do you geek out about?
Favorites
1. What is your favorite candy?
2. What is your favorite month?
3. What is your favorite fast food restaurant?
4. What is your favorite place to go by yourself?
5. What is your favorite smell?
6. What was your favorite subject in school?
7. What is your favorite song?
8. What is your favorite sea creature?
9. What was your favorite toy as a child?
10. What is your favorite musical instrument?
11. What is your favorite Halloween costume from when you were a kid?
12. What is your favorite store to shop at?
13. What is your favorite hobby currently?
14. What is your favorite website?
15. What is your favorite way to relax?
16. What is your favorite compliment that you have received?
17. What is your favorite soda brand?
18. What is your favorite place to visit within 50 miles of here?
19. What is your favorite thing to do on a day off?
20. What is your favorite way to show love, without saying it?
21. What is your favorite art form?
22. What is your favorite thing to create?
23. What is your favorite podcast?
24. What is your favorite dish to cook?
25. What was your favorite hobby when you were a kid?
26. What do you think your favorite hobby will be 20 years from now?
27. What is your favorite National Park?
28. What is your favorite genre of music?
29. Where is your favorite beach?
30. Where is your favorite place to read?
31. What has been your favorite vacation?
32. What is your favorite thing to order at a coffee shop?
33. What is your favorite thing to learn about in your free time?
34. What is your favorite gas station snack?
35. What has been your favorite age?
36. Who has been your favorite coworker?
