Here is our list of icebreaker questions that are perfect for getting a conversation going. Have a look through and choose the icebreaker questions that you think will work best for the person or people you are talking to.
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Icebreaker questions
- What’s the best thing you’ve got going on in your life at the moment?
- What incredibly common thing have you never done?
- What has taken you the longest to get good or decent at?
- What food do you love that a lot of people might find a little odd?
- If you could start a charity, what would it be for?
- What was the funniest thing you’ve seen recently online?
- What are some of your favorite games to play?
- What takes a lot of time but is totally worth it?
- What is the most amazing fact you know?
- What website or app doesn’t exist, but you really wish it did?
- What’s your favorite type of day? (weather, temp, etc.)
- What is the most clever or funniest use of advertising you’ve seen?
- How into self-improvement are you?
- When someone finds out what you do, or where you are from, what question do they always ask you?
- Are you more productive at night or in the morning? Do you think it’s possible to change and get used to another schedule?
- What scene in a movie always gives you goosebumps every time you watch it?
- What topic could you give a 20-minute presentation on without any preparation?
- What’s something that a lot of people are missing out on because they don’t know about it?
- What are some of your guilty pleasures?
- Who is the most interesting person you’ve met and talked with?
- What has really taken a toll on you?
- How did you spend the money from your very first job?
- What do you wish someone taught you a long time ago?
- Do you think you rely too heavily on your phone? Why or why not?
- How could carousels be spiced up so they are more exciting?
- What’s your favorite car that you’ve owned?
- What subjects should be taught in school but aren’t?
- What’s the biggest vehicle you’ve driven?
- What songs would be played on a loop in hell?
- What rule do you wish they would introduce into your favorite sport?
- What kind of challenges are you facing these days?
- What do you highly recommend to most people you meet?
- Do you think you have a pretty good work-life balance? Why or why not?
- What was the last thing you were really excited about?
- What’s your best “my coworkers are crazy” story?
- What does your perfect breakfast look like?
- What are some of your favorite holiday traditions that you did while growing up?
- If you could choose your dreams, what would you prefer to dream about?
- Would you ride in a zeppelin if given a chance?
- What’s something that was once important but is now becoming less and less relevant?
- What tells you the most about a person?
- When is the most interesting period in history?
- What is the best pair of shoes you have owned?
- What book had the most significant impact on you?
- Where’s your favorite place to nap?
- What is the best event you’ve attended?
- What do you buy way more of than most people?
- What do you rebel against?
- What well-known person does the most good for the world?
- What’s your favorite food combination?
- What’s the weirdest way you have met someone?
- What’s the most amazing natural occurrence you’ve witnessed?
- How did you get that scar of yours?
- What do you wish was illegal?
- If someone came up to you and said “Hey, do that thing you do!”, what thing would pop into your head first?
- Who is the most intelligent or creative person you know?
- What wastes the most time in your day to day life?
- What’s a problem you have, that might be entirely unique to you?
- What company or brand did you love until they betrayed your trust?
- Would you ever try space tourism, if you had the money for it?
- What’s the most annoying machine you must deal with regularly?
- What are you grateful for?
- What hobby would you be a lot of fun to get into?
- What do you resent paying for most?
- What pets did you have growing up?
- What’s the best or worst prank you’ve played on someone?
- What was the scariest movie you’ve seen?
- What motivates you?
- Where are five places you really want to visit before you die?
- What’s the best location to fully enjoy a good cup of coffee?
- How handy are you when it comes to fixing things?
- What skill or talent would you most like to learn?
- What weird thing do you have nostalgia for?
- What works of art have really made an impression on you?
- What culture would you like to learn more about?
- If you were featured on the local news, what would you most likely be on there for?
- What do you wish your phone could do?
- What’s your favorite international food?
- What workers have the worst jobs?
- What kind of physical activities do you like doing?
- Would you rather watch a movie on your TV at home or on the big screen in the theater, and why?
- What assumption you made went hilariously wrong?
- What big problem do you think technology will solve next?
- What fashion trend needs to be brought back?
- How do you think you will be/act when you are old?
- What’s your favorite way to waste time online?
- What’s the longest trip you’ve been on?
- What was something you thought would be easy until you tried it?
- What, in your opinion, is the most amazing animal?
- How into tech are you? Why?
- What is the biggest mistake you’ve made at work?
- Who is the oldest person you know personally? What interesting stories have they told you?
- Who is the funniest person in your family?
- What useless facts do you know?
- What’s your favorite Olympic sport to watch?
- How do you usually get your news?
- What smell do you hate that doesn’t seem to bother other people?
- What’s the most delightful hotel or house you’ve stayed in on vacation?
- What weird quirks did you pick up from your parents?
- What were your favorite television shows when you were growing up?
- What’s the silliest thing you are pretty good at?
- What’s your idea of a great day?
- What are some of the dumbest misadventures you’ve been on?
- What do you want to do when you retire?
- What do you do to unwind after a hard day?
- Who is the most competitive person you know?
- Would you rather spend time with other people or at home alone?
- What are some films that would make it on to your top 50 list of movies?
- What slang are you really happy went out of fashion?
- What music do you put on when you want to get pumped?
- What makes you feel old when you think about it?
- How well do you know your neighbors?
- What’s the best backhanded compliment you’ve heard / can think of on the spot?
- Who is the most interesting stranger you’ve met?
- What was your funniest or worst experience with a dentist?
- What’s the noblest endeavor a person can dedicate their life to?
- What’s your idea of a great party?
- What are some of your favorite scenes from movies?
- What are two of your favorite snacks?
- What’s the biggest adventure you’ve been on?
- Besides war and diplomacy, what would be the best way for countries to settle disputes?
- What household chore do you actually enjoy?
- What is something you do better than most people and something you do worse than most people?
- What TV show are you hooked on or were recently hooked on?
- If you had to lose one of your senses, which would you choose to lose?
- If a new volcano formed and the government had an online contest to see what it would be named, what name would you submit?
- What is the last goal you achieved?
- What was your worst haircut experience?
- Do you prefer pens or pencils? Why?
- What’s the best way to stay young?
- What is the most stressful TV show or movie you watched?
- How good are you at drawing?
- What did your teachers and parents say would be really important when you grew up, but it hasn’t been?
- How do you feel about clowns?
- What is your favorite genre of movie? Why?
- What brands do you love/hate the most?
- What is the weirdest food combination you’ve made and tried?
- What would you change if you were in charge of the company you work for?
- Who has been your most interesting/confusing/annoying neighbor?
- Has there ever been a time when something so amazing or unexpected happened that it literally left you speechless for a time?
- Where’s the most surreal area you been to?
- What are common misconceptions about your job?
- What public spaces do you feel most comfortable in? (Library, bar, park, mall, stadium, etc.)
- What’s the most outdated piece of tech you still use regularly?
- What’s the weirdest food you’ve eaten?
- Who was your favorite teacher?
- What recent trend are you totally on board with?
- What about becoming an adult caught you completely off guard?
- How often do you dance?
- What’s the best cake you’ve ever eaten?
- What kind of art do you appreciate the most?
- What crossed way too far into the uncanny valley for you?
- What’s your favorite thing about the area/city/state you live in?
- What’s the best day you’ve had recently?
- What’s your favorite way to spend time outdoors?
- What does your perfect burger or sandwich have in it?
- What’s the worst advice you’ve been given?
- What’s the strangest name someone you have met had?
- What was something courageous you’ve (in person) seen someone do?
- What card or board games do you like to play?
- What are you best at fixing?
- What movie never gets old no matter how many times you’ve seen it?
- If the universe is just a simulation, what update or patch does it need?
- Where have you traveled to?
- What’s the scariest horror movie or horror book monster?
- What’s the most unique shop or restaurant you’ve been in?
- What hard time in your life left you a better person after it was finished?
- What’s the best sports game you’ve been to?
- What period would be the best to be born in?
- What sport do you wish you knew more about?
- What’s something you’re looking forward to?
- What’s the most creative thing you’ve done?
- What are you hilariously bad at?
- Tell me about a time you were totally out of your element/comfort zone.
- Are you a cat or dog person or neither? Why?
- Who is the most gifted person you know?
- What was your best vacation?
- What do you usually do on your commute to work?
- What was the craziest theme park or fair ride you’ve been on?
- What kind of people do you most enjoy hanging out with?
- What do you think the ideal age to be is?
- What are you kind of snobby about?
- What toy did you hate most as a child?
- What’s your drink of choice? (Either alcoholic or non.)
- If you left your current life behind and ran away to follow your dreams, what would you be doing?
- What food is underrated or under appreciated?
- What’s your favorite line from a book or a movie?
- What is the best thing you have ever bought?
- What catchy jingle or bit of advertising has stuck with you all these years?
- What luxury is totally worth the price?
- What is the most unique or silliest problem you have going on in your life at the moment?
- What could movie theaters do to improve the experience of going there?
- If you were so wealthy you didn’t need to work, what would you do with your time?
- What apps do you use most?
- What is the most tedious and/or the most exciting sport to watch?
- What’s your favorite island that you’ve visited?
- What do you geek out about?
- Besides insects and spiders, what animals annoy you the most?
- What’s your favorite month?
- What’s the best concert you’ve been to and why was it so good?
Icebreaker questions PDF and image
Here is the PDF of 200 Icebreaker questions.
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