20- 99 Icebreaker Questions

The term “ice breaker” is often used to describe an activity that is designed to result in strangers getting to know each other. The goal of the activity is for people to feel comfortable with each other and help them engage in comfortable conversation. Depending on the networking situation, you may find that there is a formal, structured, activity to help people get to know each other. If not, you can use on or more of the following questions designed to promote conversation and create a relaxed environment.

Don’t forget to think about your answers to these questions that you are ready to engage in meaningful conversation sparked by one or more of the following questions.

1. If you could meet anyone in the world right now, who would it be and why?
2. If you could meet anyone in history, who would it be and why?
3. If you could meet a superhero, who would it be an why?
4. What is your favorite book?
5. Who is your favorite author?
6. If you could have one superpower what would it be?
7. If you could be any animal for one day which would you choose?
8. Where is your favorite vacation spot?
9. What is your favorite cuisine?
10. What is the strangest thing you’ve ever eaten?
11. What activity is at the top of your “bucket list?”
12. Who is your favorite comedian?
13. What is your favorite comedy movie?
14. If you could build a time machine where is the first time and place you would travel?
15. If you could teleport anywhere in the world, where would it be?
16. What was your favorite toy as a child?
17. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
18. If you could be a comic book character, which one would you be?
19. Did you play any sports in school?
20. What fictional character would you like to meet?
21. What fictional place would you like to visit?
22. Which season is your favorite, and why?
23. What is one activity you’ve always wanted to try?
24. If you were on a desert island and could only bring one book, which would you pick?
25. Who is your favorite singer/musical group?
26. If you had three wishes, what would they be?
27. What is your favorite herb/spice for cooking?
28. What location would you most like to visit?
29. What is your favorite piece of technology?
30. What is your favorite smell?
31. What three words would your best friend use to describe you?
32. If you could live in any time for six months, when would it be?
33. What is a recent book that you recommend?
34. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
35. What was your most memorable birthday, and why?
36. If you won a yacht in a contest, what would you name it?
37. If you could be any mythical creature, which would you choose?
38. What is your favorite type of flower?
39. What was your first job?
40. What is your favorite board game and when is the last time you played it?
41. What would you do if you had tomorrow off work?
42. Do you play any musical instruments?
43. If you could meet any US president, alive or dead, who would it be?
44. What is your favorite quote?
45. What is your favorite meal to cook?
46. What is your favorite song?
47. If you wrote a book about your life, what would the title be?
48. If you won the lottery tomorrow but had to use all of the money to benefit someone else, what would you do with the winnings?
49. If you could be a professional athlete for one week, what sport would you choose?
50. What was your favorite subject in high school?
51. If you could meet any current world leader, who would it be?
52. What is the strangest thing you have ever seen?
53. Have you ever met anyone famous?
54. What was your favorite childhood game?
55. What is a recent commercial that you enjoyed watching?
56. What is your favorite item in your office?
57. If you had to live in another country for one year, where would it be?
58. If Hollywood made a movie about your life, who would play you?
59. Tell me about a recent trip you took.
60. Tell me about a favorite memory from a sporting event you attended.
61. If you could learn any language instantly, which would it be?
62. If you could meet one character on a current TV show, who would it be?
63. If Hollywood made a movie about your life, what genre would it be?
64. What is your favorite college memory?
65. Tell me about any pets you have.
66. What is your favorite genre of book?
67. What is your favorite type of music to listen to?
68. What is your favorite sports team?
69. If you could meet any living famous athlete, who would it be?
70. What is your favorite town in the world?
71. Would you rather live in a lake house or a beach house by an ocean?
72. In the event of a zombie apocalypse, what would be your choice of weapon. (note you want to gage your audience before asking this one to be sure it is appropriate)
73. If you could only have one modern convenience, what would it be?
74. If you were on a desert island and could only bring one music album, which would you pick?
75. What is the worst haircut you’ve ever had?
76. What date on this year’s calendar are you most looking forward to?
77. If you could trade places with any living person for one day, who would it be?
78. What is the one item in your purse/pocket right now that you can’t live without?
79. What was your first car?
80. What is one thing you didn’t understand about the world when you were a kid?
81. Are you a morning or an evening person?
82. What is your favorite type of tree?
83. Tell me about your favorite photograph.
84. When was the last time you hit a piñata?
85. What is your favorite vacation memory?
86. If you could paint your office any color, which would you pick?
87. Which of your 5 senses is your strongest?
88. If you could snap your fingers and go somewhere else, where would you go?
89. What would you do in life if you knew you couldn’t fail?
90. What is your favorite type of insect?
91. If you could be a contestant on a tv game show, which one would it be?
92. Which band or singer did you see at your first concert?
93. If you could go back in time to see one major historic event, which would it be?
94. Which museum is your favorite?
95. Describe yourself in three words.
96. What is your favorite type of desert?
97. If you lived a 25 hour day, but everyone else lived a 24 hour day, what would you do with the extra hour?
98. What is the most interested “ice breaker” question you have ever been asked?
99. If you were a spy, what would your alias be?

 What are your favorite icebreaker questions?