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Random questions are prompts you can use to spark interesting conversations with someone. For example, “What country would you most like to visit?” or “What is the biggest risk you have ever taken?” The purpose of these phrases is to help friends and strangers start talking and getting to know each other better. You can also use this list for random question of the day exercises.
These prompts are similar to icebreaker questions and can be used in question games or as a team building game.
This list includes:
- Random question of the day generator
- Random questions to ask your friends
- Good random questions to ask people
- Interesting questions to ask someone
- Questions to make conversation
- Funny random questions to ask
- Random questions to ask coworkers
Here is the list!
Random question of the day generator
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Random questions to ask your friends
- What song was or do you want to be the your first dance at your wedding?
- What song would make the best theme music for you?
- What is the most irrational superstition you have?
- What is the weirdest food combination you enjoy?
- What is the stupidest thing you ever did on a dare?
- What is the worst date you have ever been on?
- Who is the most embarrassing person you had a crush on?
- What is your idea of the perfect day?
- If you could swap lives with one of your friends, who would it be?
- Who knows the most secrets about you?
- What are your must-have qualities in a best friend?
- If you had to get a tattoo today, what would you get?
- If you could have free meals for life at one fast food chain, which one would you choose?
- What is the most embarrassing thing your parents have ever done?
- What is a lie or exaggeration you said to impress a crush?
- What is the silliest you have ever felt?
- When was the last time you laughed so hard that you cried?
- What does your mother yell at you when she’s angry?
- What is a telltale sign that you are upset?
- What is your nickname?
- What is the wackiest thing you ever did to help a friend?
- What fictional character would you most like to be friends with?
- What is your favorite topic to talk about?
- What is your preferred method of communication?
- Where is your happy place?
- Where is your secret hideout?
- What would your dream house look like?
- Which family member are you closest to?
- What is a habit you picked up from your parents?
- What is the meanest thing you ever did to a sibling or that a sibling did to you?
- What was your best birthday ever?
- What is your most treasured possession?
- What three words best describe me?
- How did we first meet?
- What is your favorite memory of us together?
- What is something you would like to do together someday?
- What is one goal you have for the near future?
- What are you looking forward to this month?
- What is one fact every friend should know about you?
- What is the best meal you have ever eaten?
- What is one thing that only your closest friends and family know about you?
Good random questions to ask people
- What do you think the meaning of life is?
- If money were no object, what would you do?
- If you found out you were going to die tomorrow, what would you do today?
- What is the most unexpected piece of advice you ever received?
- If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?
- If you could tell your past self one thing, what would it be?
- If you could ask one question to an all-knowing being, what would it be?
- What do you think happens after death?
- What is the most profound experience you have ever had with a stranger?
- What is the biggest risk you have ever taken?
- What is an ideal that is most worth sacrificing for?
- What is a moment you realized you were wrong and what was the cause of this epiphany?
- What is one concept you cannot understand, no matter how hard you try?
- What is one item on your bucket list?
- What is your personal mantra?
- What event changed your perspective on life?
- What is the most unexpected turn your life took?
- If you could change one historic event, which one would it be?
- What is one opinion from the opposing political party you actually agree with?
- What quote most resonates with you?
- What was the most humbling moment in your life so far?
- How do you make the world a better place?
- What do you consider to be your personal calling?
- What do you think we owe each other as human beings?
- If you weren’t afraid of failure, what would you do differently?
- What is your most treasured memory?
- Who from your past that you’ve fallen out of touch with would you most like to reconnect with?
- Would you want to learn what people really thought of you?
- What personal quality do you most want to improve?
- What is the best thing in life?
- What is your general outlook on life?
- Whose advice do you value the most?
- What is the nicest act you secretly did for someone?
- How do you make tough decisions?
- Which moment in your life would you most like to do over?
- Which memory would you most like to erase, and which one would you like to remember forever?
- If you could relive one day of your life, which one would it be?
- What is something that you wish you could say to someone you love?
- What is something that wish someone would say to you?
- When did you feel safest?
- What would your younger self think of who you are today?
- What brings you the most joy?
- What do you want people to say about you when you are not around?
- What part of your identity do you believe will never change?
Interesting questions to ask someone
- What is your earliest memory?
- If you could choose a brand new name for yourself, what would it be?
- If you could learn one skill instantly, what would it be?
- If you were to write a book, what would it be about?
- If you suddenly had powers of invisibility, what would you use them for?
- What is the best business idea you have ever had?
- If you had to live as an animal for one year, which one would you choose and why?
- If you could un-invent one thing, what would it be?
- What is the most bizarre wrong number text or phone call you ever received?
- What is a behavior that you find strangely endearing or attractive?
- If you could read the mind of one celebrity, who would it be?
- What is the most unbelievable-yet-true excuse you have ever had for being late?
- What is your favorite word to say out loud?
- If you could eliminate one word from the English language, what would it be?
- What is something that strangers often incorrectly assume about you?
- What is the most thoughtful present you have ever received?
- What is the wildest thing that ever happened at a wedding you attended?
- What is your favorite simple pleasure?
- What is your favorite thing about yourself?
- What is the oddest way you ever accidentally hurt yourself?
- What is the best commercial you have ever seen?
- Somebody gives you billboard space for free. What do you put on it?
- What is a song that immediately takes you back to a particular moment in your life?
- What is a smell you associate with your childhood?
- What is a unique tradition your family had?
- What is a fictional food you would most like to try?
- What was something that wound up being totally different than you imagined it to be?
- What is one trend you wish would come back in style?
- Do you think you could live in outer space for a year?
- Do you think you could live in a plastic bubble at the bottom of the sea for one year?
- If money were no object, what outrageous luxury would you add to your house?
- What villain do you secretly cheer for?
- If you could make up a new holiday, what would it be?
- What kind of baby animal would you most love to be surrounded by?
- If you could have any animal as a pet, which one would you choose?
Questions to make conversation
- What is your Harry Potter house?
- What is the strangest coincidence that ever happened to you?
- If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
- What is one thing people would never guess about you?
- What is a story you love to tell, but hardly ever get a chance to?
- What is an unpopular opinion you hold?
- What is your favorite movie or TV show to quote at random?
- What album can you listen to again and again without getting sick of it?
- What book changed your life?
- What is one dealbreaker you have on a first date?
- What is the strangest thing you ever did in high school?
- Have you ever fallen for a scam? If so, what was it?
- What was the most outrageous lie you believed as a child?
- What activity do you waste the most time on?
- What technology are you most hooked on?
- If you could donate $100,000 to any philanthropic cause or charity organization, which one would you choose and why?
- What is a product or service you are willing to spend more money on to get better quality?
- Who is the most interesting person you know?
- Have you ever lost a bet? What was it? What were the consequences?
- What is something that never fails to make you laugh?
- What do you believe is overrated?
- What do you believe is underrated?
- If you could watch any movie again for the first time, what would you watch?
- What is your favorite holiday?
- What is your favorite holiday tradition?
- What country would you most like to visit?
- What is one hobby you would like to try?
- What is the best social psychology trick you know?
- What is the most random thing you have cried about?
- Who is the worst roommate you have ever had?
- What item do you collect?
- What is your favorite photograph of all time?
- What word do you use most often?
- What is the nicest compliment you ever received?
- What was the last show you binge watched?
- What is the most fascinating fact you know?
- What is the most interesting thing you heard or read in the news lately?
- What is your favorite kind of weather?
- What is your greatest new discovery?
- What is the most uncomfortable sensation?
- What is something childish that you enjoy?
Funny random questions to ask someone
- What is the grossest behavior you are willing to admit?
- What is your go-to song to belt out in the shower?
- What would you do if your pet suddenly started talking?
- What secrets do you think your pet would spill about you, if they could talk?
- What is the funniest misunderstanding that ever happened to you?
- What is the worst way someone butchered your name?
- What is the least amount of money you would accept to swallow a dead worm?
- What is something that characters do in movies that annoys you the most?
- Would you shave your head for $100?
- What is your go-to song to serenade someone with?
- What is the sneakiest thing you ever did as a child?
- What is the wittiest comeback you ever came up with?
- What is the most bizarre dream you have ever had?
- What sitcom scenario would you most like to see play out in real life?
- Which person in your life is most likely to secretly be a time traveler?
- What would be the most awkward moment to cackle like a hyena?
- Who would be the most awkward person to accidentally say “I love you,” to?
- What would be the most uncomfortable movie to watch with your parents?
- What is the most ridiculous outfit you have ever worn in public?
- Which movie monster would you have the easiest time beating in a fight?
- Have you ever cheated at a board game?
- If you were a ghost, who would you haunt?
- If you were forcefully granted the midas touch with one object of your choosing, which object would things turned into when you touched them.
- You have to pull off a museum heist. What’s your plan?
- Which mythological creature would be the worst roommate?
- What would you say to convince a loved one that you are not an alien imposter?
- How do we know you are not a robot?
- What is the most terrible movie you legitimately enjoy?
- If people suddenly got paid for bad behavior, what habit would make you a fortune?
- What is your favorite cheesy pick-up line?
- If you suddenly became a giant, what would be the biggest inconvenience?
- If you had a shrink-ray, what would you use it for?
- You have Wonder Woman’s lasso of truth, who do you use it on first?
- What is the laziest thing you have ever done?
- You are a conman who can infiltrate any profession. Which job do you pretend to be an expert at?
- If you had to smell like one kind of food for the rest of your life, what would it be?
- What is your best tip for messing with time travelers?
- If you could have a flying version of any animal as a pet, what would it be and why?
- If you had to have a doodle permanently tattooed onto your face, what do you think would be the easiest to live with?
- If you had an unlimited budget, what epic prank would you pull?
Random questions to ask coworkers
- Who is the strangest coworker you ever had?
- Which fictional workplace would you like to get a job at?
- What task do you wish people would pay you to do?
- If you weren’t in this profession, what job would be your next choice?
- Who is the best boss you ever had?
- What is the most outrageous customer you ever had?
- What kind of person would be your worst nightmare to share an office with?
- What totally outrageous luxury would you love to have in the office?
- Was there ever a moment you were sure you were going to be fired but it turned out fine?
- What do you wish your coworkers knew about you?
- What is your biggest pet peeve at work?
- Who has had the biggest impact on your career?
- What is the strangest job you have ever had?
- What was the most stressful moment of your career so far?
- Who would be on your project dream team?
- What unusual workplace benefit would you love to receive?
- What is the best free food to discover in the breakroom?
- What is the best gift you have ever received from an employer?
- Describe your dream office.
- If you could design your own work schedule, what would it look like?
- Do you prefer jobs that are always busy or ones that are typicall slow?
- Prefer to work alone or with a team?
- What job would you never want to perform?
- What job would you love to try for one day?
- What is the most out-of-your element you have ever felt at work?
- What is the nicest thing a teammate has ever done for you?
- Where would you most like to travel for work?
- Describe your dream day at work.
- What are three tools you could not do your job without?
- What is your dream project?
- Who is your dream client?
- What invention do you think would make your job easier?
- What is the most unprofessional thing you once saw someone do?
- What is your worst work habit?
- What is your best work hack?
- What is the best work trip you have ever taken?
Final Thoughts
Finding the right words and coming up with clever comments can be difficult. Random questions to ask people get conversations flowing and make it easier to connect with anyone, and friends and strangers especially. These talking points are a fun way to pass the time and learn more about someone you are chatting with. You can also do random question of the day activities to achieve these results on an ongoing basis.
Next, check out these lists of get to know you questions, most likely to questions, never have I ever questions, rapid fire questions, what if questions, and would you rather questions.
We also have a random question generator tool and a list of conversation starters for the workplace.
FAQ: Random questions
Here are answers to common inquiries about asking random questions.
What are some good random questions to ask someone?
Some good random questions to ask someone are:
- What is the strangest coincidence that ever happened to you?
- If you were to write a book, what would it be about?
- What is one item on your bucket list?
- What song would make the best theme music for you?
These types of prompts inspire interesting conversations, and are only a few examples of the kinds of topics that get folks talking.
What are some weird random questions to ask your friends?
Some weird random question to ask your friends include:
- What is the weirdest food combination you enjoy?
- What is your favorite cheesy pick-up line?
- If you had to get a tattoo today, what would you get?
- What fictional character would you most like to be friends with?
- What is the most fascinating fact you know?
Asking and answering random questions is a fun and easy way to pass time.
What makes a good random question?
Good random questions are personal, but not too personal. These prompts get participants thinking and talking, and generally are interesting to ask someone. Yes or no questions are not the best options because there are easy answers. The best random questions encourage people to tell stories or explain their reasoning, which in turn makes for better conversations.
Author: Angela Robinson
Content Expert at teambuilding.com.
Team building content expert. Angela has a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and worked as a community manager with Yelp to plan events for businesses.
Angela Robinson FAQs
What questions to ask about 2022? ›
- What are the first thoughts that come to mind about your past year? ...
- What goals have I achieved this year? ...
- Which goals did I not achieve? ...
- What were my biggest challenges and insights this year? ...
- What were my top personal strength(s) I used this year?
- How many people have you kissed?
- Do you ever think about me?
- What have you done sexually with someone else?
- What attracts you to people?
- What are your thoughts on sex?
- Are you a virgin?
- Do you think you're a good kisser?
- What turns you on?
- If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?
- Do you eat or drink soup?
- How many pairs of shoes do you own?
- What is the best gift you have ever received?
- If you were a superhero, what powers would you want to have?
- What is your favorite animal?
- What's your favorite family recipe?
- What song was or do you want to be the your first dance at your wedding?
- What song would make the best theme music for you?
- What is the most irrational superstition you have?
- What is the weirdest food combination you enjoy?
- What is the stupidest thing you ever did on a dare?
Fifteen Questions is the world's first music magazine about music itself. By talking to some of the leading artists of our time about their perspectives, processes and approaches, we aim at building an extensive archive documenting one of music's most turbulent and exciting eras.
What are some 20 questions to ask? ›- When is your birthday?
- What is your favorite animal?
- What do you do for a living? ...
- If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
- What was your favorite school subject?
- Do you have a small or big family?
- What genres of music do you like best?
The human heart creates enough pressure to squirt blood 30 feet (9 m). Diet Coke was only invented in 1982. There are more than 1,700 references to gems and precious stones in the King James translation of the Bible. When snakes are born with two heads, they fight each other for food.
Who most likely fun questions? ›- Most likely to forget their best friend's birthday?
- Most likely to eat something off the ground?
- Most likely to break a world record?
- Most likely to go on Love Island?
- Most likely to become a millionaire?
- Most likely to shoplift?
- Most likely to spend all their money on something stupid?
- What's your biggest turn off?
- What's the largest age gap between you and your sexual partners?
- Does size really matter?
- Who was your worst sexual partner and why?
- Have you ever faked an orgasm?
- Have you ever been caught in action?
Definition of Big Question (BQ) A big, or essential, question (BQ) is open-ended, taps into the heart of the discipline, provides an opportunity for integration and connection to personal/social/professional issues, and addresses the question of “what can I do with this learning?”
What is a hot question? ›
An easy way to motivate students and encourage engagement is to capture their attention by posting a HOT (High Order Thinking) Question for the class to discuss. HOT questions require students to apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information instead of simply recalling facts.
What are the best 21 questions? ›- What's the weirdest dream you've ever had?
- If you could travel to any year in a time machine, what year would you choose and why?
- If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
- What's one of the most fun childhood memories you have?
- What life experience has most shaped who you are? ...
- What makes it all worthwhile to you? ...
- Where do you have the most impact? ...
- What stands between you and where you want to go? ...
- How are you?
- What's your favorite TV show?
- What's your favorite movie?
- What's your favorite book?
- What's your favorite music genre?
- What's your favorite band?
- What are you doing this weekend?
- Where did you go on vacation last year?
- Do you like to cook or bake?
- If You Had Three Wishes, What Would You Wish For?
- What Would You Rather Throw Away: Love Or Money?
- What's The Most Beautiful Place You've Ever Seen?
- What Was Your Fondest Memory Of High School?
- What's Your Favorite TV Show?
- What's The Strangest Thing In Your Refrigerator?
What is “21 Questions”? 21 Questions is a conversation-starting game that involves asking a series of questions to learn more about somebody. It can be played online or in real life and works with two people or a larger group.
What are the 7 types of questions? ›- Closed questions (aka the 'Polar' question) ...
- Open questions. ...
- Probing questions. ...
- Leading questions. ...
- Loaded questions. ...
- Funnel questions. ...
- Recall and process questions. ...
- Rhetorical questions.
In English, there are four types of questions: general or yes/no questions, special questions using wh-words, choice questions, and disjunctive or tag/tail questions.
How do 21 Questions work? ›Each player has to answer a set of 21 questions. To make things more interesting, the players can divide the questions and allocate points to each. The person who answers them all wins. If you gather more than two people to play, all the other players get to ask you a question from the list as per their wish.
What are the big 6 questions? ›o What is my current task? o What are some topics or questions I need to answer? o What information will I need? o What are all the possible sources to check? o What are the best sources of information for this task? o Where can I find these sources? o Where can I find the information in the source?
What are the big 3 questions? ›
The Three Big Questions strategy challenges readers to annotate in the margins by marking passages that answer the questions: "What surprised me?", "What did the author think I already knew?", and "What challenged, changed, or confirmed what I already knew?".
What are the hardest questions to ask? ›- Can love really last a lifetime? ...
- Why do married folks begin to look like one another? ...
- Can a marriage survive betrayal? ...
- Why does summer zoom by and winter drag on forever? ...
- Do animals really have a sixth sense? ...
- Why does the line you're in always move the slowest?
- The dot over a lowercase i and j has a name! ...
- Water makes different sounds depending on its temperature! ...
- McDonald's invented a sweet-tasting type of broccoli! ...
- Rabbits can't be sick! ...
- Humans are the only animals that blush! ...
- The hashtag symbol has a fancy term!
- It is impossible for most people to lick their own elbow. ...
- A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
- A shrimp's heart is in its head.
- It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
- A teaspoonful of neutron star. ...
- Metals that explode when in contact with water. ...
- Hawaii is moving closer to Alaska by 7.5cm every year. ...
- Sunflowers are known as hyperaccumulators. ...
- A cockroach can live for up to one week without its head.
- Who am I? ~12,000,000 searches. ...
- What song is this? ~18,000,000 searches. ...
- Where am I? ~18,000,000 searches. ...
- What time is it? ~21,960,000 searches. ...
- Why is the sky blue? ~5,400,000 searches. ...
- How many ounces in a cup? ~32,880,000 searches. ...
- Where's my refund? ~89,760,000 searches.
Would you rather eat your favorite meal every day or never eat it again? Would you rather have to eat one dog treat per day plus whatever food you want or never eat dog food, but you can only eat cereal? Would you rather eat steak for a week or ice cream for a week?
How well do you know questions? ›- What's my middle name/nickname?
- What are my worst fears?
- What's my favourite food or food type?
- What is the best memory that I have from my childhood?
- When's my birthday? (if you see them struggling you can go for the month instead of the day)
- What am I most self-conscious about?
As a group, players take turns counting one, two, or three numbers in sequence from 1 to 21. The player that has to say “21,” loses the round and has to tell a truth, complete a dare, or answer a situational question. The numbers you say are entirely your choice—there are not any set patterns that you must follow.
What dare should I give to a boy? ›...
- Talk in a seductive voice for 1 hour.
- Lay your head to someone's lap for the rest of the game.
- Describe your crush using food.
- Smell everyone's hair and describe how it smells.
- Write or draw something embarrassing somewhere on your body.
What is the most popular dare? ›
- Yell out the first word that comes to your mind.
- Hold your nose while you sing the chorus of your favorite song.
- Call your dad and say you got engaged.
- Dance for 30 seconds to a Snoop Dogg song.
- Eat a whole raw clove of garlic.
- Close your eyes until your next turn.
Much religious education now, and perhaps more to come, is based on a consideration of what some have called ultimate questions. Questions like 'Who am I ?' , 'Why are we here ?' , 'What is the purpose of life ?' , 'Does the universe have meaning ?'
What are 6 types of questions? ›In this worksheet you will find 6 types of questions: general, special, alternative, tag, subject question and indirect question.
What are some burning questions? ›- What are stars made of?
- What's Grandma doing right now?
- Why do boys and girls have different body parts?
- Is Dr. ...
- When I was born, where exactly did I come out of your body?
- Do you know how to do the tango?
- Who's smarter, robots or humans?
A juicy question is one that
no one in your group knows the answer to.
A thick question is a question that requires. more than a one or two word response. It deals. with the big picture and large concepts. Thick answers are involved, complex, and open ended.
What are the 4 big questions of life? ›The Four Great Questions of Life: Who Am I? Where Do I Come From? What Is My Purpose? Where Am I Going?
What's a good question of the day? ›- What do you need help with most often?
- What's something that no one knows about you?
- What kind of challenges are you facing these days?
- What do you miss most about?
- When was the last time you were lost?
- What book had the most significant impact on you?
WHAT ARE 'GOLDEN QUESTIONS'? Golden questions are the smallest number of survey questions that can be used to reproduce market segments previously created from longer lists of questions.
What is the most asked question 2022? ›But did you know there are actually over 200 streaming services available? That's a lot of content! It's no wonder, then, that possibly the most Googled question of 2022 is “What to watch?” with an astounding 9,140,000 searches each month!
What are some questions to ask about the future? ›
- How would you describe your future self?
- Where does your future self live?
- What job is your future self doing?
- How much does your future self earn?
- What does a typical day for your future self look like?
- What hobbies does your future self enjoy?
- How does your future self handle conflict?
When I reflect on 2022, I am so grateful for so many opportunities that have allowed me to be BOLD, find harmony, and develop connections. I feel grateful for all of my clients who have shared their stories with me, who have allowed me to be part of their growth journey, and for how much they have also helped me grow.