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64 best Icebreaker questions for adults
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Serious Icebreakers
The idea behind this post is that when you're in the office you get to experience lots of new people, new cultures and new ideas. Sometimes when you're working on a project or coming up with an idea with your team, it can get stale and dull. So I gathered a list of really funny team building questions which are guaranteed to make someone's day!
- What is the last book your read?
- Where do you spend most of your day?
- Mountains or ocean?
- Not including deadlines, how do you motivate yourself to get stuff done?
- They say “curiosity killed the cat” how much curiosity is healthy?
- What is the most adventurous thing you have done?
- Tell me something about yourself that I could never tell from looking at you.
- Letter or emails?
- What was the worst job you ever had?
- If you did not have to sleep, how would you spend the extra 8 hours?
- Who was your role model as a kid and why?
- What is the best thing you have bought so far this year?
- Is life just a game?
- What's your guilty pleasure when you have free time during the week?
- How would you describe your communication style in 3 words?
- What drives you crazy (about a friend, colleague, or family member)? How do you deal with it?
- What is your favorite decade and why?
- What is your favorite baked good?
- What’s one frequently used word that you can’t stand?
- Name three things you and your partner have in common.
- What is one thing you want to improve about yourself?
- Complete the sentence “I wish everyone could…”
- What is your earliest childhood memory? If it’s something "mundane," why do you think it stuck in your memory? If it’s something unusual/unique, what do you remember most vividly about it?
- Tell us one big problem you’ve had to solve this year?
- Netflix or Hulu?
- Night out or night in?
- Night or morning?
- What is your favorite classic Disney movie?
- What is the worst thing your mother-in-law ever did to/for you?
- What is something you have not told many people?
- What is your favorite book as an adult?
- Money or love?
- Which best describes you? An introvert or an extrovert?
- What is a boring fact about yourself?
- Text or phone call?
- Introvert or extrovert?
- What is your pet peeve in traffic?
- What is your best breakfast at home?
- Leader or follower?
- Was there ever a food you didn’t want to eat, but you loved it once you tried it?
- How old is the oldest pair of shoes in your closet?
- Loud or quiet?
- Besides insects and spiders, what animals annoy you the most?
- Tell me about something you love doing that you’re terrible at. And tell me about something you really do not like doing that you’re great at.
- Smartest person in the world or richest person in the world?
- Misunderstood after death or forgotten after death?
- Test the waters or dive in the deep end?
- If you could have any unlimited supply of one thing for the rest of your life, what would you pick?
- What brands do you love/hate the most?
- Misquoted movies or mistaken lyrics?
- How would you describe your job to a bunch of kindergarteners?
- What was the last thing to pleasantly surprise you?
- What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten?
- What would we most likely find you doing on the weekend?
- What is the worst advice you’ve ever given?
- What is your favorite question to ask a stranger?
- If you could live in any country, where would you live?
- What’s one thing you’re learning now, and why is it important?
- If you could live in another historical period, would you? If so, which one?
- What is your favorite app?
- Who has influenced you most when it comes to how you approach your work?
- What’s your most used emoji?
- Would you rather be raised by wolfs until the age of 18 or thrown into a pack of coyotes at age 35?
- What is a supposedly fun thing that you did — that you’ll never do again?