Surface level

-what are you looking forwards to this year?

-what would be your “call sign” if you were in the Air Force?

-how many squirrels do you think you see a day on average?

-what is the coolest animal you have seen with your eyes directly?

-what’s the most interesting thing you carry in your wallet?

 

-what is something that you are known for?

-what is a gift you received that has lasted more than 5 years?

-what is the worst injury of sickness you have had?

-what is on your anti bucket list, thing you never want to do again?

-what is a long term project you are working on?

 

-best local place to get food?

-favorite animal with six or more legs?

-what TV show would you recommend?

-what is the best tool you have bought?

-as a kid what did you want to be when you grew up?

 

-what is the most populous city you have been to?

-what is a food that reminds you of family?

-what year do you think the modern era begin?

-if you were a substitute English teacher for a few months and got control of a unit, what book or activity would you do?

 

-if your friend said, “I know a guy” and called you, what would they be calling you for?

-What is a nostalgic song for you?

-what is something people learn but only when it’s too late?

-what is a fun fact about yourself that relates to one of your friends?

-what makes a hobby serious?

Speculative

-given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?

-would you rather die doing something you love or die in peace?

-what year do you think humans will land on mars and why?

-what do you think is the biggest scam in society?

-what is the oldest thing you own, that has a definite date?

 

-what is one simple question you would ask an omniscient being?

-we discover an earth like habitable planet, what should its name be?

-describe your dream house, where money isn’t a question. What would it look like?

-how do you celebrate your birthday?

-if you had a movie made of you, who would play you ( can’t be you )?

 

-you gain the ability to transform into an animal at will, what animal?

-what is the largest land animal you think you could beat in a fight?

-you need to rename a major city to have a better name, what city and what is the new name?

-what fictional world would you like to sight see in?

-if you could bankrupt one company which one, would you?

 

-what is the best return on investment purchase that you made?

-how much money would you pay to be able to fluently speak another language?

-if you could put one image on the back of a US quarter, what would it be?

-if you were made into a mass market action figure, what would come in the basic version, accessories, and cloths etc?

-is there a job that does not exist that you would like to work?

 

-would you rather have it be that all stop lights are green for you, you never get stuck behind slow walking people?

-would you rather not be able to open doors or not see through glass?

-would you rather you can dictate the outcome of any coin you flip;  your pencil is always sharp and never gets lost?

-would you rather be able to command dogs or command horses?

-would you rather have cats’ eyes to see in the dark or fish eyes to see underwater?

Serious

-what would you sacrifice to gain 10 more years of your life?

-what price would you demand in exchange for your fertility?

-what is sacred to you and why?

-if someone you knew went missing, how long would it take until you gave up hope for their return?

-what is the closest you have come to death?

 

-how far do the ends justify the means go?

-you know and have perfect proof of when the world is going to end, it’s within the next year and you must tell people, when will you tell and how?

-what would collapse your life?

-what is the hardest test of friendship you have experienced, and what happened afterwards?

-what mistakes of the past have you made peace with?

 

-what is the best way to explore human nature?

-do you think people have a right to be happy or does it need to be earned?

-what is the line between justice and revenge?

-how much privacy is a human right?

-what feeling or emotion most strongly controls you?