41 New Icebreaker Questions:

A new list of icebreaker questions:
Conversation Starters.
Or just breaking the ice.


1. What is the most used app on your phone?
2. Who do you text message the most?
3. What subject do you spend the most time talking about?
4. What is the longest you've gone without speaking to a member of  your family?
5. Where is the last place you visited walking to only by foot?
6. What is one place you visited that left you feeling disappointed?
7. What is one place you visited that left you feeling pleasantly surprised?
8. When was the last time you had a daydream?
9. What is the most creative thing you do?
10. When you read fiction do you imagine how you could have made the story better?
11. What is the last book you read?
12. What is the last book you read without skipping anything?
13. Which is more entertaining: a novel or a non-fiction book? (and why?)
14. You have to choose one: would you rather spend a week visiting the arctic or the antarctic, which one would you choose and why?
15. Who was your best friend growing up?
16. Who was one classmate from your past that you did not get along with?
17. What is your definition of success?
18. What is your definition of love?
19. Which musical artist (band/solo performer/ensemble etc.) do you spend the most time listening to?
20. Do you care when people end sentences in prepositions?
21. What do you think about Sigmund Freud?
22. When was the last time you had a debate on a major academic topic with someone?
23. What was the name of  your first grade teacher?
24. Which form of candy did you like to eat when you were a kid?
25. You have to choose one: would you rather spend a week in a Mountain Cabin isolated from all humanity or a week on an ocean-faring boat-like vessel isolated from all humanity?
26. Which is more treacherous, the rain-forest or the desert?
27. How do you feel about love poetry?
28. If you created a new website, what would it be about?
29. What are your thoughts on Podcasting?
30. What was the last movie you watched?
31. Where did you watch it, and was anyone watching it with you?
32. Who is the most knowledgeable person in the world?
33. What is one song you always sing to yourself?
34. Is it normal to shower three times a day, why or why not?
35. Is it better to brush your teeth in the morning or at night? and why?
36. What is the most bizarre thought you've ever had that you are willing to admit in public?
37. Do you remember your dreams?
38. If so, what is the best dream you have ever had?
39. If you do not remember your dreams, what is one you wish you had?
40. What would you do if you did not own a smartphone?
41. If you got a free scholarship to go back to any school, any program, any subject, any time, full-paid, where would you study?

51 Conversation Starters and Icebreaker Questions

A list of starter questions to assist with conversations, icebreakers, or just for fun:

Many people do not have favorites, so frequency is another way to pose the question.

Icebreaker Questions:

1. What color do you wear the most?

2. When you were younger, what color was your first backpack?

3. What is your birthstone?

4. When you imagine a beautiful piece of jewelry, what does it look like? 

5. What is more beautiful? Gold or Platinum? 

6. Which would you rather do with a friend: stay at home and watch a movie or go out for  a restaurant for pizza?

7. Are all humans created equal? 

8. Which TV show do you watch the most?

9. What is one television network or streaming site/service that you recommend to other people?

10. What was the last movie you watched?

11. How did you feel about the last movie you watched? 

12. Where was one memorable vacation you had once?

13. What was a movie you watched that made you feel disappointed?

14. What was one vacation you had that was disappointing?

15. If you had up $65,000 to spend, but had to spend it on a new car in one single purchase/transaction and wouldn't get the remainder of the funds you didn't spend, which car would you buy? 

16. Where is a part of the world you want to know more about?

17. What new language do you want to study in the future? 

18. What was the last book you read? 

19. Do you read more fiction or non-fiction?

20. Do you like documentaries? Why / why not? 

Deep Thought Icebreaker Questions:

21. Do you believe in God? 

22. What are 3 commonalities that all humans share? 

23. How does the definition of love differ from culture to culture?

24. How do you know if you like or love something?

25. Is hatred immoral? Why or why not?

26. Are premarital relations morally right or wrong? 

27. Were there things in the past that were morally wrong that are now considered moral because of the development of humanity? (Why?  / Why not?)

28. What's the difference between prayer and superstition?

29. Do meditation and prayer have the same practical function? 

30. What is the origin of  your values?

31. How do you define "peace?"

32. Are peace and love the ultimate and most pure values for humanity? Why?/Why not?

33. Is happiness the end goal of philosophy?

34. Would you rather be rich and unhappy or poor and happy?

35. Is morality relative?

36. What is your definition of the word "truth?"

37. How do you know for certain that someone loves you? 

38. Does science have limitations? If yes, what are they? If no, why not?

39. Is science greater than philosophy? Why/why not?

40. Is it possible for science to explain all common beliefs of morality? Why? Why not?

Super Deep Thought Icebreaker Questions:

41. If a tree falls in the woods, and no one is around to hear it, do the animals hear the sound?

42. In terms of quantum physics, would the planets exist if no humans were present in our solar system?

43. Are non-familial relations existential and proven by science? (Non-familial defined as He is my best friend or She is like a sister to me.etc.)

44. What is the difference between a fact and truth?

45. (Is the following statement true or false?) If the truth can change from person to person, then the fact that the truth can change from person to person becomes the constant truth; then there must be one truth that is always constant. 

46. If you drank from the fountain of youth, how do you imagine you would feel in 20 years?

47. What is the difference between magic and supernatural? 

48. What is the difference between metaphysics and ontology? 

49. Can ideas exist without the human brain? Why or why not?

50. Are standards of human decency universal? Why or why not? 

51. Can you prove love as a factual claim?