73 fun questions to ask any crowd

What are the best fun questions to ask?

The best fun questions to ask trade depth for a strong mental picture or a ridiculous choice, so the answer is a laugh and the follow-up is even better. "What's your job" is small talk; "what would your villain origin story be" is a party. These general-purpose ones work on almost any crowd:

• If you could instantly teleport but only to places you have already been, where do you go first?
• What is the most fun you have had that cost absolutely nothing?
• If you had to enter a competition tomorrow, what would you actually have a shot at winning?
• What is a completely made-up holiday you think should exist?
• If you could swap lives with any animal for a day, which one?
• What is the best prank you have ever pulled or had pulled on you?
• If you could bring back one fashion trend, what would it be?
• What is the strangest talent you have?
• If you had to survive on the food of one country forever, which cuisine?
• What is the funniest thing that has happened to you this year?
• If you could be famous for one very specific thing, what would it be?
• What is a game you are unreasonably competitive about?
• If you got to name a new color, what would it be and what would it look like?
• What is the weirdest dream you actually remember?
• If your pet could talk for one hour, what would you ask it first?
• What is the best costume you have ever worn?

Fun questions to ask your partner

Keep date night light with questions that are more about laughing together than solving anything. These fun questions to ask your partner are for the couch, the car, or a slow dinner. Want the plans to match? The date night ideas list pairs well with them:

• If we had a themed date night, what theme are you picking?
• What is the most ridiculous argument we have ever had?
• If we won a spontaneous free trip tomorrow, where are we going?
• What is a tiny thing I do that you secretly find hilarious?
• What would our reality show be called?
• If we had to learn a couples hobby together, what should it be?
• What is the best meal we have ever cooked or ruined together?
• If you had to describe me as a snack, which snack am I?
• What is a song that will always remind you of us?
• If we could redo our first date as anything, what would we do instead?
• What is the funniest thing that has happened to us as a couple?
• If we adopted a pet right now, what are we naming it?
• What is a bucket-list adventure you want us to do one day?
• What is your favorite inside joke we have?

Fun questions to ask kids

Kids give the best answers to the silliest questions, so lean all the way in. These fun questions to ask kids spark imagination and never have a wrong answer, perfect for a car ride, a classroom, or the dinner table:

• If you could have any animal as a pet, even a dinosaur, what would you pick?
• What superpower would you want, and what would you use it for first?
• If you could eat one food for every meal, what would it be?
• What would you invent if you could make anything at all?
• If you were in charge of the whole world for a day, what is the first rule?
• What word makes you giggle every time you say it?
• If your toys came alive at night, which one would be the leader?
• What would your dream treehouse have inside it?
• If you could turn into any animal, which one and where would you go?
• What is the best thing about being your age?
• If you could make a brand-new ice cream flavor, what is in it?
• What would you name a dragon if you had one?
• If school taught one fun new subject, what should it be?
• What is the coolest thing you learned recently?
• If you could visit any place in the world tomorrow, where would you go?

Fun questions to ask coworkers

Office fun has to stay inclusive and safe for everyone in the room, which these do. Use them for a team lunch, a stand-up warm-up, or a remote call that keeps starting in silence. They are the fun questions to ask coworkers that get a laugh without getting personal:

• If our team had a mascot, what should it be?
• What is the most useless skill you would happily put on your resume?
• If a song played every time you started work, what would it be?
• What is the best desk snack, and this is a serious question?
• If you could add one ridiculous perk to this job, what would it be?
• What is the most-overused phrase in our workplace?
• If our team started a band, what would we be called?
• What is a hidden talent you have that has never come up at work?
• If you could swap jobs with anyone here for a day, whose would you try?
• What is your walk-up song for entering a meeting?
• What is the smallest thing you and your team disagree about?
• If we had a team field trip anywhere, where should we go?
• What would your away message say if you could be totally honest?
• What is the best work-from-anywhere spot you have ever set up?

Fun questions to ask in an interview

A little fun in an interview reveals more than another behavioral question, and it works from either side of the table. These fun questions to ask in an interview stay professional while letting real personality show:

• What is something you are genuinely proud of that is not on your resume?
• If you could master any skill for this role overnight, what would you pick?
• What does a great day at work look like for you?
• What is a project you worked on just because you found it interesting?
• What is the best piece of feedback you have ever received?
• How do you like to celebrate a win with a team?
• What is something you have taught yourself recently?
• What kind of work makes you lose track of time?
• What is a work value you will not compromise on?
• What is the most useful thing a past manager did for you?
• If you could design your ideal working environment, what would it include?
• What is a problem you would love to spend a year solving?
• What is something people are often surprised to learn about you?
• What is a goal you have for the next stage of your career?

Fun questions for friends and bigger games

Playing with your friend group? The fun questions to ask friends set is built for people who already know each other, and the 21 questions game turns the whole thing into a proper round. For a lighter party version, the would you rather questions are pure fun.