Instructions for Icebreaker Questions A great way to help people open up is to ask them fun questions that allow

them to express their personality or interesting things about them. Here is a list of twenty safe, useful icebreaker questions to help break the ice: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would you get? If you were an animal, what would you be and why? What is one goal youd like to accomplish during your lifetime? When you were little, who was your favorite super hero and why? Who is your hero? (a parent, a celebrity, an influential person in ones life) Whats your favorite thing to do in the summer? If they made a movie of your life, what would it be about and which actor would you want to play you? If you were an ice cream flavor, which one would you be and why? Whats your favorite cartoon character, and why? If you could visit any place in the world, where would you choose to go and why Whats the ideal dream job for you? Are you a morning or night person? What are your favorite hobbies? What are your pet peeves or interesting things about you that you dislike? Whats the weirdest thing youve ever eaten? Name one of your favorite things about someone in your family. Tell us about a unique or quirky habit of yours. If you had to describe yourself using three words, it would be If someone made a movie of your life would it be a drama, a comedy, a romantic-comedy, action film, or science fiction? 20. If I could be anybody besides myself, I would be

Icebreaker Questions

These are fifty questions pertaining just about everything. They are meant to help your group build trust by increasing what they know about one another. Set Ground Rules Always set the tone and a few ground rules before embarking on this kind of activity. Set a time limit for answers, give people the ability to pass if they do not feel comfortable answering the question, set a time limit for the activity and how many times each person must ask and answer questions. Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Who is the most relevant person in our time? What is the title of the best book you have ever read? Why? What is the name of the best movie you have ever seen? Why? What comes to mind first when you hear the word "reality"? Why? What is the most beautiful thing about people? Why? What is the most honest thing you have done? If you could change one thing about yourself what would you change? Why? What is the ugliest thing you know? Why? What do you like to do most with a free hour? Why? What is the most significant event of the last three months? Why? What force of history are you most aware of as you plan your life? Why? On what basis do you select your friends? Why? What is the most overwhelming thing you know? Why? What is the greatest problem in the United States? Why? What thing makes you most humble? Why? What is the greatest value that guides your life? Why? If you could chose to be an animal what animal would you choose to be? Why?

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If you could smash one thing and one thing only, what would you smash? Why? What is the greatest crime one person can commit against another? Why? For what do you think you would be willing to lay down your life? Why? What do you feel when you stand on the shore of the ocean? If you were tape recording the sound of violence, what sound would you use? Why? What sound would you use for beauty? Why? If an atomic bomb were to explode a block away in ten minutes, what would you do for those ten minutes? What one word would you put on your gravestone? Why? Choose a word that best describes your life up to this moment? Why? What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen? What is your biggest worry? Why? What idea does everyone in this room want to hear? Why? What do people like best about you? Why? What do you think of when you think of tragedy? Why? What person has influenced your life the most? Why? What skill do you need in order to succeed? Why? What talent should you develop? Why? What makes you most secure? Why? What institution is most in need of change? Why? What word best describes advertising? Why? Choose a word to describe a sunset? Why? When do you feel most lonely? Why? When do you sense being most alive? Why? What TV advertisement bothers you the most? Why? Choose a word you to describe the elderly population? Why? Why don't you speak to people in class who look lonely? What is the biggest waste you know of? Why? What will you be doing ten years from know? What will save American politics? Why? What future discovery do you anticipate the most? Why? What is the greatest music ever composed? What do you love most? Why? Why are you here?

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If you could be one for just 24 hours, what cereal box cartoon character would you be? Why? What was the best thing that happened to you this weekend? (used August 23, 1998) What is your favorite animal? List three adjectives to explain your choice. What is your favorite color? List three adjectives to explain your choice. It's a very hot and muggy day. You desperately want something very cool and refreshing to quench your thirst and revitalize your body. What would you drink -- either make your own or store-bought. You discover that the person you're head-over-heels interested in loves a good homemade & handmade dessert. What will you concoct when you have this person over? What would you leave in your will for the person you care about the most? What do you consider to the most valuable thing you own: when you were a child/teenager/now? What's the kindest act you have ever seen done (either to/by you or another)? If you could have any job in the world, which one would you want? (used September 27, 1998) What were your best/worst subjects in school and what subjects would you want to learn now? What are you most talented at? What is your worst nightmare today? How often do you clean between your toes? What is your favorite way to waste time at work without getting caught? If you could have had the starring role in one film already made, which movie would you pick? If you were to perform in the circus, what would you do? (used September 13, 1998)

67. If you could eliminate one thing you do each day in the bathroom so that you never had to do it again, what would it be? 68. You were just given a yacht. What would you name it? 69. If you could have been told one thing that you weren't told when you were a teenager, what would you like to have heard? 70. You've just been hired to a promotions position at Kellog Co. What would you put in a new breakfast cereal box as a gimmick? 71. Just like "Everybody Wang Chung tonight!", what action would your name be if it were a verb? Answer for others in your group -- not yourself. 72. Name your favorite song. 73. If you were to get a tattoo, what would it say or what would the graphic be? 74. If you could play any musical instrument, what would it be and why? If you already play an instrument(s), what do you play and why? 75. When trick-or-treating as a kid, was there any kind of candy that you didn't like to get? 76. Why do you live in the Washington DC area? 77. What is your favorite memory of Christmases past? 78. What is the most outrageous thing you've done for God? 79. If a movie was being made of your life and you could choose the actor/actress to play you, who would you choose and why? 80. Paper or plastic? 81. What was the weirdest food you've ever eaten? 82. What do you keep in the trunk of your car? 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. When you were in grade school, what did you want to be when you grew up? Why? If you owned a CB radio what would your "handle" be? If you were given 24 hrs to live, what would you do? If you were in the "Miss America" talent competition, what would your talent be? (Note: both guys & gals have to answer this question) What do you think the most ultimate gift of the world is. Tell something that nobody in the group knows about you. What is your earliest childhood memory? What was your favorite TV show when you were growing up? (used September 19, 1999) If you had one extra hour of free time a day, how would you use it? What CD is in your CD player right now? The great theologian Andy Warhol stated that everyone gets 15 minutes of fame. What happened during your 15 minutes? Name the most famous person you've had a face to face encounter with ("brush with greatness"). Name your favorite children's story. If you could spend 15 minutes with any living person, who would it be and why? What person in the Bible do you most closely identify with? What article of clothing most closely describes your personality? If you were to write a book what would it be about?

100. How many rings before you answer the phone? 101. What is the first thing you think of when you wake in the morning? 102. If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it? 103. If you had to, what part of your body would you get pierced? 104. Who was your favorite teacher and why? 105. What makes you feel the most secure? 106. Who do you admire the most? 107. Have you ever had a reoccurring dream? What was it 108. What was your nickname growing up or now? 109. Who was your hero when you were a child, and what did you do to be like them? 110. Peanut or plain? 111. What is your favorite cartoon character & why? 112. Who inspires you and how are you a bit like them? 113. How did you learn to ride a bicycle? 114. Based on something you've already done, how might you make it into the Guinness Book of World Records? 115. What's the closest you've come to becoming a pop star/winning an Oscar? 116. When was the last time you did something for the first time? What was it? 117. If you knew you could not fail, what would you do? 118. What is your concept of a fruitful day? 119. What was your favorite thing to play with as a child? Why? 120. If you could be any animal in the world for 24 hours, which animal would you be? Why? 121. Have you ever jumped out of a plane? 122. If you could rid the world of one thing, what would it be? 123. What is your best personal characteristic? 124. What is your favorite quote? 125. If you could be invisible for a day, what would you do? 126. What is your favorite weird food combination? 127. If you had to be a flower, which one would you like to be and why? 128. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three books and three people would you take with you? Why? 129. What was your favorite childhood toy? 130. My biggest pet peeve is... 131. What is your favorite commercial? What commercial annoys you the most? 132. What's the most interesting "Ice Breaker" Question you have ever been asked? 133. If you could be an ice cream flavor, what would it be? Why? 134. Name a turning point in your life that makes you smile/cry. 135. If there were a holiday in your honor what would it celebrate? 136. What clubs were you a member of in High School? Are you still interested in any of the same things? 137. If you were to be on a reality TV show which one would you be on and why?

138. If you could be anything in the world, what would you be and why? 139. If someone rented a billboard for you, what would you put on it? 140. If you had to enter a competition for the "Most Uselessly Unique Talent," what would your talent be? 141. If you were a Smurf, what would your name be? 142. What is your worst personality characteristic? 143. If you had to be a teacher of something, what would you teach? 144. How would you like to be remembered? 145. What is one thing that you constantly think about (other than material things)? 146. What did you like best about your hometown? 147. Something interesting you might not know about me is... 148. What do you think is best feeling in the world? 149. If you could have written any book, what book would you like to have written? 150. What is your most favorite pair of shoes ever? Explain. 151. What's your favorite sport? 152. What's your middle name? Why? 153. Which member of your family has had the greatest influence on your current way of thinking? 154. What dessert describes you the best and why? 155. What kind of music do you like? 156. What is your favorite animal? 157. What do you keep in your wallet aside from money, cards and pictures? 158. What punctuation mark best describes your personality? Why? 159. If you could plan your ultimate vacation, where would you go? 160. What is something you have that is of sentimental value? 161. What is your most embarrassing moment? 162. Listener or talker? 163. Can you comfortably eat in a restaurant by yourself? Go to movie? 164. What was the first car you drove? 165. What do you miss most about childhood? 166. What one thing (modern convenience) could you not live without? 167. If you could meet anyone from history, who would you meet and why? 168. What was the first live concert you ever attended? 169. What was your longest relationship and why did it end? 170. Is the glass half empty or half full? What is in the glass? 171. If you could be one kind of beer which one would you be and why? 172. Where do you see yourself in ten years? 173. What is the worst possible name to call a child? 174. If you could meet anyone from the Bible who would it be and what would you ask them? (Besides Jesus) 175. If you could snap your fingers and appear somewhere else, where would you be?

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If you could date any celebrity, who would it be and why? What specific thing have you done that impressed yourself? If you could switch bodies with a certain celebrity, who would it be and why? If you could fly to a different time zone, which one would you fly to? Why? What cartoon character best represents your personal philosophy? What's your passion? What does your room look like? What internet site do you surf to the most? If you could only where one color for the rest of your life, what would it be and why? If you could have one super human power, what would it be? If you could be any color in a Crayola box, what color would you be and why? Would you rather be really hot or really cold? What was in your high school locker? I was once mistaken for ... What is the best/worst pick up line you have ever heard? What is the weirdest gift you have ever received? If there was a whole different concept of reality (like The Matrix) what would it be? Where would you like to retire and why? What is one secret that you haven't told anyone? What is the craziest (or stupidest) thing you have ever done? What is your favorite season? What's the best dinner you ever had?

198. Who has been the biggest inspiration in your life? Why? 199. Which of Snow White's 7 dwarfs describes you best and why? (Doc, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey) 200. If you were attending a Halloween party, what would your costume be and why? 201. What do you feel is your most attractive physical feature? 202. If you were on death row, what would your last meal be? 203. Name 3 things you think will become obsolete in ten years. 204. Tell two truths and one lie about yourself to the others in your group. Everyone try and guess the lie. 205. If I wasn't afraid I would _________ (What?) 206. What is a song for which you thought you knew the words and later found out that you had them wrong? (For example, I always used to sing the theme song to Top Gun Highway to the Danger Zone as I went to the danger zone.) 207. What was the worst whoopn or punishment your parents ever gave you? 208. What was your worst summer or part-time job? 209. If given a chance to get back at something during the past, what will be that time and why? 210. What mountain would you want to climb someday? 211. Best or worst experience at summer camp 212. Name a pet you have owned and how you came to name him/her.

213. Describe an interesting experience you had the last time your power went out. 214. Whats your favorite line from any movie? 215. What is the best or most interesting class you have ever taken in high school, college or graduate school? 216. What famous person do you know or have met personally? 217. If you had unlimited money and space, what one thing would you add to your bedroom? 218. Who was your first big crush? Why did you like this person? Did he/she like you back? 219. What is a fashion trend that you used to wear (in the 70s, 80s, etc.) that you would now be embarrassed to wear? 220. If you could go only to one restaurant for the next five years, which would it be? 221. What is something you have lost that you have never found, or were tremendously relieved when you did find it? 222. Best dessert you have ever had? 223. What is one of the strangest southern expressions you have heard (or other idiomatic expression)? 224. What is your favorite breakfast? 225. If you had the opportunity to live one year of your life over again, which year would you choose? 226. Do you wake up to a CD, the radio, or a buzzer? 227. What is set as the background on your computer? 228. What magazine(s) do you subscribe to? 229. If you were a professional wrestler, what would your ring name be and why? 230. On Saturdays, I like to... 231. Where would you like to be a missionary to? 232. What's better -- toilet paper rolled over top or underneath? 233. Which Scooby-Doo character are you most like (Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne, Fred, Velma, the monster, Scrappy?) 234. If you had to endure one natural disaster (i.e. hurricane, tornado, etc), what would you pick and why? 235. What movie or TV show do you take guilty pleasure in watching? 236. If you had to describe your day as a traffic sign, what would it be? 237. What traditional stereotype would you classify yourself as? 238. What "group" did you belong to in high school? 239. If you wrote a book about yourself...what would it be about? 240. List 10 items everyone in the group has in common. 241. If your house were burning down, what would you take and why? 242. Describe your favorite pair of PJ's 243. How many handbags do you own? 244. If this were your last day alive, what would you say to each person in the group? 245. What is your very favorite part of your day? 246. What is your best scar? Tell the story of how you got it.

247. You win a million dollars, but you have to give half to a charity. Which charity do you pick, and what do you do with the rest of the money? 248. Describe your dream wedding where money is no option. 249. What kind of deodorant do you use? 250. If you were a spy what would your alias be? 251. Do you have a birth mark? Where? Does it look like anything? 252. You are planning the most awesome dinner party of your life. Which 3 celebrities/historical figures (past or present) would you add to your guest list to keep the dinner talk interesting? 253. What is your favorite sport, and which team of that sport do you cheer for? 254. Which would you rather have a kiss or a hug? Why? 255. If you could be a pair of jeans what style would you be? Why? 256. You have multiple personalities, describe some of them. 257. What is the best thing you have done in your life? 258. Name three things that this group doesn't know about you, (and only two of which are true...) 259. If you were blind for the rest of your life... what would you miss seeing the most? 260. What household chore do you hate the most? 261. What is your most disappointing moment in life? 262. When have you laughed the hardest? Cried? 263. If you had a "theme song" that played whenever you walk into a room full of people, what would it be? 264. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? 265. What time period from the past would you most have liked to live in and why? 266. What is the best reward anyone can give you? 267. If you had a band what would you name it? 268. Do you like fruit? Vegetables? 269. What can someone do to encourage you? 270. If you could be a film character, who would you be? 271. If you were a pirate, what would your name be? 272. Pen or Pencil? 273. Crunchy Peanut Butter or Smooth? 274. What is one thing about you people would be surprised to learn? 275. If you could be any kitchen appliance, what would it be and why? 276. Would you rather go the short way slow, or take the long way fast if you got there in the same amount of time? 277. Where did you live at age five? What kind of car did you have? How was your home heated? 278. 2%, 1% or skim milk? 279. Would you live in space if you could never come back to earth? 280. Would you rather always be in a crowd, or be the only person on earth? 281. What was your favorite decade? (50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, etc.) 282. Would you rather be rich, or famous? Why? 283. If you were God: _______________

284. Do you squeeze the toothpaste from the top or the bottom? 285. If you could only have one thing on a deserted island what would it be? 286. Who was your first love? What age, grade, etc. 287. Helmann's or Miracle Whip? 288. Describe your past week as a type of landscape or a weather forecast. 289. Ask the person next to you a question that you have always wanted to know about them. 290. If you had the choice between an RV, a sports car, an SUV, or a bicycle, which would you choose and why? 291. What kind of hat describes your personality? 292. When you were in elementary school, what was your favorite activity at recess? 293. If you had to move out of this country, what country would you move to? Why? 294. Coffee or Tea? 295. Why is your favorite color? Why? 296. How many children do you want? Girls or boys? 297. Describe your ideal romantic date? 298. Say one nice compliment about someone in this room. 299. Who is your best friend? Tell us about him/her. 300. Have you ever been in love? For how long? How many times? 301. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? 302. If you had to lose one of your five senses, which one of them would you prefer to lose and why? 303. Is there a story behind your name? What is it? 304. What was one of the most fun things you and your college roommate did together? 305. If you could live anywhere for one year, all expenses paid, where would you live? 306. What's your favorite song to karaoke to? 307. When you were 6 years old, what did you want to be when you grew up? 308. If you had to paint the whole world only one color what would it be and why? 309. What was the worst smell you have ever smelled? 310. What takes you out of your comfort zone? 311. If you were on the cover of a magazine, which one would it be and why? 312. If you could be laid to rest anywhere, where would it be? Why? 313. Do you make your bed every morning or do you leave it unmade? 314. What is your favorite video game? 315. Name one thing that you couldn't live without. 316. Pool side or beach? 317. If you had to be one or the other, would you rather be blind or deaf? Why? 318. When you are using the bathroom at someone else's house, do you leave anything behind different than it was when you got there? 319. If you were a piece of fruit, what fruit would you choose to be? 320. Would you rather meet the love of your life, knowing he/she will die within a year, or go without meeting him/her? Explain.

321. When's the last time you cried? Why? 322. Sitting alone in a big field, looking at stars, what do you think/feel? 323. Which one physical feature would you change if you could? 324. If you could be cat or dog, which one would you be and why? 325. What is your favorite guilty pleasure? 326. Name one important characteristic you look for in someone you consider a friend. 327. What was your favorite age and why? 328. What's one of your favorite things to do when you have a night off? 329. Whats your favorite way to celebrate an accomplishment? 330. If you were to perform in the circus, what would you do? 331. What kind of toothpaste do you use? 332. If you could be a professional at any sport, what would it be? 333. What is your favorite holiday? 334. What was your favorite childhood toy? 335. Who would you like to play your life story in a movie? 336. If there was only one left of your most favorite things to eat, would you let your best friend have it or yourself? Why or why not? 337. If you could drive/ride/or fly anything to work, what would it be? Why? 338. What is your favorite candy? Explain. 339. What scares you the most? 340. If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be and why? 341. Which animal represents you the best and why? 342. If you were the eighth dwarf, what would your name be? 343. If you could, would you become the President? Why or why not? 344. If you were elected mayor of your city, what would be your first improvement, and why? 345. What is your favorite way to express yourself and why? 346. If you were a piece of furniture what would you be? Why? 347. What are you thankful for? 348. If you had a magic lamp and a genie who granted you 3 wishes, what would the 3 wishes be? 349. Are there any interesting things your name spells with the letters rearranged? 350. How many siblings do you have? Are you the oldest, a middle child, or youngest? 351. If you could be any superhero, which one would you be and why? 352. What are your favorite pizza toppings? 353. Describe your worst day... 354. If you could be anywhere, doing anything right now, where would you be and what would you be doing? 355. What's your favorite fabric and why? 356. What CD(s) is in your radio right now? 357. What is your favorite pop/soda? 358. Name the song title that best describes your life. 359. You are chosen to make dinner for a very special guest. What will you cook?

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What was the best year of your life? Why? If you could ask God a question what would it be? What's the worst trouble you got into when you were young? What did you do? Whats more important to youthe ride or the destination? If you had to give up one food forever, what would it be? What is the scariest thing you have ever done for fun? If you could have any super power what would it be and why? If you could listen to only one CD for the rest of your life, what would it be? Broken toe or broken finger? Using only one word, name something significant about your life today. Would you rather be rich or famous? Why? If your house was on fire, what one thing would you take? (assuming family and pets got out If you could go bowling with any three people- dead or alive- Who would you take and why? Is the milk glass half full or half empty and why? In a fire who would you save, a sibling or five strangers? What's your favorite ice cream flavor? What are your three favorite smells? If you were a lip gloss flavor, what would you be and why? Did you ever consider becoming a teacher? Why or why not? What book has influenced you greatly? How? What is your favorite restaurant and why?

381. What is your favorite time of day? 382. What is your favorite season? 383. If you could bring one person back from heaven who would it be and why? 384. Who is your favorite actor / actress, and why? 385. What one rule did you always disagree with growing up? 386. What would you do if you really really liked someone and after a while of hanging out you discovered that they did not believe in God? 387. If someone gave you an island - What would you name it? Would you live there? What would you do with it? 388. Would you rather live to be 100 and sick, or live to be 50(dying from a freak accident) and healthy? 389. Where did you meet your mate? 390. If you could spend your last hours of life with anyone, doing anything, who would you choose and what would you do? 391. If you could have one thing to drink before you died what would it be? and why? 392. Do you believe in ghosts or evil spirits? Why? 393. If you were a tree what type would you be, where would you be and why? 394. What was the first record or CD that you bought? 395. What do you have in your bag/wallet that best describes your personality?

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396. If you were a super hero what would your special power be and why? 397. What is your favourite cheese? 398. What was your favourite game when you were a kid? 399. Who was your favourite teacher at school - why? 400. Describe a word beginning with the first letter of your name that sums you up? 401. What is your favorite number? 402. What is your biggest fear or phobia? 403. Did you have a nickname growing up? What was it and why were you called that? 404. What is your favorite movie and why? 405. If you see your Maker at this point, what would You want Him to say as a welcome? Why? 406. Would you rather lead or follow? Why? 407. What is your favorite winter activity? 408. What is something you can do better than anyone else you know? 409. I wish everyone would________________. 410. What's your favorite song to sing in Karaoke? Why? 411. If you had to be handcuffed to one person for an entire month, who would it be? 412. If you could have a child with any famous person alive, who would it be? What would you name him/her? 413. What is your favorite song to sing in the shower? 414. Ketchup or mustard? 415. What is your idea of a great dessert? 416. If you could be a cocktail, what cocktail would you be and why? 417. What is your favorite smell? 418. Have you ever had the Police called on you? If so - why? 419. If you had one song to play at your wedding what would it be? 420. What did you eat for breakfast? 421. What's your favorite type of house? Describe it. 422. If you were a pro wrestler, what would your name be? 423. Name a major life experience that made you who you are today? 424. What clubs where you involved in during High School and College? 425. If you could take back something hurtful you've once said to someone, what would it be? 426. What could you do to improve your life? 427. If you could ask God one question, what would it be? 428. The worst lie I ever told was? 429. If you could have a celebrity entourage with 3 celebrities, who would they be? 430. If you could go back and change your career path what would you be doing now? 431. If you could fly or breathe under water what would you prefer? 432. If you could only take three people in an island on this group, whom will it be? 433. If you could live to the age of 90 and either retain your looks or brains you had at 30, what would you keep? 434. If you moved to Sesame Street, who would you want as your neighbor? Why?

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435. What is your dream job? 436. what was the most embarrassing thing you have done while on a date? 437. If you could change one current event in the world what would it be and why? 438. If you could have a condiment dispensed from your navel, what would it be? (Editor: I can't stop laughing about this one. How come the poster didn't also ask Why?) 439. What's the oldest piece of clothing you still own and wear? 440. What do you look for in a friend? 441. What's the most important thing to you in life? 442. What type of music relaxes you the most? 443. What is the best gift anyone's ever given you? 444. How many dates do you go on with someone before you introduce them to your parents? 445. What TV game show would you want to go on? 446. If you cold ask Noah one question, what would it be? 447. Name a favorite sound, past or present. 448. What famous line did your parents use over and over? 449. If you auditioned for American Idol, what song would you sing? 450. If you could time travel, where would you go, and what would you do? 451. Why do you (or don't you) vote? 452. If you were given the opportunity for free skydiving lessons would you take them? Why or why not? 453. What is the hardest choice you have ever had to make? What was the outcome? 454. If you had to lose one of your senses, what would you choose? Why? 455. Do you prefer sweet or salty snacks? 456. In what month did you file your tax return this year? 457. Hit the couch or hit the treadmill? 458. If you could instantly become fluent in another language, what would that language be and why? 459. How many languages do you you speak? 460. What is your favorite "made up" word from your childhood or that of one of your children? What does it mean? 461. What is your favorite Disney tune? 462. If I could live in any other time period of the past, it would be (and tell us why): 463. Number of auto accidents I have been in: 464. I'm at my silliest when: 465. What do you love most about living in this country? 466. I still can't believe I once: 467. Of all of the Gilligan's Island characters, I am most like (and tell us why): 468. The furthest I have traveled was to: 469. What is the craziest thing you've done lately? 470. What do you dislike about failure? What can you learn from it? 471. Did you ever go against a fashion rage? Why?

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472. 473. 474. 475. 476. 477. 478. 479. 480. 481. sex? 482. 483. 484. 485. 486. 487. 488. 489. 490. 491. 492.

Once, just to attract attention, I... One of the jealous times of my life was... Share an experience where you felt out of place. What type of partner would you choose for yourself? Which of your parents rules do you appreciate the most? Why? Tell us one of the worst fights you ever got into? What childish things do you still do as adult? What questions would you NOT like others to ask you? One major problem I had to solve this year was... What obstacles do you find when trying to become a close friend to someone of the opposite What do you do when you're home. Share the biggest argument you had with your parents. Tell us about your unusual hobby? What was the worst advice you ever gave? One of the worst ways I ever reacted to a declaration of love was... If you can give one sentence advice about how to live life, what would it be? How do you express your anger to your enemy? To your best friends? To a parent? One particular day/night that I wanted to last forever was... What are your limitations and potentials? Cite a situation wherein you felt life had been unfair to you? Once I ran away from home. Here's the story...

493. Would you dare to sleep in haunted house overnight? 494. What are your goals for living? 495. Describe the most inappropriate present that you received. 496. What fantasy would you like to live out? Why? 497. What is the funniest story your mother tells about you? 498. Have you ever said something you regretted, but were then glad you said it? 499. Have you ever said something you regretted, but were then glad you said it? 500. If you could have any kind of a job in the entertainment industry, what do you think you would do best? 501. If I asked your high school friends what they thought you would be doing today, what would they say? 502. My scariest nightmare was:_________ 503. What was the worst concert you went to (who and when)? 504. What was the best concert you went to (who and when)? 505. If you had your own talk show, who would your first three guests be? 506. Three things I think will become obsolete in 10 years: 507. When people look at me, they would never guess that I: (What?) 508. My favorite unusual food combination is: 509. Favorite Quote:

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510. What is the furthest you have traveled? 511. Who was your favorite band, group, or solo when you were in high school? 512. If you could be invisible for one day, where would you like to be? 513. What's the best sound effect you can make? Do it. 514. What do you miss most about being a kid? 515. What is your favorite tradition? (family tradition, church tradition, whatever) 516. Tell about the last time you had to ask for help. 517. What CD would your friends be surprised that you own? 518. Would you ever be on a reality TV show? Why/why not? If you would, which one? 519. When was your worst/most recent/dramatic/(whatever) car trouble? 520. Do you think Jesus will come again in your lifetime? 521. Where did you grow up? (Editor: Simple. No one's posted this until now?!) 522. If you were stranded on a deserted island with one book, what would you want that book to be? 523. Did you have a collection of some kind as a child? If so, what was it? 524. What is your favorite thing to do in the summer? Winter? 525. If you could mix three animals together, which ones would you choose to make the ultimate animal? 526. You have to wear a t-shirt with one word on it for the rest of your life. Which word do you choose? 527. What are your three favorite spices? 528. What is the weirdest (unusual) thing you've ever eaten? 529. How many places have you lived? You can share the number of physical residences and/or the number of cities. 530. What was your first job where you got paid by someone other than your parents? 531. What is your favorite memory with someone other than family 532. what was the most mischievous thing you did as a child? 533. when did you last climb a tree? 534. How many brothers and sisters do you have? What's your birth order? 535. If you were a shoe, what kind would you be and why?? 536. What's the funniest thing you did as a kid that your parents still talk about to this day? 537. If you could be one Disney character who would you be and why? 538. If you could be a cookie what kind of cookie would you be? 539. What sub-atomic particle would you be? Why? 540. Has modern technology enhanced or complicated your life? Why? 541. How much do you spend on hair and/or nails each month? 542. What is your favorite table or board game? 543. Are you a Country mouse or a City mouse? Why? 544. Name all the vehicles you have owned in your adult life. 545. What is your favorite house decor style? Traditional, Contemporary, Country, Colonial? Why?

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546. Are you a planner or a procrastinator? Give an example? 547. Would you rather plan a party or attend one? Why? 548. If you could attend any college, free of charge, what college would that be and what major would you pursue? Why? 549. List the food items you take at a salad bar. 550. How many doors do you have in your house? 551. What is your favorite soup? Why? 552. Tell about a collection you have now. 553. What was the cheapest gas price you can remember? What year was that? 554. Have you ever gone back to the town where you grew up in? If yes, how has it changed? Is your old house still there? 555. Name all the kinds of trees in your yard right now? 556. Do you like silver or gold jewelry? Why? 557. When was the last time you went bowling? 558. Are you a front seat driver or a back seat driver? 559. Other than pizza, what is a favorite Italian dish? 560. If you were handed free opera tickets, would you go or sell them? Why? 561. Do you like the mountains, coastline or the plains? Why? 562. What is the farthest road trip you have taken? To where and how long was it? 563. What was the highest grocery bill you ever had? 564. What is your favorite kind of pie? Describe taking a bite using three adjectives. 565. Name two words you always seem to spell incorrectly. Try to spell it now! 566. Do you enjoy going shopping for clothes? Why or why not? 567. What was the title of the last self-help book you read? Did it help? 568. How often do you bid on Ebay? What was the last item you won? 569. Do you like store-bought things or handmade things? Why? 570. When you lose electricity in a storm, do you light the candles or turn on the flashlight? How many of each do you own? 571. Have you ever been a participant in a parade? What did you do? 572. Where were you when you had your fist kiss? 573. What was your last thought before going to sleep? 574. What is your first thought in the morning? 575. What would you rather: glasses or contacts? 576. If you could be permanently one color for the rest of your life, what color would it be & why? 577. If you can thank God for one thing in your life, what would it be? 578. If you were to be a natural element, which would you rather be: fire or water? 579. What is in the trunk of your car right now? 580. If you were an American Gladiator what would your name be? 581. What was your favorite 80s movie? 582. What was the most mischievous April Fools prank youve done?

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583. Say your first middle and last name with the letters flipped? (Example... John Lee Smith--Nohj Eel Htims) 584. If they made a movie of your life who would play you? 585. When was the last time you had a dream? What was it about? 586. If you had to choose between being deaf or blind which would you choose and why? 587. If you were to die tomorrow, what would your tombstone say? 588. If you could perform in the Olympics, what would you like to do? 589. Would you rather spend the rest of your life in love with a rich person or a poor person? 590. It's Saturday morning. What's the first thing you do when you wake up. 591. If you could erase one day in history which one would it be and why? 592. If we Googled your name what would we see? 593. If you had one free day to do anything you want, what would you do? 594. Do you prefer eating the frosting of the cupcake or the cupcake first? 595. If you were a color what color would you be? Why? 596. If you could live in any sitcom, what would it be? 597. What song most describes your life right now? 598. Which way do you eat corn on the cob? 599. What is something unexpected that has changed about you in the last few years? 600. Would you ever loan a significant amount of money to a friend/relative ? Why or why not? 601. Would you ever use a dating service (match.com, e-harmony, etc.) to find someone? Why/Why not. 602. What can you always be found with? 603. So you win a pet monkey at a fair, but this isn't just any old monkey. It can do one trick for you whenever you want from getting a pop out of the fridge to washing your hair. What would be the trick? 604. If you were a llama, where would you get your hair cut? 605. If you could invent a gadget what will it be and why? 606. If you could visit any place in the world where would it be and why? 607. What is the longest book you ever read? 608. When did you last write a hand written letter?

Instructions
Get a large inflatable beach ball and use a permanent fine or medium point marker to write all of the following questions on it. This will take quite some time, but you can do it some night in front of the television. The resulting tool is an "icebreaker ball" that you can use for years to come. You can use it in a large group and throw it around. The person who catches it has to answer the question touching their left thumb. They then say their name, answer the question and throw it to someone else.

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You may also choose to use these questions as conversation starters in other types of games. The following questions are simply suggestions. You can add more serious or in depth questions, depending upon the level of ice breaker you want this to be: If you talking your sleep, what would you say? What is the first thing you do when you get out of bed? If Satan lived on earth, what would he be called by his friends? What is your favorite movie line? Approximately how many jokes do you know by heart? and tell us your favorite. What do Martians do for fun on Mars? If you were to treat yourself to the "finer things" what would you treat yourself to? If your life was being turned into a feature length movie, who would play you? And why? 9. Where is the worst place you've ever been stuck waiting? 10. What is your "15 minutes" of fame? 11. If you were invisable where would you go? 12. What's your favorite flavor of Jelly Bellys? 13. What one object in your home are you most embarrassed about owning? 14. Give three adjectives to describe the perfect kiss? 15. What is your greatest addiction? 16. What song reminds you most of a past or present relationship? 17. Approximately, how many books have you read in the past year (excluding school book)? 18. Fill in the blank: When I dance, I look like ___________ . 19. What is the longest work you can thing of? 20. Who is one person you wish you never met? 21. If you could be a famous actor, writer, athlete, arist or muscian, which would you choose and why? 22. What is the worst occupation in the world? 23. What two television channels do you watch most frequently? 24. What is your greatest phobia? 25. If you were given a canvas and water colors, what would you paint? 26. What celebrity irritates you the most? 27. Other than the standard items (credit cards, money, drivers license, etc.), what interesting items do you keep in your wallet/purse? 28. What is the meanest thing you can say to somebody? 29. If you owned an enormous yacht, what would you name it? 30. What is you life long dream? 31. If you could ask the president of the united states one question, what would it be? 32. What have you tried in life and simply were not good at? 33. What is the scariest movie you've ever seen? 34. On a scale of 1 to 10 how "hip" are you? 35. What's the biggest advantage of being really tall?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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36. How many minutes does it take you to get ready in the morning? 37. What hobby have you always wanted to pick up? 38. If you could be a member of a tv sitcom family, which would it be? 39. What is it about you that people find irresistable? 40. If you were any animal, what would you be? 41. What store is represented most in your wardrobe? 42. What event or technological breakthrough do you think will revolutionize the future? 43. What do you need more of right now? 44. If you were a nationality other than your own which would you choose? Why? 45. What is the most beautiful word you can think of? 46. What beverage do you find nauseating? 47. What is your favorite part of the human body? 48. What three adjectives best describe you? 49. If you were on a desert island what two books would you want with you? 50. What is the first thing you notice when you meet someone? 51. If you were running for mayor of boston what words would comprise your slogan
(max. 6 words)? 52. What is your favorite book growing up? 53. What american city does not deserve a place on the map? Why? 54. What is the most common compliment people give you? 55. What is the best purchase you've ever made? 56. If you could add any word to the dictionary what would it be? 57. What commercial product would you refuse to endorse? 58. What is your favorite pet name? 59. What word best describes your internet knowledge? 60. If you were flying in a plane that was about to creash, who would you want sitting next to you? 61. What American presidents do you know the most and the least about? 62. What is the longest period of time you have spent in a car? 63. What is the best costume you ever wore for halloween? 64. If you were a teacher would subject would you teach? 65. What is the biggest indication that someone is a nerd? 66. What latest trend simply baffles you? 67. IF you were an evil dictator, where would you rule? 68. What is the worst grade you ever recieved? What class was it for? 69. What would you like your nickname to be? 70. What do you consider your nicest feature? 71. If you could bathe in a vat of any drink or food item, what would you choose? 72. What is the dirtiest word in the english language? 73. What song do you keep hearing over and over and over again? 74. What are you most proud of? 75. If you were to wipe one country off the map, which would you choose? 76. What is the worst piece of clothing someone can wear? 77. How many keys do you have on your key ring?

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it? 80. What's the best advice you're ever recieved? 81. If you could change one thing about the way you look what would it be? 82. What is the grossest thing you've ever done in public? 83. What song reminds you most of the 80s? 84. What do you regard as the most repulsive form of music?

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Funny Icebreaker Questions

86. Adding a little humor can lighten the mood, ease anxieties, and incite willingness to share. Even if there's not time for a game, a few quick and funny questions might be just to the type of icebreaker to kick things off. What is your favorite bumper sticker? What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten? What do you think is the greatest invention in your lifetime and why? Name a hidden talent you have. Who would you call to be bailed out of jail? Name the worst movie of all time.

87. More Funny Icebreaker Questions for Retreats, Small Groups, and More ...
If you were stranded on a tropical island what 2 things would you want with you? What is the first thing you notice about someone when you first meet? If you where running for office what would your campaign slogan be? What was your favorite book growing up? What city in America should not be included on a map, why? What compliment does people give you the most? What word would you add to the dictionary if you could, what would it mean? What product would you refuse to promote? What is your favorite pets name? Use one word to describe your computer ability? If your plane was about to crash, who would you want sitting next to you? Which of the presidents was your favorite? How long of a consecutive time have you spent in a car? What is your favorite Halloween costume?

What is Satan's last name?

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Icebreaker Games for Small Groups

Favorite T-shirt Ask attendees to bring (not wear) their favorite T-shirt to the meeting. Once all participants have arrived, ask each person to show the shirt to the group and explain how the T-shirt best resembles their personality.

Personal Bingo The host will need to do a little homework before the meeting to find out a few tidbits about each participant (favorite hobbies, books, vacation spots, number of children, favorite foods, etc). Prepare a bingo card (duplicate the card for all attendees to have the same one) with one tid-bit for each square, and instruct the participants to mingle with the group to identify the person for each square. As the information is uncovered, they ask the participant to sign their corresponding square. Keep moving among the guests until all squares are filled. Rules: only open-ended questions may be used. First person who fills card wins a prize. Say cheese, please As each participant arrives, take their picture with a Polaroid type camera and hang their photo on a piece of easel paper in the entrance area of the meeting room in groups of two or three photos (depending on size of meeting - you may have only 2 per group or more if the group is large). Use your creativity and decorate the easel paper to extend a Warm Welcome and set the tone of the meeting. Once all participants have arrived, ask them to find their partner(s) from the photo display on the easel and spend about 5 - 10 minutes getting to know the person(s). Then have them introduce their partner(s) to the rest of the group and share something they discovered they have in common.

Famous people/cities
As each participant arrives, tape a 3 x 5 index card on their back with the name of a famous person or city. They must circulate in the room and ask questions that can ONLY be answered with a YES or NO to identify clues that will help them find out the name of the person or city on their index card. EXAMPLES: Paris, Madonna, Santa Claus, John Wayne, Casablanca Sensuous Sam & Inquiring Ida Ask each participant to choose an adjective that begins with the first letter of their first name and one that really matches their personality. Have them introduce themselves just as they wrote it on the card and allow time for others to ask questions. 6. Dream Vacation Ask participants to introduce themselves and describe details of the ideal, perfect dream vacation. 7. Favorite animal As the guests arrive, and before you write their names on a name card, ask them to tell you their favorite animal and three adjectives to describe the animal. As they tell you, write the three adjectives on a name tag BEFORE their name (omit the name of the animal). Ask them to mingle with the crowd, sharing why these adjectives best describe their own personality. EXAMPLES: Loyal, cuddly, playful Dan

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8. Birthday Partner Have participants mingle in the group and identify the person whose birthdate (not year - just month and date) is closest to their own. Find out two things they have in common. 9. Long lost relative As a group, 1) ask each person to turn to the person on their right and greet him/her as if they really didn't want to be there. Yeah, you know what I mean - you can't wait to get out of there! Then everyone (simultaneously to create lots of fun and excitement) turn to the same person and greet him/her as if (s)he is a long lost, deeply loved relative who has just returned home and you're about to see the person for the first time in years! In fact, you thought you may never see this person again until this very moment. Okay, now ask everyone (again simultaneously) to turn to the same person and greet him/her as if this person just told you that you won the state lottery for 50 million dollars and you have the ONLY winning ticket!~~ 10. Circle of Friends This is a great greeting and departure for a large group who will be attending a seminar for more than one day together and the chances of meeting everyone in the room is almost impossible. Form two large circles (or simply form two lines side by side), one inside the other and have the people in the inside circle face the people in the outside circle. Ask the circles to take one step in the opposite directions, allowing them to meet each new person as the circle continues to move very slowly. If lines are formed, they simply keep the line moving very slowly, as they introduce themselves. The Magic Wand You have just found a magic wand that allows you to change three work related activities. You can change anything you want. How would you change yourself, your job, your boss, coworkers, an important project, etc.? Have them discuss why it is important to make the change. Another variation is to have them discuss what they would change if they become the boss for a month. This activity helps them to learn about others' desires and frustrations. Marooned You are marooned on a island. What five (you can use a different number, such as seven, depending upon the size of each team) items would you have brought with you if you knew there was a chance that you might be stranded. Note that they are only allowed five items per team, not per person. You can have them write their items on a flip chart and discuss and defend their choices with the whole group. This activity helps them to learn about other's values and problem solving styles and promotes teamwork. The Interview Break the group into two-person teams (have them pick a partner that they know the least about). Have them interview each other for about twenty minutes (You can also prepare questions ahead of time or provide general guidelines for the interview). They need to learn about what each other likes about their job, past jobs, family life, hobbies, favorite sport, etc. After the interviews, reassemble the group and have each team introduce their team member to the group. This exercise helps them to learn about each other. Who Done That? Prior to the meeting, make a list of about 25 items relating to work and home life. For example, a list for a group of trainers might have some of the following: Developed a computer training course Has delivered coaching classes

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Is a mother Knows what ADDIE means and can readily discuss it Enjoys hiking Has performed process improvement Served in the Armed Forces Is a task analysis expert Ensure there is plenty of space below each item (3 or 4 lines) and then make enough copies for each person. Give each person a copy of the list and have them find someone who can sign one of the lines. Also, have them put their job title and phone number next to their names. Allow about 30 minutes for the activity. Give prizes for the first one completed, most names (you can have more that one name next to an item), last one completed, etc. This activity provides participants with a list of special project coaches and helps them to learn about each other. The ADDIE Game (Analysis, Design, Development, Implement, Evaluate) Make up a reasonable problem scenario for your organization where people need to get introduced, e.g. "The manufacturing department is bringing in 20 temporaries to help with the peak season. They want us to build a short activity that will allow the permanent employees to meet and introduce themselves to the temporaries." Break the group into small teams. Have them to discuss and create a solution: Analyze the problem - Is it a training problem? If they decide that it is not a training problem, then remind them that most problems can be solved by following an ADDIE type approach. Perform a short task analysis - How do people get to know each other? Design the activity - Develop objectives, sequence. Develop the activity - Outline how they will perform the activity and trial it. Implement - Have each small team in turn, introduce themselves in front of the group using the activity they created. Evaluate - Give prizes to the most original, funniest, etc. by having the group vote. This activity allows them to learn about each other's problem solving styles and instructional development methods, it also introduces the members to each other. This method can also be used to introduce the ADDIE method to new trainers. Time - about 60 minutes.

Finish the Sentence 1. Go around the room and have each person complete one of these sentences (or something similar):
The best job I ever had was... The worst project I ever worked on was... The riskiest thing I ever did was... This is a good technique for moving on to a new topic or subject. For example, when starting a class and you want everyone to introduce themselves, you can have them complete "I am in this class because..." You can also move on to a new subject by asking a leading question. For example if you are instructing time management, "The one time I felt most stressed because I did not have enough time was ..." Line Up Game

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Get in groups of five to ten people each. First group that gets itself into order according to the category you name, wins. For example first letter of middle name, shoe size, height, birth date, etc. Just be sure to pick subjects that people can line up easily.

Ice-Breaker Questions
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Did you, as a child, ever run away from home? If yes, why and where did you go? Whats your favorite room in the house and why? Tell how you are feeling today in the form of a weather report. (For example, partly cloudy, sunny with a chance for showers, etc.) The greatest compliment I ever received was... The gift I will never forget... If you were a car, what would you be and why? If they made a movie of your life, who would you want to play you? And would it be a comedy, a

romantic-comedy, a drama, action or science fiction? 8. If you could visit any place in the world where would you go and why? 9. What as your favorite food as a child? Do you eat it now? 10. Share a quirky habit you have. How long have you had it? 11. Share a time when someone in your family did something that made you proud. 12. Have you ever been told you look like someone famous? Who? 13. What's the worst thing you did as a little kid? (smeared cheese on the wall, accidentally called Japan, called one of your mom's friends' fat, inadvertently downloaded Pentagon files to your dads computer, etc.) 14. I really crack up when... 15. What was your most memorable birthday?

52 Card Shuffle (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

(For Large Groups) ~ This activity helps a large group of people mingle and meet new people. Each person receives a card from a normal deck of cards; include the jokers as wild cards. If the group is more than 54 people, add as many decks of cards as needed. TO LEAD ACTIVITY: 1. Have all group members stand in an open area, holding their cards. 2. Instruct the group to move into a variety of configurations and introduce themselves to the new person or group of people. Give the group a short topic to discuss, such as favorite food, book, movie, etc. Ideas for configurations: Cards with the Same Number, Suits, Straight, Full House (Note that some people will be left without a match. The group leader should help these orphans to make a group of their own or join an existing group.)

Ask Me About... (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Each person gets a regular size post-it note. They should write a keyword response to a prompt such as, Something that you know a lot about? Something about summer break? A teaching idea? After everyone has an idea, the group informally mingles around and asks each other about the topic. This is a great conversation starter. Ask Me About... can be part of the name tag.

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Candy Bar Matching (submitted by Kim Peterson, Lincoln M.S)

Write clue on paper and have the group individually or in teams attempt to match up the candy name with the clue. (Answers are next to the clue.) Bumpy Street-----Rocky Road Famous Baseball Player-----Babe Ruth Feminine Pronoun------Hershey Charlie's Girlfriend---Peppermint Patty Happy Nut----Almond Joy Our Galaxy-----Milky Way King's Ransom-----100 Grand Toe Attendance---Tootsie Roll Funny Laugh---Snickers Relaxed Automobile-----Carromallow

Change Three Things (submitted by Shannon Rasmussen, Kilo Junior High)

Form pairs. After looking each other over, both partners stand back-to-back. Then each changes three thingsd about their appearance. Each partner tries to figure out what was changed. The fun part of this activity is to continue changing things for about 7-10 rounds. The kids think they can't change anything else, but guess what? They can! GReta lesson about persistence!

Coin Toss (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Place a list of topics on butcher paper in the middle of the room. Participants throw their coins on the butcher paper one at a time and talk about themselves according to the category, such as family, hobbies, childhood, embarrassing stories, dreams, etc. Can also work with a spinner or dice.

Conversation Wheel (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Have the group form an inner and outer circle causing people to pair up. Ask the group a question and give them 1-3 minutes to introduce themselves and discuss each persons answer. When the question is complete they cue the participants to thank their partner and have one of the circles move a determined number to the left. Once with a new partner, ask another question. Creative questions to ask include: 1) What kind of music do you like and why? 2) Explain how you got your name. 3) Tell about your favorite toy as a child. 4) Who is the nicest person that you know? 5) What was your favorite grade in school and why? 6) Tell about an embarrassing moment. 7) If you could have one superpower, what would it be? 8) What is something that you always wish you were better at and why? 9) Describe your most cherished pet. 10) If you could donate one million dollars to a charity, who would you give it to?

Eyeball Tag (submitted by Shannon Rasmussen, Kilo Junior High)

Group sits in a circle in chairs with one person in the center. The people sitting in the charis

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randomly look at someone in the circle. If they make direct contact with another person, they must switch chairs. The person in the middle tried to grab one of the empty seats. It is amazingly fun and fast-paced, as people are constantly changing seats.

Fast Fingers (submitted by Shannon Rasmussen, Kilo Junior High)

Form pairs. Both partners have their hands behind their backs. On the count of 3, each person puts out both hands, with 0-10 fingers extended. Both people try to add the total fingers and blurt the total first. Keep track of points.

Funny Face (submitted by Shannon Rasmussen, Kilo Junior High)

Each person in the pait thinks about a funny face they know how to make. Then, the simply teache that funny face to their partner.

Group Juggle (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Group passes objects through the air and says the name of person with whom you are throwing. Add objects, go faster, and/or no talking will increase the difficulty of additional rounds. Koosh balls, small stuffed animals, and bean bags work well for this activity. (Underhand throws only, please.) TO LEAD ACTIVITY: 1. Stand in a circle with hands out to catch the object. When you catch the object, put your hands down so you can tell who still needs to receive it once. As leader, you start it and also catch it last. 2. Leader starts by calling a persons name, making eye contact, and throwing them the object. That person then catches the object and says Thank you, ______. They then throw to someone else by calling their name and making eye contact. Again, they say Thank you, ______. The thank yous help the group learn names. 3. As the leader sizes up the group, they can add more objects into the mix. This gets several objects flying at the same time. Sometimes its easier if you stop the thank yous at this point or it gets too crazy. Other options... go backwards or send one backwards and one forward at the same time. Human Map ~ Set perimeter according to a state/city map and have members stand where they live.

Group Scrabble (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Use a white board, overhead, or chart paper. Start the group off with a word that ties into the location, purpose, or theme of the day. Then turn the pen over to a group member and see if they can hook each group member somewhere into the board like a Scrabble game. Can be with participants name, school, or a word that describes them.

Hi, My Name Isnt (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Go around the group with each person introducing their real name, school, and position, then an introduction of themselves as, My name isnt ____________________. The person must also explain why they chose that name. People will share stories about family names, names they wished they were, names they are glad they dont have, etc., allowing the group to get to know each other a little better. This activity is

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Hula Hoop Pass (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

In one large circle, group member hold hands to connect the circle. Place a hula hoop into the circle by disconnecting two peoples hands, placing the hula hoop on one persons arm and them reconnecting their hands. The object is to pass the hoop around the circle by stepping and wiggling through it. The goal is to go completely around the circle without breaking hands.

Ice Breaker Gum (submitted by Bill Oman, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Pass out Ice Breaker brand bubble gum as an opening "ice breaker activity." :]

"I'm an Only Chid" (submitted by John Bittinger, Everett H.S)

Low Risk, No Equipment Needed, Sit Group in a Circle 1. Each person tried to think of something unique about themselves, something no one can claim. This unique aspect makes them an "Only Child." 2. One person begins. "I'm an Only Child because...." (completes statement) 3. If the statement is unique, continue to next student. (Discuss statement as desired.) 4. If someone else in the group shares the aspect, they immediately reply, "No, no. I'm your Bro!" (if male) or "What's this? I'm your sis!" (if female) 5. Continue around the circle as long as desired.

In the Bag (submitted by Goodman Middle school @ WACA It's a Steal)

This activity is one that isperformed without rehersal or preparation. The studenr relies on personal knowledge and experience to give a quick, impromptu speek to the groupc/class. Decorate a bag with the words "In The Bag" and make it look fun and creative. Copy phrases on strips of paper and place them in the bag. Students draw their topics from the bag and give a quick speech to the class. let each student pick a topic and remind them that they have 30 seconds or less to talk. Examples of phrases that can be used as topics for a speech:

1. Why students should never have homework 2. An unusual animal 3. The ideal age should be 4. How to be happy 5. My idea of a perfect day 6. The worst type of pollution 7. A fun way to travel 8. The best bargain 9. The best job in the world 10. The greatest book ever written 11. My favorite Olympic sport 12. How to avoid doing the dishes 13. How I view the future

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14. The worst habit to have 15. How to clean a bedroom in ten minutes 16. How to mess up a bedroom in five minutes 17. The best place in the world to live 18. A great gift 19. The most important invention 20. Something I couldn't live without

Just Say Hello (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Have each person in the group say hello in a different way. The challenge increases with more people as people search for foreign languages, slang, and gestures to say hi to their fellow group members.

Life with the Wright Family (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)
Life with the Wright Family Directions/Story (Adobe Acrobat PDF file)

Link Up (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

One person stands and talks about themself. When someone in the group has something in common with something theyve said, they get up and link arms with the person speaking person. Only one person at a time. They declare the thing that they had in common and then begin talking about themself until someone else comes up with something in common with them. The activity continues until all group members are Linked Up.

"Mix It Up Day" (submitted by Holley Raedel, Komachin MIddle School)

(This is a national event.) As student enters lunch room, they are given a table # and color that corresponds to a specific table. For that one day, students sit with and meet others they do not usually hang around with.

Look Up, Look Down (submitted by Steve Sears , Vashon H.S)

All in the group are in a circle. The "leader" yells "Look Down." Everybody looks at the floor (and picks out the feet of their "victim." The leaders than says "Look Up." Each person looks at te face of their victim. If the two people happen to be looking directly at each other, they must die dramatically and exit the circle. The leader continues "Look Down " "Look Up." until the last two remain the winners. A variation to the game is to call it "Dude." If you are found to be looking directly at the person they both yell "Dude!" and put one hand over their one eye. They continue to play until they lose both eyes and then exiting the circle with a loud, pronounced "Dude!"

Name Tag Switch (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

When passing out items before a meeting or event, give each person the name tag or folder with

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someone elses name on it. It is then the task of that person to find the owner of the item to return it. This causes people who do not know each other to approach many people before finding the correct match.

Name Wave (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

The group stands in a circle. As the group leader, model for the group by going first. Say your name while making a motion with your body. For example, an arm swing, disco point, hop, swivel hips, etc. Freeze the motion whereever it ends up. As soon as you are finished, the person to the right repeats your name aloud, the motion you made and holds the position which starts the next person. This continues around the circle back to the first person. Everyone should be frozen in the same position. When it gets around, the next person starts from that position, makes a new motion while saying their name and holding it at the end. This repeats around the circle. It should go pretty fast and is a good way to remember everyones name.

Pass the Knot (learned from Marty Fortin, Cispus)

Like a group juggle, start the group in a circle with a circle web or rope large enough so that group members can stand shoulder to shoulder and grip the web in front of them with both hands. The group goal is to pass the web around the circle so that the knot in the webbing is in front of each person in alphabetical order. While the knot is being passed around everyone in the group says the name of the person it is going to. "andy...andy...andy...andy...andy...(knot gets shifted in front of andy) now it moves to barbara...barbara....barbara ... and so on.

Peek-A-Who (submitted by Cari Johnson, Cedar Heights J.H.)

Divide a group into 2 teams. Two group leaders are needed in the middle of the groups to hold the two sides of a large blanket or sheet up. Each team should group behind the blanket so that they can not be seen. Once set up, each team sends a representative to a chair set up against the blanket. When ready, the group leaders chant Peek...A...Who! and drop the blanket on Who. Only the two people facing each other in the chairs can answer. The first person to shout out the other persons name is the winner and captures that person to add to their team. The game continues until one team has all but one of the players.

People Scavenger Hunt (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Put group members in small groups. The hunt is a competition between groups. The leader calls out either a literal item or a characteristic. The group must send that person up to the front of the room as quickly as possible. The first person to tag the designed spot wins the round for the group. Groups can also simply have the person stand and yell something to avoid running around. Items that may be called for include: Person with the most letters in their complete name Person with the longest shoe laces When adding up the ages of all siblings, person with the greatest sum Person who has traveled the farthest.

Picture + Caption Matching (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Take a picture from a magazine with a caption and cut them apart. People have to search through the group to find their match. Once the match is found, the pairs have to share something about themselves or the picture in pairs. Repeat several times.

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TO LEAD ACTIVITY: 1. Each person starts with either a picture or a caption. (Note: Must have even number of people.) 2. Establish a 20-second mingle period where the group just moves around in a blob trading papers. This is a random activity that looks like a swarm of bees. 3. Lead says Stop! and the group finds their match.

Pipe Cleaner Partners (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Group members pair up to introduce themselves to each other . Each person forms a pipe cleaner into a shape that represents what the other person has told them. Each person introduces partner and pipe cleaner to the group. EXTENSION: Each member of the group gets one pipe cleaner. They form a shape which represents what theyve been up to lately. The shape can be literal or abstract. As they introduce themselves to the group, they share their symbol.

Postcard Puzzle (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Cut one or more postcards into puzzle pieces giving each person a piece to assemble. With a larger group, you can use several postcards. Can also be done without talking.

Sandwich Boards (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Have group members design a sandwich board to introduce themselves that they can wear around the room for a period of time. Sandwich boards can be made out of tag board with string that connect the two flaps so they can be worn front and back with the string as shoulder straps.

Sentence Relay (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Divide the group into team with butcher paper on the wall or a chalk board for each group to write. Line up the groups about 10 feet from the paper. When the leader says go, each team member runs up to the wall and writes one word on the teams paper. Each successive team member is to run to the wall and add a word to the sheet. When each member of the team returns to the line, the next person may go. The object is to be the first team to complete the run with all people and to successfully write a complete, logical sentence. Sentences can be cued to a theme or related topic.

Silent Introductions (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Place people in pairs that are not allowed to talk to each other. Each person gets a piece of paper and a pencil. In a given time give partner #1 that chance to draw things about themselves for their partner. The only written word allowed in the person writes their name at the top. After about 5 minutes, have the partners switch. Once complete, the partners must introduce eachother to the group using the information that have gathered from the drawings. Be sure to allow each person to rebute or explain what they were trying to tell there partner. This activity can also work with miming.

Switch-a-Roo (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

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When handing out name tags or folders at the beginning of a group event, give people a name tag that is not their own. This will force them to search out the owner of the name tag, introduce themselves, and return it to the correct owner.

Thats Me! (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

(Works with any size group) Have a predetermined list of 510 questions to ask a group. Questions can be catered to a specific group. Instruct group members that if the criteria listed fits them, they are to stand up or raise their hand and say, Thats me! aloud. TO LEAD ACTIVITY: 1. Practice with the group as a whole to break the ice a bit. The Thats me should have a timing that everyone can come in on. Like Question...1...2...3...Thats Me! 2. Sample questions: Who has children? Who had pets? Who has pets that they treat like children? etc. 3. End with a question that everyone will answer yes to.

TP Talk (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Pass a roll of toilet paper around the room and have each person take some. Be very vague and casual about how much each should take. Once the roll has been passed, each person much tell something about themselves to represent each square of toilet paper that was taken.

Two Truths and a Lie (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)
Each group member shares two things about themselves that are true and one thing that is a lie. The rest of the group tries to guess which is the untrue statement.

Whats On Your Plate? (submitted by Cathy Sork, Ft. Vancouver H.S)

Start a group training by giving everyone a plate and some permanent markers. Have them write on their plate in pictures, words, or phrases the things and responsibilities in their lives that fill up their time. Math-type people even like to make it into a pie graph. People then introduce themselves and tell whats on their plate. ALTERNATIVE SHARING: If the group is too big for everyone to explain their plate individually, you can have them raise their plates to various categories. Like Who has kids on their plate?, Who has ______, etc. .

Who Can It Bee Now? (submitted by Lana Yenne,Yelm M.S)

Each member of the group makes a list of three things that other people in the room dont know about them. Individuals can write their names at the top and fold the paper over so that you cant see the name. Throughout a training you randomly pull a name and try to guess. This is good for starting back up after breaks. For added fun, play they song Who Can It Be Now? by Men At Work (1982)
If you were a comic strip character, who would you be and why? What thought or message would you want to put in a fortune cookie? If you had to give up a favorite food, which would be the most difficult to give up? What is one food youd never want to taste again? If you won a lottery ticket and had a million dollars, what would you do with it?

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Youve been given access to a time machine. Where and when would you travel to? If you could be any superhero and have super powers, which one would you like to have and why? Mount Rushmore honors four U.S. presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. If yuo could add any person to Mount Rushmore, who would you add and why? What award would you love to win and for what achievement? If you could transport yourself anywhere instantly, where would you go and why? In your opinion, which animal is the best (or most beautiful) and why? What is one item that you really should throw away, but probably never will? Growing up, what were your favorite toys to play with as a child?

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creative icebreakers

Navpress has a book called, 201 Great Questions. There is a sample of the book on their website that has several questions on it. ResidentAssistant.com has a section of icebreakers andteam building, and name games.

Another resource would be Chapter 6 of the book, The Ultimate Roadtrip. Here are the suggested icebreakers from that book. 1. Best/Worst Have each person share their best and worst moments from the previous week. Try to steer the group away from school items. This icebreaker is an easy one to use at first and gives you good feedback concerning their life at the moment. Some veteran groups do this several times a year ... the answers become more honest as you go. Most Unique Go around the room and have each person share something that makes them different from anyone in the group, like, "I've never left the state I was born in' or, "I am one of ten kids." Two Truths and a Lie Have each person make three statements about themselves: two true statements and one lie. For example, "I've never broken a bone. I have five sisters. I was born in Yugoslavia" The group tries to guess which statement is the lie. Personal Scavenger Hunt Take five minutes and find the following items in your wallet or purse: Something that .. you've had a long time. you're proud of reveals a lot about you. reminds you of a fun time Concerns or worries you. Have each person share the first item. Go around again on the second item, and again until you have gone through each one. Don't feel like you have to use the whole list because it will take too long. 5. Get To Know You Questions What do you do for fun? What would be your ideal vacation? What is the most memorable activity you did with your family as a child? What quality do you appreciate most in a friend? What is one characteristic you received from you parents that you want to keep, and one you wish you could change? What is a good thing happening in your life right now? What makes it good? If you knew you couldn't' fail and money was no object, what would you like to do in the next five years? What would you like said at your funeral?

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When, if ever, did God become more than a word to you, and how did it happen?

These questions can be spread out over time where everyone answers one and then use another question another week or you can put them in a hat and people answer the one they pick. 6. Did You Know? This is great for a group that doesn't know each other well. Find interesting facts about individual group members before the group meets. Try to discover information that sets each person apart from the others, such as "I have a tugboat named after me" or, "I once wrecked the same quarter panel of my car four times" or, "I have a twin." Then make a sheet with one fact from each person and a blank beside this fact. Give everyone in the group a sheet and five to seven minutes to find who goes in each blank. When they find the right person they must also learn one other fact about that person. At the end, introduce everyone in the group in the order on the list. Chart Your Life Thinking back as far as you can, draw a line graph to represent your life. Consider the high points, the low points, moments of inspiration, moments of despair, leveling off times, and where you are now. The line will probably be a mixture of straight, slanted, jagged and curved lines. After you've drawn it, share what it means to you with the group. M&Ms Game Pass a bag of M&M's around and tell everyone to take a few. Then, before they eat them ask them to share something for every M&M. For example, something about their family for every red one, something about their plans for the future for every green one, etc. Most Deprived Buy a large bag of M&M' and give each person the same amount (try ten M&M's). Start by stating something you've never done that you think everyone else has done (thus the name "Most Deprived").

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For example, you might say, "I've never had a birthday party," or some other true statement about yourself that you think everyone else has surely done. Then, everyone who has had a birthday party pays you an M&M. You pay everyone who has not had a party. Keep playing until everyone has a turn or until someone runs out of M&M's. Obviously the idea is to come up with the most M&M's and be most deprived. This activity takes longer... 10. You Write the Questions Give each person a 3X5 card. You pick the topic and let them write the questions. For example, you choose "friendship" as a topic, and they each write out a question for anyone in the group to answer about friendship. For example, "What do you value most in a friend?" or, "Who was your best friend growing up and why/" Then pile all the cards face down in the middle of the group and let people draw. Topic ideas: jobs, life gals, funny stories, hobbies, family, fears, dating issues, significant relationships, relationship with God, etc. My Life in Pictures Bring a newspaper or magazine. have each person tear out a picture, article or anything they think tells something about themselves. If there's enough time they can make a collage that tells more about themselves. House on Fire Ask, "Your house is on fire, and everyone is safe. You have thirty seconds to run through the house and collect three or four articles you want to save. What would you grab? Why?" After everyone has done this, the group can discuss what they learned about the things they value. Make Believe If you could go anywhere in the world now, where would you go and hwy? If you could talk to anyone in the world, who would it be? Why? If you could talk to any person who has died, who would you talk to and why? If you could wish one thing to come true about your upcoming summer, what would it be? Deserted Island Ask, "You've been exiled to a deserted island for a year. You are told you may take three things you want, apart from the essentials. What would you take and why?"

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15. Heroes Ask each member to name three people, past or present, they admire. Why? Or, ask them if they could interview anyone in history, who would that be and why? What one or two questions would you want to ask?

Would You Rather...

boyfriend cheat on you

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him catch you cheating Marry a virgin

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know your going to die get abducted by aliens

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chew a cockroach no one notices you

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Live without music or live without T.V.? Eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid?

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Be called a racist or a traitor to your country? Lose your legs or lose your arms? Have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Be blind or deaf? Live in Antarctica or Death Valley? In a fire, save a sibling or a stranger? Be spanked or be put on a restriction (on your favorite thing to do)? Eat sushi or liver? Have 3 eyes or webbed feet? Meet the president of the U.S. or Billy Graham? Find true love or 1 million dollars? Always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Have stars in your eyes or eyes in the back of your head? Have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? End hunger or hatred? Publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment? Get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Get even or get over it? Always lose or never play? Be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Know it all or have it all?

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Always get first dibs or the last laugh? Give bad advice or take bad advice? Have sand in your shorts or water in your ear? Forget your sunscreen or your sunglasses? Kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Forget who you were or who everyone else was? Have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Give up your computer or your pet? Be the sand castle or the wave? Overthrow a dictatorship or lead one? Write the worst book in history or record the worst song in history? Get free chocolate for one year or free potatoes forever? Have half days everyday or no homework forever? Wear all pink or all purple to school? Take a math test or do a lab in science? Have a mansion in the middle of nowhere or an apartment with 10 friends? Be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Bake cookies in cooking class or do art projects in art class? Run the mile or give a speech for English? Have a pie-eating contest or a wheelbarrow race? Have a big group of friends or one very close friend? Not be able to talk or hear for one day? Be nervous but excited or relaxed but bored? Wear a school uniform or last year's Halloween costume?

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Spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Be an actress/actor in a big movie or the director? Have an ugly, loyal dog or a prize-winning, snobby cat? Be a professional baseball player or a champion horse breeder? Be saved by Superman or meet Winnie the Pooh? Go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Be rich with an unhappy job or make less money with a job you like? Not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Snowboard in the winter or swim in the summer? Pick your own nose or someone else's? Be a tree or live in a tree? Write a mystery or a poem? Meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Be forgotten or hatefully remembered?

Would You Rather. Would you rather always take a cold shower or sleep an hour less than you need to be fully rested? Would you rather always get first dibs or the last laugh? Would you rather always have to say everything on your mind or never speak again? Would you rather always lose or never play? Would you rather always wear earmuffs or a nose plug? Would you rather always win pie-eating contests or always win wheelbarrow races? Would you rather be 3 feet tall or 8 feet tall? Would you rather be 3 feet taller or 3 feet shorter? Would you rather be a deep sea diver or an astronaut? Would you rather be a dog named Killer or a cat named Fluffy? Would you rather be a giant hamster or a tiny rhino? Would you rather be a tree or live in a tree? Would you rather be able to hear any conversation or take back anything you say? Would you rather be able to read everyones mind all the time or always know their future? Would you rather be able to stop time or fly? Would you rather be an unknown minor league basketball player or a famous professional badminton star?

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Would you rather be born with an elephant trunk or a giraffe neck? Would you rather be forced to tell your best friend a lie or tell your parents the truth? Would you rather be forgotten or hatefully remembered? Would you rather be go about your normal day naked or fall asleep for a year? Would you rather be gossipped about or never talked about at all? Would you rather be hairy all over or completely bald? Would you rather be happy for 8hrs/day and poor or sad for 8hr/day and rich? Would you rather be invisible or be able to read minds? Would you rather be rich and ugly, or Poor and good looking? Would you rather be stranded on an island alone or with someone you hate? Would you rather be the most popular or the smartest person you know? Would you rather be the sand castle or the wave? Would you rather eat a bar of soap or drink a bottle of dishwashing liquid? Would you rather eat a handful of hair or lick three public telephones? Would you rather eat a stick of butter or a gallon of ice cream? Would you rather eat a stick of margarine or five tablespoons of hot pepper sauce? Would you rather eat poison ivy or a handful of bumblebees? Would you rather end hunger or hatred? Would you rather find true love or 10 million dollars? Would you rather forget who you were or who everyone else was? Would you rather get caught singing in the mirror or spying on your crush? Would you rather get even or get over it? Would you rather give bad advice or take bad advice? Would you rather give up your computer or your pet? Would you rather go to an amusement park or to a family reunion? Would you rather go without television or junk food for the rest of your life? Would you rather have a beautiful house and ugly car or an ugly house and beautiful car? Would you rather have a kangaroo or koala as your pet? Would you rather have a missing finger or have an extra toe? Would you rather have one wish granted today or three wishes granted in 10 years? Would you rather have x-ray vision or bionic hearing? Would you rather invent a cure for cancer or a cure for AIDS? Would you rather kiss a jellyfish or step on a crab? Would you rather know it all or have it all? Would you rather live without music or live without T.V.? Would you rather love and not be loved back, or be loved but never love? Would you rather make headlines for saving somebodys life or winning a nobel prize? Would you rather meet an alien visitor or travel to outer space? Would you rather never use the internet again or never watch TV again? Would you rather not be able to use your phone or your e-mail? Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to shout? Would you rather own a ski lodge or a surf camp? Would you rather publish your diary or make a movie on your most embarrassing moment?

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Would you rather spend the day surfing the internet or the ocean? Would you rather sweat moderately but constantly 24 hours a day all over your body or have a metal pin in your jaw that constantly picks up talk radio stations? Would you rather die from falling off a cliff or by being threatened. Funny Would You Rather Questions List The best thing about funny would you rather questions is that it allows you to derive sheer fun by exposing some of the weirdest secrets of other people. Here is a compilation of some really funny would you rather questions which are bound to bring out the wild side of people around you. Would you rather drink 1 gallon of ketchup or 1 gallon of mustard? Would you rather be trapped in an elevator with wet dogs or with three fat men with bad breath? Would you rather fly when you fart or pee every time you laugh? Would you rather be the slimmest or the fattest person in the world? Would you rather eat a handful of hair or lick three public telephones? Would you rather chew a piece of toenail off a dirty man's foot, or thoroughly lick his armpit? Would you rather lick up someone else's vomit, or let someone pee in your mouth and swallow it? Would you rather have a ketchup - dispensing navel, or a pencil-sharpening nostril? Would you rather French kiss a dog or have a baby spit up drool into your open mouth? Would you rather wake up with a different face with the same gender, or a different gender with the same face? Would you rather dye your hair pink or eat raw hamburger meat? Would you rather be chased by 10 vicious Rottweilers or 5 vicious German Shepherds? Would you rather do the macarena in front of everybody on a table or dress up as a chicken and dance like a freak in front of everybody? Would you rather drink a shot of yak spit, or a teaspoon of snail slime? Would you rather clean up all the dog poo in your neighborhood for three days or step in dog poo barefoot every day for a week without cleaning it?

Group 1 1. Name the most terrifying moment of your life so far. 2. If you wanted to look very sexy, how would you dress? 3. What famous person do other people tell you that you most resemble? 4. What is the

Group 2 1. If you could have anyone locked in a room so that you could torment them for a day, whom would you choose, and how would you torment them? 2. Do you feel that children

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strangest thing youve ever eaten? 5. If you could bring one character to life from your favorite book, who would it be? 6. Do you believe honesty is the best policy? 7. What vegetable do you most resemble? 8. What dead person would you least want to be haunted by? 9. Who would you most like to be stuck in an elevator with? Least like? 10. What do you think Victorias secret is? 11. Which cartoon character do you resemble the most? 12. Would you rather go a week without bathing, but be able to change your clothes, or a week without a

should be sheltered from unhappiness? 3. The children living next door are being horribly abused by their parents. The only way to stop the abuse is to adopt the children and care for them in your home. Would you? 4. If you could have personally witnessed one event in history, what would you want to have seen? 5. What rights should the father have if his unmarried girlfriend wants an abortion? 6. Assuming that complete recovery were

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change of clothes, but be able to bathe? 13. Which of the four seasons do you most anticipate? 14. You can choose your method of dying and the place in which you will die. Where would you like to die and how? 15. You can choose your last meal. What will the menu consist of? 16. If you had to be trapped in a TV show for a month, which show would you choose? 17. List 5 people you know. Then describe each of them in 5 words. 18. You can select one person from history and ask them a question to which they must give a thruthful reply. Whom would you select, and what question

instantaneous , would you be willing to accept a year of total paralysis below the neck to prevent the otherwise certain extinction of a species of animal? 7. Would you be willing to have horrible nightmares every night for a year if you would be rewarded with extraordinary wealth? 8. Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 5 years to become extremely attractive? 10 years? 15 years? 9. Would you enjoy spending a month of solitude in a

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would you ask? 19. If you joined the circus, what act would you most want to perform? 20. You discover that your wonderful one-year-old child is, because of a mix-up at the hospital, not yours. Would you want to exchange the child to correct the mistake? 21. Would you be willing to become extremely ugly physically if it meant you would live for 1,000 years at any physical age you chose? 22. Would you be willing to commit perjury in court for a close friend? What if your lie would save his life? 23. Would you be willing to eat a bowl of live crickets for $40,000? 24. Would you be

beautiful natural setting? Food and shelter would be provided but you would not see another person. 10. Would you generally be overdressed or underdressed at a party? 11. If you could wake up tomorrow in the body of someone else currently living, would you do so? Whom would you pick? 12. Would you have one of your fingers surgically removed if it guaranteed immunity from all major diseases? 13. Have you ever been sexually attracted to a

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willing to give up sex for five years if you could have wonderfully sensual and erotic dreams whenever you wished? 25. Would you be willing to give up sex for one year if you knew it would give you a much deeper sense of peace than you have now?

family member or a person of an inappropriate age? How did you deal with it? 14. Have you ever returned an item to a store for a refund after having used it? 15. Would you like to have a child much more intelligent and attractive than yourself? 16. If you could have one superpower, which would you choose? 17. What was the most recent movie that made you cry? 18. You can cast any actor no longer alive to play you in a film about your life. Whom would

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you cast in the role? 19. You can cast any actor now alive to play you in a film about your life. Whom would you cast in the role? 20. If you could be any age again for one week, what age would you be? 21. What is it you like best about your mates personality. What do you like the least? 22. If you could plan a trip anywhere in the world for yourself and your mate, where would you like to go? 23. What outfit or article of clothing do you like to see your spouse

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wearing the most? 24. What things would you like to know better about your partner? 25. Have you told your partner about all of your past relationships?

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