Questions to ask a stranger

Easy openers

• What’s a small thing that made you smile today?
• Morning person or night owl?
• Tea or coffee? Defend your choice.
• What are you up to this weekend?
• What’s the last song you had on repeat?
• What’s your go-to snack at 2 AM?
• Rain or sunshine?
• What show are you watching right now?
• Cats or dogs?
• What’s your favourite way to spend a Sunday?

Fun and silly

• Superpower: fly or be invisible?
• If your life was a movie, what would it be called?
• What’s the weirdest food combination you secretly love?
• What’s a trend you just don’t understand?
• If you opened a shop, what would it sell?
• What’s your favourite emoji and what does it say about you?
• Which fictional world would you want to live in?
• What’s a word you use way too much?
• What did you believe as a kid that was hilariously wrong?
• What game were you unbeatable at in school?

Get to know them

• What’s one thing you’re proud of this year?
• What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?
• What did you want to be when you were 10?
• What’s a hobby you want to start?
• If money didn’t matter, what would your dream job be?
• What’s one thing you’d tell your younger self?
• What’s the kindest thing a stranger has done for you?
• What’s a habit you’re trying to build?
• What’s a goal you have for next month?
• What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?

Travel, food and places

• Beach holiday or mountain holiday?
• What’s the best street food you’ve ever had?
• If you could live in any country for a year, where?
• What’s the most underrated city you’ve been to?
• What’s a place you want to visit before you turn 30?
• What’s your comfort food?
• What’s your favourite festival and why?
• What’s your favourite thing about where you live?
• Which decade would you time-travel to?
• What’s your signature dish, or the one thing you can cook?

Keep it safe

Great questions are about opinions and stories, not personal details. Never ask for, or share, a full name, phone number, address, school or social media handle.