TOP 90+ Questions to Really get to Know Someone - as per Dr. Wayne Pernell from Cornell University...

There are 100, but I lost a few in my culling...



#1: What's your favorite sandwich and where did you eat it?


#2: What's your favorite place on earth?


#3: What's one place you've visited that you never want to return to?


#4: What's the best show on TV right now?


#5: If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be?


#6: What's the worst movie you ever saw?


#7: What's the best thing you've read in the last five years?


#8: What's the one item of clothing you couldn't live without?


#9: If you could only bring three things with you on a deserted island, what would you pick?


#10: If you could save one material thing from a fire, what would you save?


#11: What's your biggest pet peeve?


#12: What is your favorite movie of all time?


#13: What is the best concert you have ever been to?


#14: What's the worst date you've ever been on?


#15: Would you rather be hot or cold?


#16: What's your favorite karaoke song?


#17: What's your favorite quote?


#18: What was the best meal you ever ate?


#19: What's your least favorite genre of music?


#20: Do you like coffee or tea better?


#21: What is on your bucket list?


#22: What are you most thankful for?


#23: What is your biggest regret in life?


#24: What are you most afraid of?


#25: What do you feel most passionate about?


#26: How do you like to spend your free time?


#27: What would your perfect day be like?


#28: What does your dream life look like?


#29: What goal do you want to accomplish in the next few years?


#30: What is your favorite urban legend that you believe is true?


#31: Would you rather live without the internet, or without bathing?


#32: What was the best decade for music?


#33: Is it ever OK to lie?


#34: Who's the most overrated celebrity?


#35: What's the worst seat on a plane?


#36: What's the most annoying thing people do in public?


#37: Are avocados overrated?


#38: Who's your dream dinner party guest, living or dead?


#39: What would you do tomorrow if you won a million dollars today?


#40: Is a hot dog a sandwich?


#41: Are you a dog person or a cat person and why?


#42: Were Ross and Rachel really on a break?


#43: What is the best compliment that you've ever received?


#44: What do you want people to say about you at your funeral?


#45: What is something people would never guess just by looking at you?


#46: What makes you laugh the most?


#47: Have you ever made a decision that changed your life?


#48: What was the happiest day of your life?


#49: What's your favorite thing about yourself?


#50: What did teachers used to say about you on your report card—and is it still true?


#51: What's something you wish you could change about yourself?


#52: What's the hardest challenge you overcame?


#53: Have you ever failed at something? What did you do after that?


#54/#55: What word would friends of yours use to describe you? Do you agree or disagree?


#56: What was the most life-changing event in your life so far?


#57: What's the most exciting part of your job?


#58: What would you want people to say about you at your retirement party?


#59: What's the most important thing you've ever done at work?


#60: What's your ideal work-life balance?


#61: What's the best piece of career advice you ever got?


#62: What was something you thought was a career setback that actually turned out to be an opportunity?


#63: What are the most important qualities in a leader?


#64: What was your first job?


#65: What is your relationship like with your co-workers?


#66: Where do you see yourself in five years?


#67: Is this the career you saw yourself doing as a child?


#68: What do you think your purpose is?


#69: Have you ever made a promise that you didn't keep?


#70: Do you believe in second chances?


#71: What's your strictest boundary in relationships?


#72: What was the biggest favor you've ever done for someone else?


#73: What was the biggest favor you asked from someone else for yourself?


#74: Would you prefer a job you hate with a high salary, or a job you love with a low salary?


#75: If you had to make an emergency phone call, who would it be?


#76: If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?


#77: Do you believe in any higher power? An afterlife?


#78: What is your love language?


#79: What are you most proud of yourself for?


#80/#81: Do you read/watch the news? What topics do you pay most attention to in the news?


#82: How is your culture/background important to you?


#83: Have you ever cheated on anything/anyone?


#84: Do you prefer conversations in person or over text?


#85: If you had an excess of money, what charity would you donate to and why?


#86: Do you believe in soulmates?


#87: Would you rather drive or be the passenger in a car?


#88: What is your dream vacation destination?


#89: If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?


#90: What superpower would you want to have?


#91: Would you rather be able to travel into the future or into the past?


#92: If you had to live in a different city/state/country, where would you want to live?


#93: Would you rather be able to speak to animals or be fluent in every language?


#94: Are you a planner or do you go-with-the-flow?


#95: What is your astrological sign?


#96: What movie character do you think you are most similar to?