Ice Breakers/Discussion Starters

Media

What is your favorite movie of all time and why?

What is the dumbest movie you've ever seen and why?

Who is your favorite movie actor?

Who is your favorite movie actress?

What is your favorite TV show?

Who is your favorite TV actor and why?

Who is your favorite TV actress and why?

What is a favorite TV commercial of yours and why?

Who is your favorite comedian and why?

What is your favorite song and why?

What is the best book you ever read and why?

What is your favorite magazine?

What is your favorite cartoon and why?

If I could spend a day with anyone who has ever lived (not Jesus) it would be.

My favorite news reporter of all time is...

What do you do during commercial breaks?

Personal History

The house I grew up in was like...

The town I grew up in was like...

My favorite relative when I was 10 was...

Where were you living between the ages of 7-12?

What were the winters like between the ages of 7-12?

What was the worst storm you've ever been in?

The disciplinarian in my family was...and disciplined in this way...

My best birthday was when I...

My worst birthday was when I...

What do you know about your parents' courtship?

What is the birth order of your family and where did you fall in it?

Share one time you got into big trouble with your parents.

Have you ever gone skinny dipping, how old were you, and what was the situation?

When was war made real to you?

Whom did you envy as a child and why?

The best vacation I've ever been on was...

Describe the school you attended in the 4th grade.

What was something unique about your high school.

Describe your favorite teacher in elementary school.

Describe your favorite teacher in high school.

What did you do during summers as a child?

What was one chore you did as a child that you hated?

Describe one thing that has been stolen from you.

What was one thing that you stole from someone else?

What is one object which you sold and wish you hadn't?

What was one family remedy for colds that always seemed to work?

Personal Information

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

If you would be a car, what type would you be and why?

If you were a tree, what type would you be and why?

What is the first thing you hear when you get up in the morning?

What is one daily ritual for you?

Who do you feel would (seriously) make a great President?

What time of day are you most productive and why?

When do you work on your big projects?

What is your full name? Where did it come from?  Do you like it and why?

How do you want your children or grandchildren to remember you?

Who has the most patience in your family?

How would you spend your last day on earth if you were given 1 day to live?

Where do you like to spend time alone?

If you could change your name what would it be?

What caused you to laugh the hardest this week?

What has been a place for you to get away from it all?

What age do you find children most adorable and why?

Describe the strangest dream you've ever had.

Describe a practical joke played on you.

Describe a practical joke you played on someone else.

What would you be doing right now if you were not here?

What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

What is one thing that really irritates you?

When you travel, what do you take along that makes you feel "at home"?

What type of driver are you?

How did you and your spouse meet?

What totally disgusts you?

What is one situation that makes you laugh every time you think about it?

What is one good thing you can say about your boss?

Personal Preferences

What is your favorite fabric for clothes and why?

What are your favorite type of shoes and why?

What is your favorite color and why?

What is one unusual smell that you enjoy?

My favorite meal is...

If I could travel to anywhere in the U.S. it would be to...

If I could travel to anywhere in the world it would be to...

What would be the best place in the world that you could live?

Where would be the worst place in the world that you could live?

What is your favorite fast food restaurant and why?

Describe a favorite heirloom or antique you still have.

What is your favorite way of long distance travel?

What would be your ideal home?

If money were not a factor, what type of car would you own?

source: handout from Immanuel Luth church

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