Conversation Starters

How it works

1. Pick a category, like deep or work icebreakers.
2. Tap the button to show a random question.
3. Ask it out loud, then tap again for the next one.

Cards come out in a random order and never repeat until you have seen the whole category. The deck has 370 original cards across 6 categories, written for this site. How the randomness works.

The full list

Questions for dinners and dates that lead to real stories. Pick one, listen well, and see where it goes.

1. What's a meal you still think about months later?
2. Which trip changed how you see the world, even a little?
3. What's something you're looking forward to this month?
4. If you could open a small shop, what would it sell?
5. How did you and your closest friend meet?
6. What's the best concert or show you've ever been to?
7. Which skill would you love to have by next summer?
8. What's a tradition you'd want to keep going with your own family someday?
9. If you could have dinner anywhere in the world tonight, where would it be?
10. What's a movie you'd recommend to anyone at this table?
11. Which smell reminds you of a holiday?
12. What's the most interesting thing you've read or heard lately?
13. How do you like to spend a lazy Sunday?
14. What's a dish you're known for making?
15. Which decade would you visit for a weekend?
16. What's a small thing that always cheers you up?
17. If you could take a class in anything, what would it be?
18. What's the best surprise you've ever gotten?
19. Which city would you move to if work didn't matter?
20. What's a goal you've set for yourself this year?
21. How would your childhood self react to your life now?
22. What's the best advice a friend has given you?
23. Which song gets you on the dance floor?
24. What's a weekend plan that sounds perfect to you right now?
25. If you could live in any era of history, which would it be?
26. What's a hobby you'd pick up if you had the time?
27. Which room in your home is your favorite?
28. What's the last thing you laughed hard at?
29. Do you go big on your birthday or keep it low-key?
30. What's something you've changed your mind about recently?
31. Which local restaurant would you take a visitor to?
32. What's the best thing that happened to you this week?
33. If you won a free trip tomorrow, where would you go?
34. What's something you're secretly good at?
35. Which kind of vacation recharges you most?
36. What's a book that stuck with you?
37. How did you spend summers as a kid?
38. What's a place in your town that most people overlook?
39. Which food would you bring to a picnic?
40. What's something you've always wanted to try but haven't yet?
41. Picture any view outside your window. What do you see?
42. What's a family story that gets told at every gathering?
43. Which job would you try if you had a second career?
44. What's your idea of a perfect date night?
45. How do you usually start your mornings?
46. What's a TV show you'd love to see come back?
47. Which compliment do you remember most?
48. What's something about you that surprises people?
49. If you could master one instrument, which would you choose?
50. What's the most beautiful place you've ever seen?
51. Which holiday meal is the best one of the year?
52. What's a question you love being asked?
53. How would you describe your perfect neighborhood?
54. What's an adventure you'd love to go on with someone at this table?
55. Which simple pleasure do you never get tired of?
56. Have you cooked anything lately you're proud of?
57. If you wrote a cookbook, what would it be called?
58. What's a game you loved as a kid?
59. Which talent do you admire most in other people?
60. What's something you'd like to do before the year is over?

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