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Hey Pandas, What Are Some Good Weird Questions To Ask Someone To Get To Know Them Better? (Closed)
Sometimes the best way to get to know someone isn’t by asking the usual stuff like 'What do you do?' or 'Where are you from?' Weird, unexpected questions can spark the funniest and most memorable conversations. So Pandas, what are your favorite quirky or offbeat questions to ask when you want to break the ice?
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#1
What are some popular things you dislike and some unpopular things you enjoy.
Final score:
9points
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#2
I've seen a video where a girl asked her Tinder matches "What's your most controversial opinion?" This question has allowed her to dodge bullets like Neo in Matrix. I think it's a good question to assess a person's moral values and filter out the biggest trash right off the bat.
Final score:
8points
BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago
Mine is that Tom Bombadil, although a great character, added nothing to the books, and in fact his complete disinterest of the ring is a bit confusing, given how powerful this artifact is supposed to be. He was originally a character from a series of poems that were published into a book called the "Adventures of Tom Bombadil" in the 1930s (well before LotR). And I think Tolkien just kind of jammed him into the story needlessly. Controversial opinion #2: I would never have responded with that to a potential Tinder date as that would get me disqualified by nearly 99% of potential dates. That said, the 1% that would still be interested would be a really good match, so there's that.
Rick Murray 2 months ago
Is that answerable? One person's highly controversial could just be another person's "meh".
#3
Not exactly controversial, but establishing musical taste is always right up there for me. If someone is diametrically opposite me on music genres, then that will for sure cause irritation down the line.
Final score:
7points
Rick Murray 2 months ago
On the way to work today: Rammstein, Simon and Garfunkel, Simple Minds, Matchbox Twenty, and L'Âme Immortelle. On the way back from work: Avantasia (just the one dose of epic rocking). My preferred "genre" is best described as symphonic gothic metal with some eighties thrown in, but basically I'll drop in anything I like the sound of, from Passenger to Mägo de Oz to Kalafina to Fields of the Nephilim. And, no, it doesn't have to be in English.
#4
What's your favourite thing? - my son to a lot of people he speaks to for the first time.
Final score:
6points
#5
What is your favourite dinosaur? Favourite colour? Favourite food? All the sorts of questions we ask kids but stop asking adults. Really makes people stop and think. Also asked a housewife if she was a domesticated or feral housewife.
Final score:
5points
Dona Laura 3 months ago (edited)
Love the dinosaur one, Definitely will try that one… at formal dinner, out of the blue, to a total stranger.
Rachel Reynolds 3 months ago
As an adult, it seems like no one care what my favorite dinosaur is anymore. Pachycephalosaurus, btw.
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Lotekguy 2 months ago
Since he lived to write about it, definitely not feral.
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#7
Not as serious as some of the others here. "If you were a type of potato, what kind would you be?" It's a fun icebreaker and it shows if people are willing to be a little silly. Me? I'd be a tater-tot.
Final score:
3points
nottheactualphoto 3 months ago
Potato? It almost doesn't matter; I've never met a potato I didn't like.
BookFanatic (Submission author) 3 months ago
I asked this question at a networking group and half of them answered "vodka." Lol
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BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago
Does it have to be a potato? I would be baked yuca/cassava. It's tastier than potatoes.
#8
What was the name of your first pet? What's the maiden name of your mother? When is your birthdate? Which street did you live at as a child? And of course: what's your social security number./s
Final score:
3points
Rachel Reynolds 3 months ago
Alternatively, Whats your blood type? Are you a drinker? Any family history of kidney disease?
#9
Given that my previous post has been removed for reasons unknown, how about: do you believe in free speech?
Final score:
3points
Rick Murray 2 months ago
The correct answer is "it depends". One should be free to speak their mind, but equally one should be free to live in peace without hate or persecution; but sometimes what people say *is* hate and persecution and I don't believe somebody's right to be an ársehole (yes, it's a judgement - a person who says things to hurt others is exactly this) should trump somebody else's right to safety. So, "it depends".
#10
Tell me about one of your favorite friends from growing up. Any age.
Final score:
2points
#11
Dogs or cats? You have a reptile? Pass.
Final score:
1point
Rick Murray 2 months ago
Cats. There are plenty of lizards and the odd snake outside. Pass what? The water? The salt? The Dutchie? (or does that give my age away?)
Der Kommissar 3 months ago (edited)
There is no correct answer to that. Same with "Beatles or Stones?"
NoRestfortheQWERTY 2 months ago
"If the former, haircut Beatles of psychedelic Beatles?"
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#12
What is the largest animal you could win a fight against?
Final score:
0points
BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago
A more interesting question would be "what is the smallest animal you'd definitely lose a fight with?"
Rick Murray 2 months ago
Unanswerable. I *might* be able to win a fight against a cow because they're kind of dumb. I would be unlikely to win a fight against a píssed off cat. I could probably snipe a crocodile between the eyes, but be killed by bacteria. So... the question itself is flawed, unless you're trying to weed out the posers that think they could punch a bear and walk away unscathed.
#13
What's your birthdate? I might be a weirdo but I want to know where someones Moon, Venus and Mars are and if they match mine. Not everybody is into astrology, but for me it matters. :)
Final score:
-1point
BeesEelsAndPups 3 months ago
I promise I'm asking out of genuine curiosity, but why does astrology matter to you? Is it a religious thing?
Joanne Hudson 2 months ago
While it doesn't eliminate others, someone who is my sign tends to be more like me. Just this week Monday, Tuesday, 3 on Thursday, mine next Tuesday and that's just one week. When I meet someone and I feel comfortable immediately, I usually don't even have to ask. Some folk I immediately close down. I had such a great rapport with my masseuse I asked if he was the same sign and he said EEEUUUUU!!!! but his sign was one that was a lot of fun but I knew not to go too deep. I had an ex-hub that sign and we had a LOT of fun but he could be a jerk. Religion has nothing to do with it for me.
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Your father must have been a thief.....
Because he has stolen two stars from the skies and put them in your eyes.
Final score:
-3points
Dog Mom to Zoe 3 months ago (edited)
Agree..and an old one at that. I'm 68 and heard that from a man when I was 14....14!!!
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#15
A few years ago, I was at a dinner at some friends’ house and there was this girl I didn’t know — a stunning blonde. I was young, full of myself, full of clichés and prejudices, and I thought she was just a “dumb blonde.” In the middle of the conversation, half joking , half teasing , I asked her: “Are your b***s real or did you have surgery?” (I know, awful of me).
She just replied, super chill and polite: “Actually, they are for real.” She didn’t snap back, nothing. And that really stuck with me — the way people react when you put them in an uncomfortable spot says a lot about them. Anyway, she turned out to be a journalist and a writer, and now she’s one of my besties.
Final score:
-3points
Kristin Malliet 3 months ago
I pretty sure a question like that would not get such a chill reaction from the majority of the population, and for good reason.
Dona Laura (Submission author) 2 months ago
Absolutely! That’s what I was expecting at the time. Her demeanor really surprised me.
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Kim Karlotta 3 months ago
Had a friend who looked like an actual barbie doll come to life sucessfully study law in France (French being her third language) - that pretty much *unalived* all my stereotyping of conventionally attractive blond women.
What do you think ?
Lydia Butcher 2 months ago
My favorite question to ask is 'if you were an object what would you be?'. Mine would be a paintbrush!
David Farmer 3 months ago
Horrible questions, overall... I think THIS one wins, haha... I am making a good salary from home $4580-$5240/week , which is amazing under a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank God every day I was blessed with these instructions and now its my duty to pay it forward a.... Blah Blah Blah - and it isn't even a question...
Jedi Panda 3 months ago
I'm guessing you're a scambot, with the amount to times I've seen this.
Load More Replies... Lydia Butcher 2 months ago
My favorite question to ask is 'if you were an object what would you be?'. Mine would be a paintbrush!
David Farmer 3 months ago
Horrible questions, overall... I think THIS one wins, haha... I am making a good salary from home $4580-$5240/week , which is amazing under a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank God every day I was blessed with these instructions and now its my duty to pay it forward a.... Blah Blah Blah - and it isn't even a question...
Jedi Panda 3 months ago
I'm guessing you're a scambot, with the amount to times I've seen this.
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