It’s really easy to take our friends for granted. We’ve known them for years but never bothered to ask the most basic things about their lives because we assumed we already knew everything about them. For example, what’s their favorite color? What’s their most beloved pizza topping choice? What’s a family tradition they cherish? Or their parents’ names?
If you just realized you still don’t know your friends’ favorite things, it’s time to address the issue — even though it can be awkward to ask these personal questions when you’ve known your pals for a long time.
So gather all your favorite people and get to know each other better! We’ve rounded up a complete list of interesting questions to ask: You’ll be surprised by the number of details you’ll find out! The best thing about these questions is that they can strike up conversations in an instant. They also work wonders as convo starters in case you’re getting to know someone for the first time and your mind tends to go blank.
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What is your favorite book?
What is your favorite hobby?
Woodworking or football (soccer)...playing not watching. Tied for first place.
Who is your favorite family member to spend time with?
What’s your favorite food?
What’s your favorite meal to cook at home?
I love to cook a french onion soup, a medium rare or medium beef steak, asparagus and rice pilaf dinner.
What’s your favorite magazine to read?
What’s your favorite childhood memory with your father?
Taking us down to the laundromat to see the laundry get done. Also bought me and my two older siblings soda while we watched.
What’s your favorite childhood memory with your mother?
Helping her cook a pasta dish I really liked. Unfortunately I was too young to really remember all the ingredients and now I can't recreate it.
What is your parent’s favorite memory from when you and your siblings were babies?
It is the strongest memory, I was almost six years old. My mom had my baby sis in October of 68. I was barely five. My parents separated. My sis had colic and Mom who couldn't drive left the house to go to a convenient store ( ostensibly for coke cola) she remained there chatting. My sister began crying, I didn't know who to call, so I climbed into the crib and let her suck my thumb....I at first wanted her to stop crying, but , then I realized I loved her. Parents didn't even tell me they were expecting, and mom was heavy, but I loved that little girl.
What was your favorite thing about your childhood home?
It's small and old and not fancy but when it's raining and storming outside, there is no place that feels better to me.
Who are your favorite co-workers?
What’s your favorite type of tea?
What’s your favorite type of pie?
What is your favorite movie?
My favorite funny movie is ' It's a Mad Mad Mad World". I then liked The Big Chill, and a few films like The Commitments".
What is your favorite topic to read about?
I enjoy mostly all history, especially if there is a medical twist, but I have bought many Kindle books about history. If we don't study and learn, we cant fight against that which is reprehensible. I was born in 1963, to an American father, who although not being classically educated, knew that his children need to know about the Holocaust and all those " different ' people that some losten
What’s your favorite form of entertainment?
Stage plays-I live in Charlotte, NC and we have a children's theater, and one that plays Broadway and off Broadway plays. Even a decently done community play can be so entertaining!
What is your favorite game to play with your family?
What is your favorite music genre?
What is your favorite sport you wish you were a pro at?
What’s your favorite thing to do on vacation?
Who is your favorite person to be around to cheer you up?
What is your favorite color?
What is your favorite season, and why?
What is your favorite dessert?
What is your favorite drink on hot summer days?
What is your favorite drink?
What’s your favorite cake?
What’s your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?
What’s your favorite junk food?
What is your favorite kind of sushi?
What is your favorite comfort food?
What is your favorite guilty pleasure song?
What’s your favorite type of vacation?
What’s your favorite smell you associate with where you grew up?
Oddly, tobacco smoke. Reminds me of simpler times. Used to love the smell in my dads old beater cars. Hated it when they were actually smoking though.
What’s your favorite thing you collected as a child?
What is your favorite birthday memory?
When I turned 8 there was crazy weather. My birthday is in the Summer but this year the weather was insane amounds of ain and thunder and lightning. My dad still talks about it 30 years later. Lol. I remember sitting on the couch and the daylight turned darker and darker within a few minutes.
What is your favorite perfume/cologne scent?
What’s your favorite memory from college?
What is your favorite pizza topping(s)?
What’s your favorite local cuisine?
This is a good one, stewed baracuda fish with boiled and fried dasheen. Very local combo....very heavenly.
What’s your favorite thing to bake?
What’s your favorite type of cheese?
What is your favorite candy?
What’s your favorite food to eat while watching your favorite show?
What’s your favorite vegetable?
What are your favorite ice cream sundae toppings?
What’s your favorite type of cookies?
What’s your favorite seafood?
What is your favorite soda?
What is your favorite chocolate candy?
What’s your favorite Chinese meal?
What’s your favorite song to listen to?
What is your favorite Marvel character?
What is your favorite fictional relationship?
What is your favorite canceled TV series?
What is your favorite classic movie?
What is your favorite song to play in the car?
What’s your favorite board game?
What’s your favorite animated TV Show?
What’s your favorite way to travel?
What is your favorite family vacation?
What’s your favorite memory of a pet you’ve lost?
This one time I had a hamster and I'd close my room door and let her roam around the room at night, she seemed to like that. One night I'm sleeping and when I open my eyes she's on the next pillow right in front of me staring straight at me....it freaked me out. Lol
What’s your favorite romantic activity?
What is your favorite alcoholic beverage?
What is your favorite way to cook a steak?
What is your favorite thing at a buffet?
What is your favorite Simpsons character?
What’s your favorite play?
A local play, Under the Mango Tree, written by one of my close friends.
What is your favorite streaming service?
What is your favorite Marvel movie?
What is your favorite Leonardo DiCaprio movie?
What’s your favorite video game?
What is your favorite rap song?
What is your favorite actress?
What’s your favorite instrument to listen to/play?
What’s your favorite TV show?
What’s your all-time favorite tv series?
What is your favorite sci-fi movie?
What is your favorite football team?
What’s your favorite place for spring break?
Sadly being homeschooled i only get summer and Christmas, along with any i need for other reasons.
What is your favorite ride at a carnival?
Who was your favorite crush?
What is your favorite coming-of-age movie?
What is your favorite hockey team?
What is your favorite thing to do at the beach?
Sit on the shore with my feet in the water listening to the waves.
What is your favorite baseball team?
