What are good questions to ask friends?

Open questions that get a story, like "What is the best trip you have ever taken?" or "What is something you are weirdly good at?" Questions with a yes or no answer end the conversation; questions about a specific moment start one.

What are deep questions to ask friends?

Ask about turning points, values and the people who shaped them: "What changed the way you see things?", "What do you wish more people knew about you?" or "When did you feel proudest of yourself?" Save them for a quiet moment, not the middle of a loud party.

How do you make questions with friends into a game?

Take turns drawing a number and answering that question, give everyone one pass, or play Who's Most Likely To, where the group points at the friend who fits a question best.

85 Questions to Ask Friends: Fun, Deep & Random

How to use these questions

Answer them yourself. A question night only works if everyone shares, including the person asking.
Stay on the good answers. If someone tells a story, ask a follow-up instead of moving on.
Match the room. Fun and random questions are for groups and noisy places. Deep ones are for two or three people and a quiet table.

Fun questions to ask friends

What is the most useless talent you have?
What was your most embarrassing phase?
Which celebrity would you want as a roommate for a month?
What is the worst job you have ever had?
What is your most controversial food opinion?
What is a movie you pretend to have seen?
If you were famous, what would you be famous for?
What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten?
What would your entrance song be?
Which fictional world would you move to?
What is the most money you have spent on something silly?
What is the worst haircut you have ever had?
What is your go-to karaoke song?
What is a trend you followed that you regret?
Who in this group would survive a zombie apocalypse the longest?

Random questions to ask friends

If you could only eat one cuisine for the rest of your life, which would it be?
What is a smell that takes you straight back to being a kid?
Which animal would be the most annoying if it could talk?
What would you do with a free year and enough money not to work?
What is the oddest thing in your fridge right now?
If you could instantly master one skill, what would it be?
What is the best thing you have ever found on the street?
Which decade would you live in if you had to pick?
What is a hill you are willing to die on?
What would you name a boat?
If you started a business tomorrow, what would it be?
What is the most random fact you know?
Which three items would you grab if your house were on fire?

Deep questions to ask friends

What is something that changed the way you see the world?
What do you wish more people knew about you?
When did you feel proudest of yourself?
What is a fear you have that you rarely talk about?
Who has had the biggest influence on who you are?
What is a decision you are glad you made, even though it was hard?
What would make the next five years feel like a success?
What is something you have forgiven but not forgotten?
When do you feel most like yourself?
What did you learn from your last big disappointment?
Is there anyone you wish you had stayed in touch with?
What is a belief you used to hold that you have let go of?
What would you tell your sixteen-year-old self?
What are you working on in yourself right now?

Questions to ask your best friend

What was your first impression of me?
When did you know we were going to be close friends?
What is your favorite memory of us?
What is something I do that drives you a bit crazy?
What is one thing you think I am better at than I give myself credit for?
Which trip or night out should we repeat?
What is a secret you have never told anyone but me?
What do you think I will be doing in ten years?
When have I been there for you in a way I might not know about?
Which of my exes did you secretly never like?
What is something we should do together that we never have?
If we were characters in a sitcom, who would play us?
What song reminds you of me?

Questions for a group of friends

These work best when everyone answers, one after the other.

What is the best thing that happened to you this month?
What is something you are looking forward to?
Who in this group would make the best parent, and who the worst?
What was the first concert you went to?
What is the most spontaneous thing you have ever done?
Which group trip is the one we still talk about?
What is the best piece of advice anyone in this room has given you?
What is your most unpopular opinion?
If this group started a band, who would play what?
What was everyone’s first impression of each other?
What is something you have never told this group?
Which one of us would be the worst at keeping a secret?

Questions to ask friends over text

Short ones that are easy to answer between other things.

What are you doing right now, honestly?
Last photo in your camera roll. Go.
What is the best thing you ate today?
Song stuck in your head right now?
What is something small that made your day better?
Which app have you opened the most today?
Rate your week out of ten and explain.
What should I watch tonight?
If you could teleport anywhere right now, where would you go?
What is the most random thing that happened to you this week?
What are you looking forward to this weekend?
Who was the last person you texted before me?
Send me your most-used emoji and I will guess your week.
Coffee, tea or energy drink: what got you through today?
What is a plan we keep talking about and should actually do?
What is the funniest thing you have seen online this week?
What is one thing on your to-do list you keep avoiding?
Morning person or night owl this week?

Turn the questions into a game

A list works, but a game keeps it moving. Try Who’s Most Likely To: one person reads a question, everyone counts to three and points at the friend who fits best. Or play the hot seat, where one friend answers rapid questions from everyone else.

If you want a phone to do the asking, Duoo is an iPhone and iPad app with party games for two to eight players, including Who’s Most Likely To, Would You Rather and Never Have I Ever. It works offline on one phone that you pass around. It is free to download, and a subscription with a free trial unlocks every game and category.

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