Meeting new people can be daunting, but having a few ice breaker questions in the back of your mind can be helpful.
Asking someone a question about themselves is a great way to start a conversation and deflect any possible nervousness when meeting new people at school or work.
Below is a list of ice breaker questions for teens to pull from and have a great conversation starter ready whenever you’re faced with one of those awkward silences.
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Fun Icebreaker Questions For Teens
Icebreaker Questions For Students
- What is your catchphrase, or a word you say a lot?
- What kind of music do you like?
- What do you like most about this school?
- Do you have a favorite teacher here? What do you like about them?
- How many are you in your class?
- Which is your favorite subject at school?
- What word do you know in another language?
- If you could change something about your class, what would that be?
- What do you think about making friends in school?
- What sports do you like?
- If you were to choose, which subject would you scrap off the lesson plan, and why?
- Do you play instruments?
- What does your morning look like before you go to school?
- What are you most excited about this semester?
- What is your favorite memory in school?
- What would you tell your worst enemy?
- What is the funniest thing a teacher has done in class?
- What is one thing people would never guess about you?
Middle School Icebreaker Questions
- What is your favorite game show, and why?
- If you were to write a book, what would it be about?
- If you were to feature in a favorite movie, which one would it be, and why?
- What is your star sign, and do you think your personality traits match that star sign?
- Do you have a best friend in school, and what do you like most about them?
- What would you do if you had an unlimited amount of money?
- What Netflix show did you binge-watch recently?
- What do you do first thing in the morning when you wake up?
- What would you include in the lyrics if you were to write a song?
- If you had an extra hour in a day, what would you do with it?
- If you could create a nickname for yourself, what would it be, and why?
- If there is one food you would never want to eat again, what would that be, and why?
- Who is the smartest person you know?
- Who do you look up to in school and why?
- How does your family celebrate birthdays?
- What do you have in common with your siblings?
- Do you like cats or dogs, and why?
- If you could get a pet today, what would you name it?
- What is the best gift you ever got from someone?
Ice Breaker Questions For High School Students
- What is the best thing about being in high school?
- What is your favorite TV show?
- What is the best thing about being a teenager?
- Where is one place you would like to time travel if resources were not a problem?
- Where do you most like to listen to music?
- What is your favorite color?
- What are the top qualities of your best friend?
- Where did you meet your best friend?
- What activities do you like to do outside of school?
- What one song gets stuck in your head but you do not like?
- What is your favorite thing to do before you go to bed?
- What is your favorite quote?
- What is your biggest pet peeve?
- What is your fashion style?
- What do you like to do during your free time?
- If you could tell someone you love them right now, who would that be?
- What is the craziest trend you have tried?
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Ice Breaker Questions For Youth Groups
- If you were an animal, which one would you be and why?
- Who was your favorite superhero when you were little, and why?
- What do you like to do in the summer?
- Who would you take if you were to go on a desert island today?
- If you were an ice cream flavor, which one would you be and why?
- If you watch cartoons, who is your favorite cartoon character?
- What is one thing you would like to accomplish during your lifetime?
- If you had a limitless supply of one specific type of food, which food would you get?
- What is your absolute dream job?
- If you could go to one place in the world, where would you go and why?
- What new skill would you like to learn and why?
- What scent reminds you of someone in your life?
- Where is your favorite place to study?
- If you could make a movie, which genre would that be; romantic, comedy, drama, action, or science fiction?
- What three words would you use to describe yourself, and why?
- What is one thing you did recently that you are proud of?
- What is the strangest dream you can remember?
Ice Breaker Questions For Teenage Groups
- Who is the most inspirational person you know?
- If you could be half-animal and half-human, which animal would you choose?
- Which is your favorite season and why?
- What do you like to do with your best friend?
- What is one of the earliest childhood memory that you can remember?
- Where did you grow up, and how was it?
- What is one thing that made you smile today?
- Do you have an irrational fear, and what is it?
- What is the best thing a stranger has done for you?
- If you worked in a zoo, which animal would you want to take care of and why?
- If you have experienced the loss of a loved one, how did you cope?
- What kind of places do you like to hang out with your friends?
- What are five things you like about yourself?
- If you could relive one day of your life so far, which one would it be and why?
- What is the bravest thing you have done so far?
- If you were to write a book about your life, what would the title be?
- What are you looking forward to the most in becoming an independent adult?
Agree/Disagree Ice Breaker Questions For Teens
- Do you agree or disagree that playing a game is fun only when you win?
- Is summer the best season of the year?
- It does not matter if you enjoy your job or not as long as it pays well
- Everyone should read a book every month.
- Swimming in the ocean is better than swimming in a pool.
- Pizza is the best food around the world.
- Decisions that people make quickly are always wrong.
- Nighttime is better than daytime.
- Watching something on the internet is better than watching something on TV.
- It is better to grow up in the countryside than in a big city.
- Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
- Dogs are better pets than cats.
- A night owl is better than a morning person.
- Reading English is better than writing English.
- High school students should wear uniforms.
- Practicing conversation skills is more important than studying grammar.
- Public transport should be free for all.
- Teachers should take exams every year.
Positive Ice Breaker Questions For Teens
- What is one thing you have done for your parents that they liked?
- How would you describe your siblings?
- What is the meaning of your name?
- What did you want to become when you grew up?
- What is one truth about your personality that most people do not know?
- How did you cope with an embarrassing moment at school?
- What style of shoes do you prefer, and why?
- What do you think is the greatest piece of technology so far?
- What is the funniest prank you have ever played on someone?
- What is one of the proudest moments of your life in school?
- What is the most beautiful thing you have ever seen in nature?
- What is the best compliment someone has given you?
- What is the kindest thing your teacher has done to you?
- What habits in people do you like the most?
- What is the first thing you notice about someone when you meet them for the first time?
- What are you most passionate about?
- What would you add to your bucket list if you had all the money?
- If you could have a tattoo of your choice, where would you get it done, and why?
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Ice Breaker Questions For Work
- What three things do you like about this place?
- If you were to change something about how things run here, what would that be, and why?
- Who is your favorite colleague here, and why?
- What spikes your creativity in this workplace?
- What is one thing you cannot function without in this workplace?
- What compliments do you think people give the most?
- What is one skill that everyone should have?
- What do you look forward to when you retire?
- What do you do over the weekends off work?
- What value would you add if you had an extra hour at work?
- What unique skill got you the job at this company?
- What is one of your greatest achievements in this organization?
- What activities help you relieve stress after a long day at work?
- If you could change something about your roles, what would that be?
- If you could have any job in the world, which one would you pick?
- If there was no dress code for work, what would you wear?
- What event would you most likely win at the company’s field day?
- If you could have dinner with someone famous, who would you pick?
- Who is your career role model, and why?
Funny Icebreaker Questions
- If you woke up as an old person, what ‘old person’ thing would you do?
- What embarrassing fashion trend would you rock if there was no judgment?
- What dance moves are you best at?
- How would you describe your worst haircut?
- Have you had a wardrobe malfunction, and what was that?
- What is a ridiculous thing someone did to embarrass you?
- What did you do and blamed it on someone else?
- What is the funniest thing that has happened on a family vacation?
- What is the most embarrassing thing you have done in public?
- What was the worst job you’ve ever had?
- What is the strangest talent you have?
- What is a funny thing about you that people would be surprised to know?
- What’s a nickname you would give your best friend?
- What website or blog would you admit to loving?
- What do you pretend to hate but love?
- What is the most random thing in your handbag or wallet?
- Which activity have you tried and failed terribly at?
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Good Ice Breaker Questions
- If you were a superhero, what would your super-name be, and why?
- What would your message to aspiring models be if you won Miss World?
- If you were running for office, what would your campaign slogan be?
- If you would take a year off work, what would you do?
- What would you do if you had 15 minutes of fame?
- What is your favorite bedtime story?
- If you could go on tour with a band, which band would you choose?
- If you met your favorite movie character, what would you tell them?
- How do you keep track of what is going on in the world?
- If you had a million dollars to donate to charity, which charity would you donate to?
- What is the most valuable thing you own?
- What is the most important thing for you in life?
- How would you spend a rainy weekend alone at home?
- What is the most meaningful gift you have ever received?
- If you could spend your day as an athlete, who would you choose?
- What is your best recipe, and why?
- If you won a cruise to anywhere in the world, where would you go?
- What is your best dance move?
Best Ice Breaker Questions
- If you could meet a person from history, who would it be?
- Where do you seek your inspiration from?
- What is one thing you tried reluctantly and ended up liking?
- Where were you born, and what reminds you most of that place?
- What is your favorite time of the day?
- What part of your daily routine do you look forward to the most?
- What non-work-related goal would you like to achieve in the next few years?
- What is one interesting fact about your college would you share?
- What do you hope to be doing ten years from today?
- What is the best book you’ve read so far, and why?
- If you had all the time and money, what would you invent?
- What is your favorite appliance in your home and why?
- What makes up your best sandwich?
- What kind of pets did you have growing up?
- If you could teach a skill, which one would, that be?
- Who was your toughest teacher growing up, and what did they teach you?
- What is one thing you learned about friendships in college?
Great Ice Breaker Questions
- What experience in your life changed your values?
- What is one thing that drives your success?
- What are three things you would wish to accomplish before the end of the year?
- Why do you wake up in the morning and face the day?
- When was the last time you did something for the first time?
- What would you do if you had all the money in the world?
- If you went back to childhood, what would you change?
- What is one problem in the world you would change if possible?
- What additional skills do you need now to improve your life?
- If you could speak another language, which one would it be and why?
- If you could give your younger self a piece of advice, what would you tell yourself?
- Where do you want to retire and why?
- What was your biggest dream as a child?
- Where would you build your dream house?
- What would you get your family if you had all the money in the world?
- What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
- What is one skill you think everyone in the world should have?
- What do you admire most in your role model?