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Questions to get to know someone better

Start light, then go a little deeper once the answers get longer. These questions are for one-on-one conversations: a new friend, a coworker you're getting closer to, or a date.

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Easy questions to get to know someone

Openers that go past small talk without getting heavy.

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  1. 01What's something you're looking forward to right now?
  2. 02What does a perfect day look like for you?
  3. 03What's a place that feels like home to you?
  4. 04Who's the funniest person in your family?
  5. 05What's an opinion you hold more strongly every year?
  6. 06What are you into right now that you weren't into a year ago?
  7. 07Where's somewhere you went once and want to go back to?
  8. 08How do you like to recharge?
  9. 09What's a goal you're working toward?
  10. 10What were you like as a kid?
  11. 11What's something you're really good at?
  12. 12What's a movie you can watch over and over?
  13. 13What's the last thing you did on a whim?
  14. 14What's a smell that takes you straight back to childhood?
  15. 15Who's someone you admire, and why?
  16. 16What's your love language, if you had to guess?
  17. 17What would your friends say is your best quality?
  18. 18What's a chance you took that worked out?
  19. 19What's something you'd like to get better at?
  20. 20What's your favorite memory from the past year?
  21. 21If money weren't a thing, what would you do all day?
  22. 22What do you nerd out about?
  23. 23What's the best compliment you've ever gotten?
  24. 24What's a habit you're proud of?
  25. 25What question do you wish people asked you more?

Questions to get to know a new friend

For the second hangout.

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  1. 26How did you end up living where you live?
  2. 27What's your friend group like?
  3. 28What do you usually do on weekends?
  4. 29What's the best restaurant you've found around here?
  5. 30What's a show you'd tell me to watch?
  6. 31Are you a planner or more go with the flow?
  7. 32What's your favorite way to celebrate a birthday?
  8. 33What's a video you've sent to more than three people?
  9. 34What's something you're trying to get into?
  10. 35Text or call?
  11. 36What's your ideal way to spend a rainy day?
  12. 37What's a hobby you dropped but want to pick back up?
  13. 38What's the best gift you've ever given?
  14. 39What's something you could teach me?
  15. 40What kind of music do you put on in the car?
  16. 41What's a small habit in other people that drives you up the wall?
  17. 42Do you have a hidden talent?
  18. 43What's your favorite thing about your job, or least favorite?
  19. 44Beach trip or mountain trip?
  20. 45What's the best concert or show you've been to?

Deeper questions to get to know someone

For when you've met a few times and want the real answers.

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  1. 46What's something most people don't know about you?
  2. 47What are you most proud of?
  3. 48What's a hard thing you went through that shaped you?
  4. 49What does friendship mean to you?
  5. 50What's a question about your life you don't have an answer to yet?
  6. 51What scares you a little about the future?
  7. 52Who has had the biggest influence on you?
  8. 53What's a belief you grew up with that you've let go of?
  9. 54Where are you when you're happiest?
  10. 55What do you need when you're having a bad day?
  11. 56What's something you wish you'd done sooner?
  12. 57What's a dream you haven't told many people?
  13. 58What's the best decision you've ever made?
  14. 59How do you want to be remembered?
  15. 60What makes you feel appreciated?
  16. 61What's a mistake that taught you something?
  17. 62What do you value most in the people close to you?
  18. 63What would you tell your younger self?
  19. 64What's one thing you'd like to do before you turn the next big age?
  20. 65What would make the next five years a success for you?
How it works

Ready in about a minute

  1. 01

    Open the game on a TV, a laptop or a projector. The screen shows a six-digit code and a QR code.

  2. 02

    Everyone scans the QR or types the code at LivePartyGames.com. Nobody has to install an app or make an account.

  3. 03

    Every phone answers in secret, then the big screen shows what the room picked.

Follow-ups do the real work

The first question opens the door. The second one ("how did that happen?", "what was that like?") is where you actually get to know someone. Ask one question, listen, and follow the answer before moving on.

Listen for a detail

Ask about the one thing they lit up about.

Share your own

Answer the question yourself, so it feels like a conversation.

Don't rush deep

Save the deeper questions for the third or fourth time you talk.

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Good to know

What's a good question to get to know someone?

"What's something you're looking forward to right now?" It's easy to answer, it's positive, and it tells you what matters to them this month.

How do you get to know someone without it feeling like an interview?

Answer your own questions and follow up on theirs. A conversation is two people trading stories, not one person asking.

Can I use these in a group?

Yes. The live game puts a question on the TV and picks who answers, so a group can play too.

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