Icebreaker questions
One question at a time, big enough for the projector. 200 questions for kids, students and work.
What is one thing most people don't know about you?
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What are good icebreaker questions?
Good icebreakers are easy to answer from your own life, take under a minute and have no wrong answer. Pick a set to draw from it.
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200 icebreaker questions
Every question the generator can show, by group. Free to print or use in class.
Icebreaker questions for kids
- What is your favourite animal, and why?
- If you could have any pet, what would it be?
- What is the best thing you ate this week?
- What would you do if you were a teacher for a day?
- What is your favourite game to play at break time?
- If you could be any colour, which one would you be?
- What makes you laugh the most?
- What is something you are really good at?
- If your toys could talk, what would they say about you?
- What is your favourite day of the week, and why?
- Which cartoon character would you like as a friend?
- If you could fly, where would you go first?
- What is the funniest thing that ever happened to you?
- What would you build with a giant box of blocks?
- What is your favourite thing to do when it rains?
- If you found a dragon egg, what would you name the dragon?
- What is one thing you want to learn this year?
- What is the best present you have ever been given?
- If you could invent a new ice cream flavour, what would it be?
- What job would you like when you grow up?
- What is your favourite song to sing along to?
- If you could shrink to the size of an ant, what would you explore?
- What is something kind someone did for you?
- Which story or book character would you like to meet?
- What would you put in a time capsule?
- If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
- What is your favourite thing about your family?
- What is the silliest word you know?
- If you had a robot helper, what would it do?
- What is your favourite place to visit?
- What would you do with a magic wand for one day?
- What sound do you like the most?
- If you could talk to one animal, which would it be?
- What is the best thing about being your age?
- What would your perfect birthday party look like?
- What do you like to draw?
- If you could make one new rule for the class, what would it be?
- What is one thing that makes you feel brave?
- What is your favourite fruit?
- If you had a superpower for a day, what would you pick?
Icebreaker questions for students
- What is one thing most people don't know about you?
- What is a skill you would like to learn this year?
- Which subject surprised you the most, and why?
- What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
- What is a hobby you could talk about for an hour?
- If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be?
- What is a place you would love to visit?
- What song have you been listening to on repeat?
- What is the best book or series you have read?
- What did you do last weekend?
- What is your favourite way to spend a free afternoon?
- If you could master one language overnight, which would it be?
- What is something you are proud of from last year?
- What is your morning routine like?
- What is a food from your culture that everyone should try?
- Who is someone you look up to, and why?
- What is a film you could watch again and again?
- If you could change one thing about school, what would it be?
- What is your dream job?
- What is the most interesting place you have lived or visited?
- What app do you use the most?
- What is a goal you have for this term?
- What do you like to do to relax?
- What is the best thing about where you grew up?
- If you could time travel, would you go to the past or the future?
- What is something that always makes your day better?
- What is a talent you have that might surprise us?
- What is the best class you have ever taken?
- What is a tradition your family has?
- If you started a club at school, what would it be about?
- What is a word or phrase you say a lot?
- What is the best meal you have ever had?
- Which famous person would you swap lives with for a day?
- What is something new you tried recently?
- What three words would your friends use to describe you?
- What is one thing on your bucket list?
- What is a small thing that makes you happy?
- Are you a morning person or a night person?
- What would you study if you could study anything?
- What is your favourite season, and why?
Icebreaker questions for work
- What was your first job?
- What is the best part of your workday?
- What is a skill you picked up outside work that helps you at work?
- What is the most useful app or tool you use?
- What is the best advice a manager ever gave you?
- What would you do if you didn't have to work?
- What is a project you are proud of?
- What is your go-to coffee or tea order?
- What does a great Friday afternoon look like for you?
- What is something you learned this month?
- What is your favourite way to switch off after work?
- What job did you want when you were ten?
- What is one habit that makes you more productive?
- What is the best team you have worked on, and why?
- What is a book or podcast you would recommend to the team?
- If you could instantly master one work skill, what would it be?
- What is the most interesting place you have worked from?
- What is something on your desk that tells a story?
- What is a small win from this week?
- What is your favourite meeting of the week, and why?
- If our team had a theme song, what would it be?
- What is a hobby you would like to get back into?
- What is the best conference or event you have been to?
- Who outside work has taught you the most?
- What is one thing you would change about your commute?
- What is the best lunch spot near you?
- What is a work myth you used to believe?
- What is the most unusual job you have had?
- What would you name a company if you started one?
- What is your favourite way to celebrate a win?
- What is something you are looking forward to this month?
- What is a tip that saves you time every day?
- Which emoji do you use the most at work?
- What is something about you that would surprise the team?
- What do you do to get unstuck on a hard problem?
- What is the best holiday you have taken?
- What is a skill you could teach the team in five minutes?
- What was the highlight of your weekend?
- If you could swap jobs with anyone here for a day, whose would it be?
- What is one word for how your week is going?
This or that questions
- Cats or dogs?
- Beach or mountains?
- Coffee or tea?
- Summer or winter?
- Books or films?
- Sweet or salty?
- Early bird or night owl?
- Pizza or burgers?
- City or countryside?
- Call or text?
- Sunrise or sunset?
- Pancakes or waffles?
- Board games or video games?
- Plan everything or go with the flow?
- Rain or snow?
- Superhero or villain?
- Chocolate or vanilla?
- Cook at home or eat out?
- Flying or invisibility?
- Music on or quiet?
- Comedy or horror?
- Ocean or pool?
- Car or train?
- Breakfast or dinner?
- Sneakers or sandals?
- Big party or small dinner?
- Past or future?
- Paper book or e-reader?
- Hot chocolate or milkshake?
- Window seat or aisle seat?
- Camping or hotel?
- Apples or oranges?
- Space or the deep sea?
- Pen or pencil?
- Spring or autumn?
- Cake or ice cream?
- Team sport or solo sport?
- Podcasts or music?
- Sit in front or sit at the back?
- Robots or dinosaurs?
Would you rather questions
- Would you rather be able to fly or be invisible?
- Would you rather live in the city or the countryside?
- Would you rather read minds or see the future?
- Would you rather have a pet dragon or a pet unicorn?
- Would you rather explore space or the deep sea?
- Would you rather always be too hot or always be too cold?
- Would you rather speak every language or play every instrument?
- Would you rather have no homework or no exams?
- Would you rather live without music or without films?
- Would you rather be famous or be rich?
- Would you rather visit the past or the future?
- Would you rather eat only pizza or only pasta for a year?
- Would you rather have a rewind button or a pause button for life?
- Would you rather talk to animals or talk to machines?
- Would you rather be the funniest or the smartest person in the room?
- Would you rather never use a phone again or never watch TV again?
- Would you rather live on a boat or in a treehouse?
- Would you rather be a world-class chef or a world-class athlete?
- Would you rather have a four-day week or a two-hour lunch every day?
- Would you rather lose your keys or your phone?
- Would you rather be stuck in a lift with a lion or a hundred spiders?
- Would you rather have super strength or super speed?
- Would you rather know every answer or ask the best questions?
- Would you rather swim with sharks or skydive?
- Would you rather have no weekends or no holidays?
- Would you rather meet your hero or your great-great-grandchild?
- Would you rather always have to sing or always have to dance?
- Would you rather live where it's always summer or always winter?
- Would you rather be a giant or the size of a mouse?
- Would you rather give up chocolate or give up crisps?
- Would you rather be a teacher or a student forever?
- Would you rather work from a beach or from a cabin in the woods?
- Would you rather have a personal chef or a personal driver?
- Would you rather never be late or never be tired?
- Would you rather write a best-selling book or star in a hit film?
- Would you rather breathe underwater or never need sleep?
- Would you rather run a zoo or run a theme park?
- Would you rather have a photographic memory or be a fast learner?
- Would you rather travel by teleport or by time machine?
- Would you rather live without the internet or without air conditioning?
How to do it
How to run an icebreaker
Pick a set
Kids or Students for class, Work for meetings. This or that is the quickest: one word each.
Show it big
Press Full screen on the projector or shared screen, so everyone reads the same question.
Answer and say why
Give 30 seconds to think, then go round or pair up. One answer and one reason each keeps it moving.
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| N→ | Next question |
| F | Full screen on or off |
No repeats
Questions are dealt like a shuffled deck, so you see all 40 in a set before any comes back.
Nothing leaves your device
No sign-up and no saving. It runs in this tab and works offline once loaded.
Made for the projector
Full screen shows one question in large type, readable from the back of the room.
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FAQ
What are icebreaker questions?
Short, easy questions that get a group talking at the start of a class, meeting or workshop. Everyone can answer from their own life in a sentence or two, so nobody has to know anything or get it right.
What are good icebreaker questions for work?
Light ones that don't ask about anything private: your first job, a tool you can't live without, a small win from this week. Avoid questions about money, family plans or health, and let people pass.
What are good get to know you questions for students?
Questions about hobbies, places, food and goals work for any age: "What is a hobby you could talk about for an hour?" or "What is a food from your culture that everyone should try?" The Students set has 40 of them.
What are this or that questions?
Quick choices between two things, like "Beach or mountains?". They are the fastest icebreaker: everyone answers in one word, then a few people say why. Try it with students moving to one side of the room or the other.
How do I use icebreaker questions in class?
Put the generator on the projector in full screen at the start of the lesson. Show one question, give 30 seconds to think, then have pairs ask each other before a few share with the class. In an ESL class it makes a quick warmer.
Can I use these as a question of the day?
Yes. Open the page each morning and press Next: you won't see a question again until every one in the set has come up. Or copy one from the lists below onto your first slide.
Are the questions random?
Yes. The generator shuffles the set you pick and deals it like a deck of cards, so a question only comes back once you have seen all 40.
Is anything saved or sent anywhere?
No. The generator runs entirely in your browser and works offline once the page has loaded. Nothing is saved or put in the page address.