Examples: <ul><li>If you received $10 million but could only spend it on things that start with the first letter of your first name, what would you buy? </li><li>What’s the best type of cheese? </li><li>What’s the most extreme item on your bucket list? </li><li>What is the key to making the perfect pizza? </li></ul>

1. Fun  — get the laughs rolling with light-hearted and imaginative situational questions.

According to one study, an awkward silence lasts approximately four seconds. If it happens regularly, enough awkward silences can utterly derail a date. Over the past few years, I’ve compiled a list of the most interesting questions I’ve ever come across that lead to engaging and flowing conversations. PartyQs has over 750 hand-curated questions in four categories: Fun, dating, deep questions and party questions.

Fun and engaging get-to-know-you questions for conversation material

Examples: <ul><li>Would you rather be famous when you are alive and forgotten when you die or unknown when you are alive but famous after you die? </li><li>What are signs that someone is secretly unhappy? </li><li>Can art be objectively good or bad? </li><li>Which is more important for humanity: the arts or the sciences? </li></ul>

3. Deep questions —  warning, these topics deal with big ideas and immersive thoughts.

Examples: <ul><li>Would you rather travel for five years in an RV or travel for five years in a sailboat? </li><li>When and where do you get your best ideas? </li><li>Would you rather increase your reading or your exercise? </li><li>Are you more firm than gentle, or more gentle than firm? </li><li>What makes you really nerd out? </li></ul>

4. Party questions— break the ice with class

Examples: <ul><li>What makes you feel most alive? </li><li>What is something you learned from your dad? </li><li>Would you rather have free passes for life to all amusement parks or to all concerts? </li><li>What always makes you laugh out loud? </li></ul>

2. Date Night  — discover something new about your partner.

If another awkward silence happen again, the discomfort may intensify. If it happens regularly, enough awkward silences can utterly derail a date. Once when I was on a date, I made a comment about…

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