Icebreaker Questions for Meetings, Classes and Parties

One question, every voice, then on with the day.

An icebreaker question has one job: get every person in the room to say something before the real business starts. The main deck holds 200 questions anyone can answer in ten seconds.

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The main deck, a sillier one, stand up if, four corners and emoji rounds.

Best Icebreaker Questions200 ten-second questions in eight topics, with 40 multiple-choice cards for a show of hands and 34 about food. How many tabs do you have open right now?
Funny Icebreaker Questions for Adults120 clean, silly questions about adult life in seven topics, with 30 unhinged hypotheticals and 14 show-of-hands cards. Which hour of the day could we delete without anyone noticing?
Stand Up If Icebreaker QuestionsStatements a whole room answers by standing: this morning, food, habits, have you ever, likes and dislikes, and this room. Stand up if you have raised your hand already today.
Four Corners Icebreaker QuestionsQuestions with four answers each, one for every corner: favorites, food, habits, what would you pick, and how much do you agree. Which day would you add a second one of?
Emoji Icebreaker QuestionsPrompts answered by posting emoji: one emoji, three-emoji stories, pick one of four, guess mine, and emoji opinions. Which emoji do you send by mistake most often?
Fill in the Blank Icebreaker QuestionsSentence starters with one blank each: about me, this week, favorites, if I could, and this group. The leftovers in my fridge right now are ___.
10 Things in Common Icebreaker QuestionsPrompts for the ten-things-in-common icebreaker: food, places, habits, skills and hobbies, likes and dislikes, and odd ones. A thing every one of you does at the very last minute.
Give Yourself a Point Icebreaker Games180 statements to read out, each worth 1, 3 or 5 points, in six sets from this morning to kind things. Give yourself 3 points if you had time to sit and do nothing before you left home today.
Fun Facts for Icebreakers104 questions that lead a person to a fun fact of their own, in six topics from firsts and near misses to a boring fact on purpose, each with an example. What do you own that came to you in an odd way?
Gratitude Icebreaker111 gratitude questions in six topics: small things, people, a team meeting, a class circle, the dinner table and 17 quick rounds for the whole group. What is the best thing that has happened since you woke up today?
Desert Island Icebreaker109 desert island questions in six topics: three things to bring, just one book or food, who comes along, life on the island, stranded as a team and rescue. You are stranded on a desert island. Which three things do you bring?

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Work, teachers, teens, kids, college, church, book clubs, music, art and history.

Good Work Icebreaker Questions for Meetings, Calls and New Hires150 meeting-safe questions in seven topics: team meetings, virtual calls, new hires, leadership, quick polls, fun, and clients and workshops. What would your out-of-office say if it were fully honest and still polite?
Icebreaker Questions Middle School Students Will Answer120 questions for a new class, an advisory, a team or a youth group, ages 11 to 17, in eight topics. Most take one word or a show of hands. What makes a new person feel welcome here?
Icebreaker Questions for Kids120 questions for ages 5 to 12 in eight topics, from Hands up to Pretend. Written for the first day of school and the first club meeting. If you built a treehouse, what would you put inside first?
Christian Icebreaker Questions for Bible Study and Small Groups150 quick openers for Bible study and small groups: 50 funny, 50 Bible-themed and 50 deeper, sorted for new groups and old friends. Potluck line: first through, polite middle, or waiting for seconds?
Book Club Ice Breakers80 openers for a book club: first meeting, reading life, this month's book and just for fun. Which book would you hand to a stranger right now?
Icebreaker Questions for College Students120 questions for students who have just met, in seven topics: first class, dorm floor, clubs, orientation week, study groups, show of hands and just for fun. Which building on campus do you still get lost in?
Icebreaker Questions for TeachersQuestions teachers answer about school life: back to school, classroom stories, supplies, how you teach, multiple choice and just for fun. What supply did you not know you needed until you had it?
Music Icebreaker QuestionsQuestions about listening, singing and playing, live music, and sounds and memory, plus a multiple-choice set. No song or artist is named. What is the quietest sound you like?
Art Icebreaker QuestionsQuestions about making, looking, colors and materials, and museums, plus a multiple-choice set. No artist or artwork is named. Black paper or white paper?
History Icebreaker QuestionsOpinion questions about the past: time travel, everyday life long ago, inventions and old things, plus a multiple-choice set. Which everyday thing of ours would amaze people long ago the most?
Women's Ministry Icebreaker Questions120 openers for a women's ministry year: brunch, the first night of a Bible study, retreat, across the generations, getting to know you and light ones. Sweet table or savory table: where will we find you?
Mentor Mentee Icebreakers120 questions for a newly matched mentor and mentee: a first meeting, a set for each side to ask, how to work together, kickoff rounds and later meetings. Which of your skills would surprise your manager?
Goal Setting Icebreakers120 openers for a goal-setting session in six sets: a show of hands, looking back, one goal, first steps, time and priorities, and a set for college students. The word resolution: love it, fine with it, tired of it or never use it?
Icebreaker Questions About Animals101 cards about animals in five topics: if you were an animal, pets you have known, this or that with a reason, zoo, farm and wild, and odd facts with a question. If you had to move like one animal all day, which walk would you pick?
Icebreaker Questions for a Retirement Party110 retirement party questions in five topics: guests who have just met, memories of working together, first jobs, 24 for the retiree and the free Monday. Did your first job come with a uniform, a name tag, a time clock or none of them?
Speed Friending Icebreaker97 speed friending questions in eight topics: quick openers, this week, tastes, free time, short stories, things in common, what kind of friend you are and closers. Sweet or salty, and what is the proof?
Superhero Icebreaker Questions108 superhero questions in seven topics: pick a power, your real-life superpower, hero name and costume, sidekicks, secret identity, one super day and rivals. You get one superpower today. Which do you choose, and why that one?

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A short deck for each time of year, from fall and Thanksgiving round to summer.

Fall Icebreaker Questions for Work and Class60 autumn questions for meetings and classrooms in six topics: work, back to school, flavors, leaves, a 12-card Halloween set and 20 show-of-hands cards. Pick a fall field trip: an orchard, a farm, a corn maze or a nature trail?
Thanksgiving Icebreaker Questions for Work and the Family Table60 quick questions for November meetings and family tables: the menu, small thanks, the parade and leftovers, with a Work-safe topic of 46 cards. Which container in your kitchen really belongs to someone else's past dinner?
Winter Icebreaker Questions for Cold Days and the New Year106 questions in eight topics: 60 about snow, cold and staying in with no holiday named, plus 46 for January and the new year. What is a good indoor hobby for a long winter?
Holiday Icebreaker Questions for Office Parties and Year-End Meetings60 December questions that work for any tradition: lights, food, gifts, the office party, the last week before the break and 23 multiple-choice cards. Cookie swap: do you bake from scratch, buy a box or only do the tasting?
Valentine's Day Icebreaker Questions About Friends and Kindness60 questions about valentines, friends, kind acts and candy in five topics. None is romantic, so the deck suits a classroom or an office. What is a good rule for a class or office valentine exchange?
Spring Icebreaker Questions for Work, Class and St Patrick's Day60 spring questions in six topics: warm days and rain, gardens, spring cleaning, 12 for spring at work, a 15-card St Patrick's Day set and 16 multiple-choice cards. What is the first meal you eat outside once the weather turns?
Summer Icebreaker Questions About Heat, Vacations and Being a Kid60 summer questions in six topics: vacations and road trips, heat, childhood summers, cookouts and ice cream, summer at work and 24 multiple-choice cards. Fireworks: front row, from a distance or indoors with the dog?
Easter Icebreaker Questions62 Easter questions in five topics: eggs and egg hunts, treats, the spring table, 11 for church and 11 for work, with 17 multiple-choice cards. Which do you save for last in a mixed bag of spring candy?
Father's Day Icebreaker116 Father's Day questions in seven topics: father figures, advice, dad jokes, the cookout, the garage, 17 for the dads and 13 whole-room rounds. What did a father figure say so often that you can do the voice?
Mother's Day Icebreakers99 Mother's Day questions in six topics: the women who raised us, sayings and house rules, kitchen memories, the day itself, 16 for the moms and 14 whole-room rounds. "Because I said so", "We'll see" or "Ask me later": which did you hear most?

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Beside it sit a funny deck, stand up if and four corners for a room on its feet, emoji, fill-in-the-blank and things-in-common decks, decks for work, teachers, teens, kids, college and church groups, music, art and history decks, and one for each season. Read the card out, then press Next card. Every question is original and clean.

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