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120 get to know you questions
Questions // Family friendly
Easy openers, silly ones, a set for coworkers, one for the classroom and the deeper ones you save for later. All our own, and fine for any table.
A good get to know you question is easy to answer and hard to answer badly. Nobody freezes on "What did you eat a lot of as a kid?", and the answer always says more than the question asked. The bad ones sound like a job interview. The good ones start a story.
We wrote these 120 ourselves, in six sets, from easy openers to the ones you save for later in the night. They work for new friends, new coworkers, a class on the first day of term or a family dinner where someone has brought a new partner. All of them are family friendly.
How to use them
- Start light. Open with the easy set. People warm up faster when the first answer costs them nothing.
- Answer it yourself first. If you ask the question, go first. It sets the length and the tone.
- Follow the story, not the list. When an answer gets a laugh or a "wait, what?", ask one more about it before you move on.
- Let people pass. Anyone can skip a question, no reason needed. It keeps the whole thing fun.
Easy get to know you questions
- What did you eat a lot of as a kid that you never eat now?
- What is the best thing you have cooked or baked?
- Where did you grow up, and what was the best part of it?
- What is your go-to order at a cafe?
- Are you a morning person or a night owl?
- What was your first job?
- What is the last thing that made you laugh out loud?
- What do you do to switch off after a long day?
- Which season do you like best, and why?
- What is something small that always cheers you up?
- Do you have a pet, or a pet you wish you had?
- What is your favourite way to spend a Saturday morning?
- What is a food you could eat every week and never get sick of?
- Beach holiday, city holiday or camping holiday?
- What is the best gift you have ever been given?
- What did you want to be when you grew up?
- Which app on your phone do you use the most?
- What is the nicest place you have ever been?
- What is a hobby you have picked up in the last few years?
- What song do you know every word to?
One player takes the hot seat and answers in secret. Everyone else guesses on their own phone. 2 to 20 players, no app.
Fun and silly get to know you questions
- If you had a theme song that played when you walked into a room, what would it be?
- What is the strangest thing you have ever found in a pocket?
- Which animal would be the rudest if it could talk?
- What would your name be if you were a racehorse?
- What is a skill you have that is completely useless?
- If your life had a laugh track, what would get the biggest laugh this week?
- What is the worst haircut you have ever had?
- Which fictional place would you move to tomorrow?
- What would you name a boat if you owned one?
- What food do you think is wildly overrated?
- What is the silliest thing you have argued about?
- If you could be world class at one ordinary thing, like parking or folding fitted sheets, what would you pick?
- What would be on the menu at your own restaurant?
- Which household chore would you pay any amount to never do again?
- What is your best impression?
- If you were a flavour of chips, what flavour would you be?
- What is the most unusual thing you have eaten?
- What would your superpower be, if it had to be a small one?
- What is a word you always spell wrong?
- Which emoji do you use far too much?
Get to know you questions for coworkers
- What was the first thing you ever bought with your own pay?
- What is a job you would love to try for just one week?
- What is the best advice a boss or teacher ever gave you?
- What do you have on your desk that nobody else understands?
- What do you listen to while you work, if anything?
- What is a work skill you learned the hard way?
- What is your ideal lunch break?
- Which tool, app or gadget makes your day easier?
- What was the strangest job interview you ever had?
- If you could swap jobs with anyone in the building for a day, who would it be?
- What is a small win you had this month?
- Are you a tidy desk person or an organised chaos person?
- What is something you are learning right now, at work or outside it?
- What would your out-of-office message say if it had to be honest?
- What is the best team you have ever been part of, and what made it work?
- Which meeting habit would you ban for good?
- What is a job title you would give yourself if nobody could stop you?
- What is the best thing about your commute, or about not having one?
- What did you nearly do for a living instead?
- What do you wish more people asked you about?
A question lands on every phone, everyone votes in secret for the person it fits best, then the room finds out. Workplace and family packs.
Get to know you questions for students
- What is your favourite subject, and which one would you swap out?
- What is the best book, show or game you have finished lately?
- If you could add one new subject to school, what would it be?
- What is something you are really good at that nobody here knows yet?
- What did you do in the holidays that you would do again?
- Learn to fly a plane, or learn to sail a boat?
- What is the best school excursion you have been on?
- What is your favourite thing to draw, build or make?
- Which animal would make the best class pet?
- What job do you think you might like one day?
- What is your favourite thing to have for lunch?
- If you could meet any person from history, who would it be?
- What sport or game do you like playing at lunchtime?
- What is one thing you want to learn this year?
- What is the funniest thing a pet or a little brother or sister has done?
- If you could live in any country for a year, which would you choose?
- What is the best thing about where you live?
- Do you have a collection of anything?
- Which is better: a rainy day inside or a hot day outside?
- What would you invent if you could invent anything?
Deeper get to know you questions
- What is something you changed your mind about in the last few years?
- Who has taught you the most, without meaning to?
- What is a small decision that changed a lot for you?
- What do you want to be really good at by the time you are old?
- What is a compliment you still remember?
- What does a perfect ordinary day look like for you?
- What is something you are proud of that you never get to talk about?
- What is a tradition you would like to start?
- Which place feels most like home to you?
- What would you do with a whole year off and enough money to live on?
- What is a risk you are glad you took?
- What do people often get wrong about you on first meeting?
- What is a lesson you keep having to learn again?
- What is something you used to be scared of and are not any more?
- Who do you call when you have good news?
- What is a habit that made your life better?
- What is a question you wish people asked you?
- Which year of your life would you happily live again?
- What do you hope people say about you when you leave a room?
- What are you looking forward to right now?
Everyone writes two true things and one lie on their own phone, then the room votes on the lie. A fast way to learn the stories behind the answers.
Quick-fire get to know you questions
One word or a short answer each, fast. Good for a circle of twenty people, or a call where everyone has two minutes.
- Tea or coffee?
- Sweet or savoury?
- Window seat or aisle seat?
- Books or podcasts?
- Cats or dogs?
- Sunrise or sunset?
- Early to the airport or just in time?
- Text or call?
- Mountains or ocean?
- Board games or card games?
- Pancakes or waffles?
- Planner or go with the flow?
- Comedy or thriller?
- Summer or winter?
- Bath or shower?
- Crunchy or smooth peanut butter?
- Big party or small dinner?
- Socks on or off in bed?
- Road trip or flight?
- Last-minute or a week early?
Turn the questions into a game
Questions are a good start. A game keeps everyone talking for an hour. Who Knows Ya Best? puts one person in the hot seat while everyone else guesses their answers on their own phone, and the scores land on the TV. You can also play on phones alone, with no TV at all. Nobody downloads anything, and guests never need an account.
Launch Party: every game is free to host until 30 November 2026, Party Pack 01 and Deck the Desks included. Sign in free to host. Guests never need an account.
Want more? Try our how well do you know me questions, the icebreaker questions for work and class, or let the random question generator pick one for you.
Updated 28 October 2026.
Questions
What are good get to know you questions?
Ones that are easy to answer and still tell you something, such as "What did you eat a lot of as a kid?" or "What job would you try for one week?". Skip anything that sounds like a job interview.
How many get to know you questions should I ask?
Three to five each is plenty for a group. Start with an easy one, then go one step deeper once people are talking.
Can I play get to know you questions as a game?
Yes. In Who Knows Ya Best? one player takes the hot seat and everyone else guesses their answers on their own phone, with the scores on the TV. 2 to 20 players, no app.