75 Icebreaker Questions for Adults

Prompts (75)

• 1. Do you open your mail the day it arrives or let it pile up on the counter?

  Adulting
  open your mail the day it arriveslet it pile up on the counter

• 2. Is a free Saturday best spent on errands or on doing absolutely nothing?

  Adulting
  on errandson doing absolutely nothing

• 3. Do you schedule your dentist appointment on time or when the reminder card shames you?

  Adulting
  on timewhen the reminder card shames you

• 4. Have you mastered folding a fitted sheet or do you just roll it into a ball?

  Adulting
  mastered folding a fitted sheetjust roll it into a ball

• 5. When hosting, do you plan the menu a week ahead or improvise the day of?

  Adulting
  plan the menu a week aheadimprovise the day of

• 6. Do you keep a junk drawer or a perfectly labeled drawer system?

  Adulting
  a junk drawera perfectly labeled drawer system

• 7. Would the group rather organize one chaotic kitchen drawer or untangle a box of old cables?

  Adulting
  organize one chaotic kitchen draweruntangle a box of old cables

• 8. Do you read the instructions first or only after something goes wrong?

  Adulting
  read the instructions firstonly after something goes wrong

• 9. Is your bedtime getting earlier every year or still stubbornly late?

  Adulting
  getting earlier every yearstill stubbornly late

• 10. Do you call to make an appointment or hunt for an online booking option?

  Adulting
  call to make an appointmenthunt for an online booking option

• 11. Would you rather do the grocery run or the laundry for a month?

  Adulting
  the grocery runthe laundry

• 12. When guests stay over, do you give up your bed or offer the couch?

  Adulting
  give up your bedoffer the couch

• 13. Do you keep plastic grocery bags in a bag of bags or recycle them right away?

  Adulting
  in a bag of bagsrecycle them right away

• 14. Do you meal prep on Sundays or decide what's for dinner at 6 p.m.?

  Food
  meal prep on Sundaysdecide what's for dinner at 6 p.m.

• 15. Is cooking for a crowd fun or stressful?

  Food
  funstressful

• 16. Do you follow a recipe exactly or treat it as a loose suggestion?

  Food
  follow a recipe exactlytreat it as a loose suggestion

• 17. At a dinner party, do you bring a dessert or a fancy loaf of bread?

  Food
  a desserta fancy loaf of bread

• 18. Takeout night: same order every time or something new?

  Food
  same order every timesomething new

• 19. Do you eat leftovers cold straight from the fridge or always reheat them?

  Food
  cold straight from the fridgealways reheat them

• 20. Is a dinner party better with a seating plan or a free-for-all?

  Food
  with a seating plana free-for-all

• 21. Would you rather master baking bread or grilling the perfect steak?

  Food
  baking breadgrilling the perfect steak

• 22. Do you own a spice rack with spices older than your car or a fresh, rotating collection?

  Food
  spices older than your cara fresh, rotating collection

• 23. At brunch, would the group order one shared centerpiece dish or several small plates?

  Food
  one shared centerpiece dishseveral small plates

• 24. Is the best kitchen gadget the slow cooker or the air fryer?

  Food
  the slow cookerthe air fryer

• 25. Do you wash dishes as you cook or face the mountain afterward?

  Food
  wash dishes as you cookface the mountain afterward

• 26. Do you pack the night before or a week ahead with a checklist?

  Travel
  the night beforea week ahead with a checklist

• 27. Carry-on only or check a bag and pack the extra shoes?

  Travel
  carry-on onlycheck a bag and pack the extra shoes

• 28. On vacation, do you plan every day or wander and see what happens?

  Travel
  plan every daywander and see what happens

• 29. Would you rather stay in a fancy hotel or a quirky rental with character?

  Travel
  a fancy hotela quirky rental with character

• 30. Do you unpack fully at the hotel or live out of your suitcase?

  Travel
  unpack fully at the hotellive out of your suitcase

• 31. Would you rather take a long train journey or a short flight?

  Travel
  a long train journeya short flight

• 32. On a road trip, are you the driver or the snack-and-playlist manager?

  Travel
  the driverthe snack-and-playlist manager

• 33. Would you rather visit ten cities in ten days or one town for ten days?

  Travel
  ten cities in ten daysone town for ten days

• 34. Do you try the local food first or find something familiar?

  Travel
  try the local food firstfind something familiar

• 35. Hotel breakfast buffet: worth waking up for or worth sleeping through?

  Travel
  worth waking up forworth sleeping through

• 36. Would you rather go camping in a tent or glamping in a cabin?

  Travel
  camping in a tentglamping in a cabin

• 37. Do you send postcards from trips or just post photos?

  Travel
  send postcards from tripsjust post photos

• 38. When splitting a group dinner, do you divide it evenly or pay for exactly what you ordered?

  Money
  divide it evenlypay for exactly what you ordered

• 39. Are you a coupon clipper or a pay-full-price-and-move-on person?

  Money
  a coupon clippera pay-full-price-and-move-on person

• 40. Would you rather buy one expensive coat that lasts or three cheap ones that are fun?

  Money
  one expensive coat that laststhree cheap ones that are fun

• 41. Do you check your bank app daily or only when you are feeling brave?

  Money
  dailyonly when you are feeling brave

• 42. Would you rather splurge on experiences or on things you can keep?

  Money
  on experienceson things you can keep

• 43. Do you return things you don't love or keep them out of guilt?

  Money
  return things you don't lovekeep them out of guilt

• 44. Would you rather have a big birthday budget or a big vacation budget?

  Money
  a big birthday budgeta big vacation budget

• 45. Are you a gift-wrapper with real paper or a gift-bag-and-tissue person?

  Money
  a gift-wrapper with real papera gift-bag-and-tissue person

• 46. Do you cancel unused subscriptions right away or forget them for months?

  Money
  cancel unused subscriptions right awayforget them for months

• 47. Would you rather get a surprise refund or find cash in an old jacket?

  Money
  a surprise refundfind cash in an old jacket

• 48. Is buying in bulk smart planning or a storage nightmare?

  Money
  smart planninga storage nightmare

• 49. Would you rather spend money on a great mattress or great shoes?

  Money
  a great mattressgreat shoes

• 50. Did you have a landline phone with a long curly cord or a cordless one?

  Nostalgia
  a long curly corda cordless one

• 51. Was your childhood bedroom covered in posters or kept neat and plain?

  Nostalgia
  covered in posterskept neat and plain

• 52. Would you rather relive your first car or your first apartment?

  Nostalgia
  your first caryour first apartment

• 53. Did you rewind rented tapes before returning them or leave them for the next person?

  Nostalgia
  rewind rented tapes before returning themleave them for the next person

• 54. As a kid, were you a playground daredevil or a sandbox builder?

  Nostalgia
  a playground daredevila sandbox builder

• 55. Would you rather bring back handwritten letters or mixtapes for friends?

  Nostalgia
  handwritten lettersmixtapes for friends

• 56. Did you memorize your friends' phone numbers or keep them in a little address book?

  Nostalgia
  memorize your friends' phone numberskeep them in a little address book

• 57. Were you the kid who saved allowance or spent it the same day?

  Nostalgia
  saved allowancespent it the same day

• 58. Would you rather relive a school field day or a summer camp week?

  Nostalgia
  a school field daya summer camp week

• 59. Did you take photos with a disposable camera or a family point-and-shoot?

  Nostalgia
  a disposable cameraa family point-and-shoot

• 60. Was your childhood lunchbox metal or plastic?

  Nostalgia
  metalplastic

• 61. Would you rather find your old diary or your old school report cards?

  Nostalgia
  your old diaryyour old school report cards

• 62. Would you rather bring back Saturday morning cartoons or after-school snacks on the couch?

  Nostalgia
  Saturday morning cartoonsafter-school snacks on the couch

• 63. Do you text back right away or let it sit until you have a proper answer?

  Everyday dilemmas
  text back right awaylet it sit until you have a proper answer

• 64. Is it okay to recline your airplane seat or should seats stay upright?

  Everyday dilemmas
  okay to recline your airplane seatshould seats stay upright

• 65. Toilet paper roll: over or under?

  Everyday dilemmas
  overunder

• 66. At a party, are you in the kitchen or the living room?

  Everyday dilemmas
  in the kitchenthe living room

• 67. Do you hold the elevator for someone far away or let the doors close?

  Everyday dilemmas
  hold the elevator for someone far awaylet the doors close

• 68. When a friend cancels plans, are you disappointed or secretly relieved?

  Everyday dilemmas
  disappointedsecretly relieved

• 69. Do you leave a voicemail or hang up and send a text?

  Everyday dilemmas
  leave a voicemailhang up and send a text

• 70. Is it rude to show up to a party exactly on time or perfectly polite?

  Everyday dilemmas
  rudeperfectly polite

• 71. Do you say goodbye to everyone at a party or slip out quietly?

  Everyday dilemmas
  say goodbye to everyone at a partyslip out quietly

• 72. Would the group rather always find parking immediately or always choose the fastest checkout line?

  Everyday dilemmas
  always find parking immediatelyalways choose the fastest checkout line

• 73. Should shoes come off at the door or stay on in the house?

  Everyday dilemmas
  come off at the doorstay on in the house

• 74. Is a group chat with 50 unread messages exciting or exhausting?

  Everyday dilemmas
  excitingexhausting

• 75. Do you return the shopping cart to the corral or leave it by the car?

  Everyday dilemmas
  return the shopping cart to the corralleave it by the car

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