Ice Breakers 2: Scenarios, Favourites and Experiences

The right ice breakers can help people relax and hence enable then to enjoy themselves even more, even sooner.  We've discussed previously why icebreakers can be really helpful, see

Ice Breakers 1: Why do it?

Here's a specific sort of ice breaker, or perhaps more correctly "mood maker".  This one is based around some fun questions about scenarios, favourites and experiences.

Getting the right questions is part art and part science.   Best to start generic, which can work in most circumstances.  Then depending on the individuals and the event, then to make it more interestingly specific.

The warm up questions can be  be hypothetical scenarios... these are the "What if..."..... "If you could have a superpower, what would it be? ".

Then to build on that with some personal favourites or preferences...."Who's you're favourite TV detective?".

The next step can be to introduce some personal experiences..."What's the longest you've ever gone without sleep?".

So here's a sample of some of those ice breaker questions to help encourage the fun along...

A. Scenarios

• If you could have a superpower, what would it be?

• If you could have a secret camera in any room in the world, what room would you choose?

• If you could have a servant come to your house every day for an hour, what would you have them do?

• If you owned a shop, what would it sell?

• If you could commit one crime without being caught what would it be?

• If you could physically transport yourself to any place in the world at this moment, where would you go?

• If you won a million, what would you spend it on?

B. Favourtites

• Who's your favourite TV detective?

• What's your all time favourite movie?

• What isn't strongest craving you get?

• What do you order when you have Chinese food?

• What was eye last thing you bought yourself just for fun?

• What's your favourite knock knock joke?

• Who's your favourite muppet?

• Tell us a quirky habit of yours.

• How much taller or shorter would you like to be?

• What's the skill you're most proud of?

• Which of the seven dwarfs are you most like?

C. Experiences

• What's the longest you've ever gone without sleep?

• What's the best bargain you've ever found?

• What's the most disgusting thing you've ever eaten?

• What's the longest you've ever waited in line?

• What's the biggest surprise you've ever had?

• What was your best ever holiday?

• What's the oddest thing that has ever happened to you?

• What was your most embarrassing moment?

• How did you celebrate your last birthday?

• Have you ever been in a food fight?

• Have you ever been stung by a bee?

• What's the most memorable class you ever taken?