Questions to Get to Know Someone
Getting to know someone is easier when you have something better than "so, what do you do?". These questions to get to know someone work for new friends, dates, roommates and coworkers: they are personal enough to be interesting but never too much too soon.
Want to make it a game? Twenty1 picks the questions for you, so you can just answer, laugh and learn something new about each other.
35 questions to get to know someone
- 1Which friend would win a reality show?
- 2What's your hidden talent?
- 3What's a habit that changed your life?
- 4What was your favourite thing about your grandparents' house?
- 5What do you think you'll regret not doing?
- 6What's the craziest adventure you've had with friends?
- 7What made you laugh today?
- 8What's your go-to outfit?
- 9What's a song that defined your teenage years?
- 10Which version of you do your parents know best?
- 11What's the nicest thing a friend has done for you?
- 12What's the most used app on your phone this week?
- 13What's your favourite way to be outdoors?
- 14What's the first video game you were obsessed with?
- 15Who do you miss without telling them?
- 16What's something your friends always tease you about?
- 17What's a fun fact about you?
- 18Do you make your bed every morning?
- 19What did you believe as a kid that turned out false?
- 20What's the kindest thing a stranger has done for you?
- 21What's your favourite thing to do with just one close friend?
- 22What's your favourite emoji right now?
- 23What's the best piece of furniture you own?
- 24What was your nickname as a kid?
- 25When did you last cry, and why?
- 26What's a friendship rule you live by?
- 27What's the most random thing in your room right now?
- 28What's your favourite season and why?
- 29What's the naughtiest thing you did as a kid?
- 30What do you want more of: freedom or belonging?
- 31What's a quality you'd steal from one of your friends?
- 32What's your favourite holiday tradition?
- 33What do you do when you can't sleep?
- 34What were you like at 13?
- 35What do you need more of in your life right now?
10 would you rather questions to get to know someone
- Win a game against friendsorLose but laugh the most
- PodcastorMusic
- Clean as you goorBig clean once a week
- Have been homeschooledorHave gone to boarding school
- Feel every emotion twice as stronglyorFeel every emotion half as strongly
- Go on a road trip with friendsorHave a cabin weekend with friends
- Morning coffeeorEvening wine
- Read a book a weekorLearn a new recipe a week
- Go back to primary schoolorGo back to secondary school
- Be brilliant but lonelyorBe average but surrounded by love
How to use them
Take turns asking and answering, and swap the order so nobody always goes first. If an answer surprises you, ask a follow-up. In Twenty1 you can pass one phone around, or create an online room and share the link so the other person can join from anywhere.