55 Conversation Starters

Sometimes it is a bit awkward when you find yourself with someone and are out of ideas for getting the conversation going when you know little or nothing about them. Below hare 55 topics which may get the conversation started as well as getting to know the person.

1. Who had the biggest impact on you while you were growing up?
2. What are your hobbies?
3. If you could have dinner with any 3 people (dead or alive), who would they be and why?
4. What sorts of things make you laugh?
5. What is your biggest goal?
6. Do you have any pet peeves?
7. What do you like to do on the weekend?
8. Have you ever had a nickname? If so, what was the story behind ‘It’?
9. What was your favourite tv show while you were growing up?
10. What are your favourite tv shows now?
11. What are your favourite movies?
12. Tell me one thing that would surprise me about you.
13. What do you look for most in a boy/girl?
14. Tell me about what were you like as a kid.
15. What are some of the items on your bucket list?
16. Have you found your calling? If so, what is it?
17. Who has been the biggest influence in your life?
18. Do you now - or have you ever - had any pets? If so, tell me more about them.
19. Tell me about a challenge that you’ve had to overcome and how you overcame it.
20. If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?
21. If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?
22. If you could only watch one tv show for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?
23. If you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would it be, and why?
24. Tell me about your favourite childhood memory and what made it so special to you.
25. What is your favourite commercial that you’ve ever seen and why?
26. If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be?
27. If you were stuck on a deserted island and you could only bring one thing, what would it be and why?
28. Who is your celebrity crush?
29. Who is your favourite music artist?
30. What is your favourite music genre?
31. What is your favourite Broadway musical?
32. What is your favourite cartoon?
33. What is your favourite musical album?
34. What is your favourite colour?
35. What would you do if you won a million dollars?
36. If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
37. What would be your superhero name?
38. What would be your dream vacation?
39. Which actor/actress would play you in a movie about your life?
40. Where did you grow up?
41. If you could be on any reality tv show, which one would it be?
42. If you could trade lives with anybody for a day, who would it be and why?
43. What’s your favourite book?
44. Who’s your favourite author?
45. Who is your favourite YouTuber?
46. What’s your favourite reality tv show?
47. What’s your favourite tv game show?
48. Which celebrity do you most admire and why?
49. What are some of your favourite childhood memories?
50. What countries have you travelled to?
51. What is your favourite drink?
52. What is your favourite restaurant?
53. Do you like to cook?
54. Do you have any hobbies? If so, what are they and what do you like about them?