54 questions to get to know a person better (or break the ice)

Many times we meet people who inspire us trust or who we find nice and we would like to establish a friendship with them. Other times we already have a certain degree of friendship but we would like to be able to become more intimate. Whatever your case, surely you are interested in knowing these questions to get to know a person better and find out more about them.

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These questions can also be useful to break the ice in situations of awkward silence with someone or to bring up new topics of conversation.

Questions to get to know someone better

Remember to do them in moderation so as not to overwhelm the other person, lest the only thing you are going to discover is that you tire them.

1. If you could choose anywhere, where would you like to live?

This simple question can tell us a lot about a person. Which countries or cultures attract you, if it is more of the sea or the mountains, the country or the city ...

2. What are you really afraid of?

This is one of the questions to get to know a more prominent person better, since it allows us to delve into the feelings of the other and gives rise to deeper conversations.

3. What is your favorite book?

With this question we can find out if reading is within your hobbies and will tell us a lot about your tastes.

4. If you had to pick only one song that you like, what would it be?

If we ask this question instead of the classic "what kind of music do you listen to", it will give us a clue about their musical tastes and we can get to know more personal data. If we also add a "why?", We will be able to know what is hidden behind this choice, if it brings back any memory or has any special meaning.

5. What was the name of your first pet?

In this way we can find out if you have had pets or if you like animals without resorting to the typical question.

6. What historical figure would you like to meet?

This is another of the classic questions to get to know a person better. It gives us clues about your general literacy level and why you might be curious.

7. Do you have an idol or person that inspires you?

Knowing which characters you admire can tell us a lot about their values.

8. If you could be someone else for a day, who would you choose?

This question is similar, but tells us instead what kind of life you value.

9. What is your favorite part of your body?

Another personal question that allows us to get to know someone well and know how it is perceived.

10. What is the first thing you notice about a person?

If we have a romantic interest in that person we want to know more about, this question can give us clues about what attracts you the most about someone.

11. What do you value most in a person?

And this, on the other hand, can help us to know what personal traits you appreciate in other individuals.

12. What is your favorite piece of clothing?

A simple question with which to break the ice in situations of silence and with which we can learn something else from that person.

13. What is your biggest hobby?

That someone may have quirks and eccentricities that we are unaware of. This question will help us get to know you a little better.

14. What would you say characterizes you or would be very yours?

This gives us clues about how he perceives himself or what he thinks distinguishes or represents him.

15. If you could choose, what super power would you have?

Another of the classic questions to get to know a person better who can give us a good conversation starter. You can tell us a lot about your hidden wishes.

16. If you were an animal what would you be?

This question can help us know what it looks like and what traits you think define it.

17. What adjective do you think describes you best?

Another way to know something more about the other person and that also tells us how she perceives herself.

18. What did you want to be when you were little?

We have all wondered what we want to be as children, so take advantage and find out more about their childhood wishes; they may surprise us.

19. Do you have a diary?

There is nothing more personal than a journal; and although we cannot know what they are hiding, their answer may reveal that it is someone who likes to write their thoughts.

20. If your life were a movie, what would it be titled?

An interesting question that will make you reflect and will reveal a lot about your life or how you live it.

21. Which fictional character do you identify with the most?

Another question to get to know a person better than It will tell us a lot about what it is like and what it looks like.

22. If you had to live in a fictional world, which would you choose?

We refer to fictional worlds created in literature or cinema. This curious question reveals a lot about the other's tastes.

23. What is the next country you would travel to?

In this way we can learn more about the cultures that you are interested in knowing or what lifestyles interest you.

24. What has been your worst date?

Besides knowing an interesting (and probably funny) anecdote, it will give rise to talk about his love life.

25. What has been the most embarrassing moment of your life?

Share situations that are embarrassing to us It helps us become more intimate with the other person and improves the relationship.

26. Have you felt true love?

A deep question that reveals a lot about the feelings of the other and their relationships.

27. When was the last time you cried?

Another intimate question we can ask to move to a higher level of confidence.

28. What do you consider the best day of your life?

Another question to get to know a person better who will reveal a lot about their experiences and what they value in life.

29. And the worst?

Asking the opposite also gives us information about the events in your life or what you consider negative.

30. Is there something that causes you remorse?

This is another intimate question that will help us connect with that person and to know more about her.

31. What is the weirdest thing you know how to do?

Asking about their abilities is not such an intimate thing and we can ask even if we just met someone.

32. If you could live for a day in a different time, which would you choose?

A curious topic of conversation that indicates your preferences and gives us a different topic of conversation to break the ice.

33. Are you addicted to something?

It could be chocolate, shopping, tobacco... Very valuable data about someone!

34. When was the last time you lied?

A recent lie may indicate that he does it regularly ...

35. What hobby would you choose if money was not a problem?

Knowing the concerns of the other is one of the best ways to get to know them and discover if you share hobbies.

36. If you could have any job for the rest of your life, which one would you choose?

Your ideal job can tell us what you are good at or what really motivates you.

37. What's the craziest thing you've ever done?

A question to get to know someone better and improve the bond that exists.

38. Have you committed any illegality?

This question reveals the values ​​of that person and his level of ethics.

39. Do you have any fantasy?

Answering which one it is will depend on each one ...

40. Would you like to have children?

Intimate question that reveals a lot about your plans for the future.

41. What bothers you most in a person?

This gives us information about her hobbies and can also help us to know what we should avoid doing in front of that person if we want to maintain a friendship with her.

42. What would an ideal day be like for you?

Another question to become more intimate with a person that lets us know how you like to spend your time and what you value in life.

43. If you could choose only one day of the year, which one would you choose?

It may seem like a simple question, but apart from giving us a topic of conversation, it tells us a lot about the other.

44. In what do you consider yourself an expert?

This question tells us where he stands out and can help us to know what topics we can bring up to give him conversation.

45. What would you like to do or prove that you haven't already done?

It could be an unfamiliar activity, a desired trip… something that is on your bucket list and you haven't been able to do it yet.

46. What would you spend the money on first if you won the lottery?

Classic question to get to know a person better and discover what their greatest wishes are in this life.

47. What is your favorite website?

If our Google searches could speak... The Internet says a lot about us. Ask him for his favorite website and you will discover more about their interests.

48. Do you have any guilty pleasure?

A guilty pleasure is an activity that we love but at the same time we are ashamed to admit because of what they can say.

49. Tell me a secret that few people know.

If the other person agrees to answer this question, we will have gotten to know them a little more and have generated a little more intimacy with them.

50. What do you think people think of you?

An unexpectedly profound question that reveals a lot about that person and her idea of ​​herself.

51. What is the most traumatic situation you have ever experienced?

Almost all of us have lived through some rather chilling circumstance that has marked us for life.

52. If you could be a movie superhero, which one would you be?

We can detect here if there is any aspect in which you would like to resemble a superman or a superwoman.

53. If they gave you a million euros but with the condition of spending everything in less than 24 hours, what would be your purchasing priorities?

Perhaps with this question we can inquire about the preferences or priorities in that person's life, or if he is more wasteful or thinks about the future.

54. What food that most people like, you can't stand?

Philias and culinary phobias are a great topic of conversation.