Top 30 Questions to Ask While On a Date

Whether you are meeting someone for the first time or are going out to enjoy your third or fourth date – it never hurts to prepare! Even the best conversationalists struggle for subjects now and then!

Handily, you can take the time to come up with a few emergency questions which you can pull out if a silence stretches out a little too long! Take a look at our list below and pick out a few questions which should help you to move the conversation along and inspire some excited discussions on your next date.

Here are our picks of the top 30 questions you can ask your partner to get to know more about them and spark up an interesting conversation on your date.

1. What’s the Best Thing That’s Happened to You The Past Week?
2. Have you ever met any celebrities?
3. What’s the last great film you saw?
4. What song are you addicted to currently?
5. What achievement are you most proud of?
6. What travel destinations are on your bucket list?
7. If you had to give a TED talk on one subject – what would it be?
8. When’s the last time you laughed till your cried?
9. What’s your favourite hobby?
10. What Tv show are you currently binging?
11. What’s the best holiday you ever had?
12. What one craft/skill/subject do you want to learn?
13. What do you do to work out?
14. What’s your favourite type of food?
15. What are your pet peeves?
16. Do you prefer the country or the city?
17. Where do you see yourself in ten years’ time?
18. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
19. Where did you grow up?
20. What’s your favourite memory from school/college/university?
21. What was your first job?
22. If you could go back in time, what would you say to your teenage self?
23. What is your ultimate guilty pleasure?
24. Which is your favourite band ever?
25. What is your favourite city?
26. What’s on your bucket list?
27. What’s your favourite meal to cook?
28. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you want to move?
29. What is the best concert you’ve ever been to?
30. What are you most looking forward to in the near future?

So, there you have it! Our top 30 conversational ice breakers which should help you to make sure that you don’t have to deal with any awkward silences on your next date.

The next time you have a date planned, think about what you can do to guard against any awkward silences. Pick a few of your favourites from our list of questions above and memorise them to slip into the conversation the next time you come up blank when trying to think of a conversation starter.

But before you rattle off a whole list of enquiries, make sure to keep things natural and ask your questions naturally – remember it’s a date not a job interview!