100 Getting to Know You Questions
- Katherine Victoria Vananderland
- Feb 18, 2021
- 8 min read
Updated: Feb 22, 2021
Completed 2/22/21
Working with a group of new people and need some conversation starters? Break the ice and get to know people better by selecting several of these get-to-know-you questions.
1. Who is your hero:
Answer: Jesus Christ and God the Father
2. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
Answer: Switzerland
3. What is your biggest fear?
Answer: Getting into a car accident
4. What is your favorite family vacation?
Answer: To florida to Disney World, Epcot Center, Sea World, Magic Kingdom, Wet and wild, Universal Studios, John F. Kennedy Space Center.
5. What would you change about yourself if you could?
Answer: I would lose 75 pounds
6. What really makes you angry?
Answer: Ignorance
7. What motivates you to work hard?
Answer: A challenge, Money, People, Goals, Dreams
8. What is your favorite thing about your career?
Answer: I haven't gotten into mine yet but, the people I know is what would make it
9. What is your biggest complaint about your job?
Answer: The paper work
10. What is your proudest accomplishment?
Answer: Making the cut for Jazz Band in 8th grade
11. What is your child's proudest accomplishment?
Answer: There marketing plan for Go Green Now
12. What is your favorite book to read?
Answer: Attitude is Everything by Keith Harrell
13. What makes you laugh the most?
Answer: abbott and costello or I love lucy
14. What was the last movie you went to? What did you think?
Answer: Mr. Rodgers, I fell in love with the movie it spoke about emotions and relationships
15. What did you want to be when you were small?
Answer: A Lawyer or Investigator
16. What does your child want to be when he/she grows up?
Answer: A psychologist / Therapist
17. If you could choose to do anything for a day, what would it be?
Answer: I would love to swim in a pool to get out and exercise
18. What is your favorite game or sport to watch and play?
Answer: Football, Twister
19. Would you rather ride a bike, ride a horse, or drive a car?
Answer: Drive a car
20. What would you sing at Karaoke night?
Answer: Sweet Caroline
21. What two radio stations do you listen to in the car the most?
Answer: 90.7 or KTIS or my own music
22. Which would you rather do: wash dishes, mow the lawn, clean the bathroom, or vacuum the house?
Answer: I would rather clean the bathroom or vacuum the house
23. If you could hire someone to help you, would it be with cleaning, cooking, or yard work?
Answer: yard work I am horrible with stuff like this
24. If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Answer: Ravioli, green beans, french bread, Ice Cream
25. Who is your favorite author?
Answer: John C. Maxwell
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26. Have you ever had a nickname? What is it?
Answer: My nickname was JP
27. Do you like or dislike surprises? Why or why not?
Answer: I have never had an major surprises, but I am neutral with them
28. In the evening, would you rather play a game, visit a relative, watch a movie, or read?
Answer: I would rather play a game or watch a movie
29. Would you rather vacation in Hawaii or Alaska, and why?
Answer: Alaska as long as it is during the sunshine part of the year
30. Would you rather win the lottery or work at the perfect job? And why?
Answer: I would rather work at the perfect job as long as I am doing something I love then it is not like having to work as long as the pay was good.
31. Who would you want to be stranded with on a deserted island?
Answer: The 270, 018 Original Copy Officer Captain Sophisticates
32. If money was no object, what would you do all day?
Answer: Take them to dave and busters or whirly bird and then take them out to lunch the Original Copy Officer Captain Sophisticates
33. If you could go back in time, what year would you travel to?
Answer: I would go back to being a FBI Agent as KVV 34. How would your friends describe you?
Answer: Outgoing, Motivational, Encouraging, Kind, Happy and Resilient
35. What are your hobbies?
Answer: I like to be in the gym when I get a membership, blogging, reading, writing, follow the stock market.
36. What is the best gift you have been given?
Answer: a car 37. What is the worst gift you have received?
Answer: I never had had a bad gift
38. Aside from necessities, what one thing could you not go a day without?
Answer: caffeine
39. List two pet peeves.
Answer: Snoring while sleeping and keeping the toilet seat up after using the toilet
40. Where do you see yourself in five years?
Answer: I will be in law school working for my JD and have an apartment of my own by then putting my life back together
41. How many pairs of shoes do you own?
Answer: Two Pair one is flip flops one is tennis shoe
42. If you were a super-hero, what powers would you have?
Answer: I would want to be able to be superwoman and fly
43. What would you do if you won the lottery?
Answer: I would pay off my bills, go back to school and pay for it in cash, buy a car, buy a house, go on a shopping spree, spend it with my family in the Edina House and take them to disney world in FL, and take them to the superbowl.
44. What form of public transportation do you prefer? (air, boat, train, bus, car, etc.)
Answer: by car or bus
45. What's your favorite zoo animal?
Answer: Dolphins or the Monkeys
46. If you could go back in time to change one thing, what would it be?
Answer: To have a plan when I left college and a back up plan and go back to school in the plans
47. If you could share a meal with any 4 individuals, living or dead, who would they be?
Answer: The young adults
48. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Answer: I sleep with 3 pillows
49. What's the longest you've gone without sleep (and why)?
Answer: 2 days, I was on too much caffeine
50. What's the tallest building you've been to the top in?
Answer: I haven't been in a tall building beore
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51. Would you rather trade intelligence for looks or looks for intelligence?
Answer: I don't know I'd want intelligence so I could put makeup on and look beautiful
52. How often do you buy clothes?
Answer: Not that often once a year or I'll hit a thrift store here and there
53. Have you ever had a secret admirer?
Answer: No
54. What's your favorite holiday?
Answer: Christmas is my favorite Holiday next to Easter
55. What's the most daring thing you've ever done?
Answer: Was in a standoff with a hit man
56. What was the last thing you recorded on TV?
Answer: If I could have it would of been the super bowl
57. What was the last book you read?
Answer: Flipping ADHD on its Head by Jim Poole
58. What's your favorite type of foreign food?
Answer: Mongolian BBQ
59. Are you a clean or messy person?
Answer: I want to be a clean person but it is difficult in a small living space
60. Who would you want to play you in a movie of your life?
Answer: I would want drew barrymore to play me in the movie of my life
61. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?
Answer: a hour with a shower 62. What kitchen appliance do you use every day?
Answer: I don't have a kitchen right now but, probably my toaster or blender
63. What's your favorite fast food chain?
Answer: Starbucks or Chick-fill-a
64. What's your favorite family recipe?
Answer: Prayer Bars - Chocolate brownie and vanilla cream with hard chocolate on top
65. Do you love or hate rollercoasters?
Answer: I do not like rollercoasters
66. What's your favorite family tradition?
Answer: Christmas eve we do a non traditional meal
67. What is your favorite childhood memory?
Answer: Being in my tree at My grandparents house
68. What's your favorite movie?
Answer: Home Alone I never get tired of it
69. How old were you when you learned Santa wasn't real? How did you find out?
Answer: I still believe in Santa
70. Is your glass half full or half empty?
Answer: Half Full
71. What's the craziest thing you’ve done in the name of love?
Answer: Drove down to Lake Minnetonka every weekend after working 60 hours
72. What three items would you take with you on a deserted island?
Answer: A phone with a solar battery, a lighter, and food
73. What was your favorite subject in school? Answer: English and Government
74. What's the most unusual thing you've ever eaten? Answer: Cannot say I have ever I don't try many new things
75. Do you collect anything? I used to collect Angels.Group fundraising has never been easier! Check out our fundraising resources.
76. Is there anything you wished would come back into fashion?
Answer: Hypercolor T Shirts 77. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
Answer: Both 78. Which of the five senses would you say is your strongest?
Answer: Hearing for sure 79. Have you ever had a surprise party? (that was an actual surprise)
Answer: No. 80. Are you related or distantly related to anyone famous?
Anwer: My fathers are Famous to many to name 81. What do you do to keep fit?
Answer: Walk
82. Does your family have a “motto” – spoken or unspoken?
Answer: No, the golden rule do unto others as you would do unto you
83. If you were ruler of your own country what would be the first law you would introduce?
Answer: Cyber Crime for deleting websites penalties and tickets
84. Who was your favorite teacher in school and why?
Answer: Chuck Whalen, and Dave LaShomb, and Chris Niemi
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85. What three things do you think of the most each day?
Answer: Read, Blog, have breakfast
86. If you had a warning label, what would yours say?
Answer: Geniuses Thinking Group Approach with caution
87. What song would you say best sums you up?
Answer: One moment in time by Whitney Houston
88. What celebrity would you like to meet at Starbucks for a cup of coffee?
Answer: Matt Damon
89. Who was your first crush?
Answer: Unknown
90. What's the most interesting thing you can see out of your office or kitchen window?
Answer: Trees and houses
91. On a scale of 1-10 how funny would you say you are?
Answer: 8
92. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Answer: Graduating Law School, and Working for the FBI
93. What was your first job?
Answer: Working at Ganley's Nisswa Inn at the Ice Cream Shop
94. If you could join any past or current music group which would you want to join?
Answer: Whitney Houston
95. How many languages do you speak?
Answer: Two Spanish and English
96. What is your favorite family holiday tradition?
Answer we don't really have one but Christmas Eve is when Santa would always come and the presents would be out Christmas day
97. Who is the most intelligent person you know?
Answer: Winston Wright with Toy's R Us former Nokia National Brand Manager
98. If you had to describe yourself as an animal, which one would it be?
Answer: A Cross between a dolphin and tiger
99. What is one thing you will never do again?
Answer: I pray that my websites are never copied or taken down
100. Who knows you the best?
Answer: The original Copy Officer Captain Sophisticates
If you really want to get to know someone, questions (not all at once, of course!) are like keys that can open many doors. Get to know someone better today!
Janis Meredith writes Jbmthinks, a blog on sports parenting and youth sports. After being a coach's wife for 29 years and a sports parent for 21, she sees issues from both sides of the bench.
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