Miscellaneous questions for discussion old version: from Creative questions to tickle the mind.

1) What do you miss or long for most about your childhood ? 2) Youve got a dog and you have the opportunity to teach him one new trick. What would you teach him to do ? 3) If someone made a film of your life. a) what music would you choose as a soundtrack ? b) what would the theme song be ? c) which actor/actresses would you choose to play the starring role ? 4) If you could add an extra room to your house, what kind of room would it be and what would you use it for ? 5) Which word, phrase or sentence do you wish people would use more often.. ..and less often ? 6) What is your favourite number and why ? 7) If a sculptor was commissioned to make a statue of you , what pose would you choose to be sculpted in.. and where would you like the statue to be erected ? 8) If you had the opportunity and the ability to memorise a single book from start to finish, without any effort, which book would you choose ? 9) What would you like to be written on your gravestone, ie what would you like your epitaph to be ? 10) In your opinion, what is the greatest mystery on earth ? 11) If you owned a boat or a yacht, what would you call it ? 12) Which animal are you most similar to and why ? 13) Which of your fears would you like to get rid of forever ? 14) If you invited a stunningly attractive member of the opposite sex to your house for a romantic candlelit dinner for two, what would you offer him/her to eat and drink ? 15) If every day of the year could be the same temperature, what temperature would you choose ? 16) Which topic always makes you so bored that you feel like falling asleep whenever people start discussing it ? 17) If you had a parrot and you could only teach him one sentence , what would that sentence be ? 18) If you owned a watchmakers shop and you could stop all the clocks and watches at your favourite time of day, what time would you choose ? 19) Which thing in nature would you put in a bottle and preserve if you were able to do so ? (You may have to imagine it as a magic bottle able to hold anything) 20) If you could design and create a new piece of furniture for your house, what would it be ? 21) If you could own the original of something , what would it be ? 22) If someone was going to buy you a present, what do you wish it would be ? 23) Imagine you only had one hour a day to relax and cleanse yourself of stress and tension, how would you spend that one hour ? 24) Name something you forgot once but will never forget again ? 25) If you could be appointed as a Minister in the government, which Minister would you choose to be and what would your main policy be ?

26) Which question would you really like to be asked ? 27) Youre driving along in your car. Theres only enough space left for one more passenger. At the side of the road, you see three people waiting. Its raining and theyve missed the last bus. The streets are empty and there seem to be no taxis around. One of them is an extremely frail old person who can hardly stand. The second is the doctor who once saved your life. The third is the person you love the most. Who would you pick up and give a lift to ? 28) If you had lived in the Middle Ages, what job would you have done ? 29) If you could become invisible for a day, what would you do ? 30) If you could script the plot for the dream you will have tonight, what would the story be ? Extra questions:

What world record would you like to beat or create? If you were getting a bouquet with three types of flowers, which kinds of flowers would you like? Did you ever do anything for your children that you never would have done for anyone else? As a child who was your hero? If fallen snow had a scent, what scent would you want it to have? (Ref:See also, 100 things to do before you die:.. The book of horrible questions. If.. questions of the game of life.. and similar books)