These fun what if questions will get you thinking way outside of the box! They’ll make you laugh, make you gasp, and make you think too.
What if questions are great icebreakers. They make for a fun conversation that can quickly lead you to consider some pretty outlandish scenarios.
Here’s a list of “What if…?” questions, some silly and some serious, to get you started. Discuss with your friends and see where your minds take you! You might even get to know people in new and unexpected ways.
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The list includes:
- what if questions for adults
- What if questions funny
- What if questions for friends
- What if questions for couples
Best What If Questions to Ask (Thought-Provoking Conversation Starters)
Best what if questions to ask friends, family, a boyfriend, girlfriend, or best friend. Remember, these are hypothetical questions that you can ask to start conversations.
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What if questions for Adults
1. What If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what food would it be?
2. What if you remembered everything since you were born?
3. What If you could say a sentence which the Whole world could hear, What would you say?
4. What If you could live perfectly well without sleeping, If you had no need to sleep at all, How would you spend all your nights?
5. What if you could live for only a year, what would you do?
6. What if you became the first person to do something? What would you want that first to be?
7. What if all humans lost their ability to think for themselves?
8. What if you did not have to work anymore?
9. What if you could choose one chore to get done by magic?
10. What if you had to form meaningful connections with strangers, how would you do it?
11. What if you stopped physically aging?
12. What if you had the opportunity to interview for your dream job?
13. What if you could travel the whole world for the rest of your life, what would you do?
14. What if you could eliminate one word from the English language?
15. If extra lives were a thing in the real world, how would you get them?
16. What if computers took over the world?
17. What if you could stop time whenever you wanted to?
18. What if you could only see your family members virtually, how would you maintain good relationships?
19. What if you could get a glimpse of twenty years in the future?
20. What if you had three wishes, but they had to be granted to other people. What would you wish for?
21. What if you could learn one skill to the point of mastery? What would you want it to be?
22. What if you had the energy of a ten-year-old?
23. What if you had the ability to psychically influence other people’s actions?
24. What If You Could Be Famous, But Poor Forever Would You Do It?
25. What if you had to compete in an athletic competition? What sport would you choose?
26. What if you met someone who said they time traveled? Would you believe them?
27. What if you could travel anywhere in the world but could not spend more than one year in the same place?
28. What if you gave someone you loved an amazing gift? What would it be?
29. What if you had to start one new hobby? What would it be?
30. What if you got lost in the woods? How would you get out?
31. What if you had to have one song stuck in your head for an hour every day?
32. What if you could make one crime legal?
33. What if you got stranded on a deserted island for 5 years?
34. What if you could change the price of any item at the store to $1? What would you change?
35. What if you could have a wild animal for a pet? Which would you want it to be?
36. What if you could put one item into a time capsule for future generations to find?
37. What if we lost all electricity for a week? Or a year?
38. What if you had to choose between great wealth or great wisdom?
39. What if you could change one thing about your life? What would you want it to be?
What if questions for couples
40. What if your partner forgot an important date? How mad would you be?
41. What if you found out I was secretly a spy?
42. What if your parents don’t show interest in me?
43. What if I got a job on the other side of the country?
44. What if our relationship required us to be together 24/7?
45. What if I got really sick?
46. What if we decided that we wanted to move to Paris?
47. What if your friends didn’t like me?
48. What if I forgot your birthday?
49. What if I developed an allergy to your favorite food?
50. What if we could choose happiness or fortune, which would you choose?
51. What if you were stranded on a deserted island with me, but we had no water and food?
52. What if one of my friends started flirting with you?
53. What if we broke up? Would you get over it quickly, or would it take you a long time to heal?
54. What if you only had 24 hours to spend with me before going on a 5 year mission?
55. What if we could go on your dream date?
56. What if I couldn’t decide what restaurant to eat at for dinner, no matter how many times you asked?
57. What if your future self sent you a message that we were going to one day break up?
58. What if we could move anywhere in the world, where would we go?
59. What if you found out I hated your favorite movie?
What if Questions For Friends
60. What if you could teleport yourself to any future city in the world?
61. What if you were asked to go into space?
62. What if I moved away?
63. What if I suddenly disappeared without notice?
64. What if you had a photographic memory?
65. What if you could find out every person who has ever had a crush on you?
66. What if someone wrote a story about you?
67. What if you were in an earthquake? What would you do?
68. What if time stopped? What would you do?
69. What if you found out I had accidentally spilled one of your secrets?
70. What if you had to change your name? What would you change it to?
71. What if someone told you they had a crush on me?
72. What if computers took over the world?
73. What if you could fluently speak a new language in one day? What language would you want it to be?
74. What if you had a money tree growing in your backyard?
75. What if you had the chance to write a best-selling novel? Would it be a romance, mystery, or factual historical account?
76. What if you had to create the next hit show? What would it be about?
77. What if today was the last time you would get to talk to me?
78. What if you could invent one thing?
79. What if you could de-invent one thing?
Funny What if Questions
80. What if you woke up to a zombie apocalypse?
81. What if every time you tried to use your smartphone, it took an unflattering selfie and sent it to all your contacts?
82. What if a turtle didn’t have his shell? Would he be homeless or naked?
83. What if you could hear people’s thoughts?
84. What if you had to give a speech in your underwear?
85. What if you could only speak in rhymes?
86. What if you could play the perfect prank?
87. What if you could fly?
88. What if you had the power to temporarily mute people in real life?
89. What if you had one body part that started growing and wouldn’t stop? What would you want it to be?
90. What if a dramatic voice followed you around narrating your life?
91. What if everything tasted like candy?
92. What if the world was taken over by zombies? Would you want to be a zombie or a survivor?
93. What if you could only speak in questions?
94. What if you woke up and realized that all of your body hair was gone?
95. What if your most ridiculous childhood fear was suddenly a valid concern?
96. What if you could speak to ghosts? Who would you want to talk to?
97. What if a celebrity started coming to you for advice?
98. What if animals could talk? Which would be the nicest and which would be the rudest?
99. What if you became an Avenger? What character would you want to be?
100. What if you found a genie lamp? Would you rub it? What would you wish for?
101. What if every time you coughed, you also farted?
102. What if you had to choose someone to go on a date with based only on their internet search history?
103. What if you peed your pants every time someone made you laugh?
104. What if you could only walk on your hands?
105. What if you had a tail?
106. What if you woke up one morning to find you had switched bodies and families with your best friend?
107. What if living dinosaurs were found on a remote island?
108. What if your body was a bright color? Which color would you choose and why?
109 What if you had to convince someone that you were actually your own identical twin?
To Consider With This What If Game
These good what if questions can be done in many different situations! Try them:
- During date night or family night
- While waiting in line together
- During a road trip or family camping trip
- Anytime you need to connect or get to know someone
Enjoy the questions and have fun getting to know your friends and family on a new level. What are the what would you do if questions really opened up your imagination? I’d love to know!
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