You found our list of the best questions of the day for teams.
The question of the day is a question posed to your co-workers, colleagues, or teammates every day to get folks talking in a low-stakes situation. Examples include, “What’s the best movie you have seen in the past month?” “How do you like to celebrate accomplishments?” and “If you could switch bodies with anyone in the world for twenty-four hours, would you do it, and if yes, who would you switch bodies with?” The purpose of these questions is to encourage teammates to share their thoughts about non-work-related topics to get to know each other better.
These prompts are similar to quotes of the day, random questions, and get to know you questions.
This list includes:
- questions of the day for adults
- questions of the day for students
- random question of the day
- funny questions of the day
- deep questions of the day
- questions of the day with answers
- trivia questions of the day for work
Here we go!
Questions of the day for adults
1. What did you make or eat for dinner last night?
2. If money were no object, how would you spend one year traveling the world?
3. If all options were available to you, would you rather walk, drive, take public transportation, bike, or use another method of transportation to work?
4. What do you look forward to during your day?
5. What’s the most memorable (good or bad!) date you have been on?
6. Do you like to sleep on a soft or a firm mattress? Why?
7. What’s something about “being an adult” that was surprising to learn?
8. What was your favorite stuffed animal growing up?
9. What’s the best concert you’ve ever attended?
Questions of the day for students
10. What class is stressing you out the most right now?
11. What do you want to accomplish by the end of the school year?
12. What is your favorite subject of all time?
13. What was the most memorable field trip you have ever taken?
14. What is your most listened-to artist of all time on Spotify or Apple Music?
15. Whom do you most admire?
16. How do you define your personal style?
17. What should be taught in schools that currently is not?
Random question of the day
18. If you could be any dinosaur, what dinosaur would you be and why?
19. Which superpower is the best and why?
20. Is a hotdog a sandwich?
21. Do you think you could successfully compete in a competitive eating challenge?
22. What animal would you most like to be able to transform into and out of at will?
23. Would you ever spontaneously break out into a dance in public?
24. Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Funny questions of the day
25. What celebrity voice do you like to imitate?
26. Who is the best Disney villain?
27. You can only speak by quoting one movie. What movie do you choose?
28. An alien spaceship has crash-landed in your backyard! What do you do first?
29. Cotton Eyed Joe, where did he come from? Where did he go?
30. Would you rather be 2 inches tall or 100 ft tall?
31. If you could create a holiday, what would you celebrate, and what would the traditions be?
Deep questions of the day
32. What historical event would you like to have been present at or alive to experience?
33. Which teacher had the most impact, positive or negative, on your life?
34. What accomplishment are you most proud of in your life?
35. What is your favorite memory of your childhood best friend?
36. Where do you like to spend time alone?
37. One of your favorite artists made a statement you strongly disagree with. Do you still engage with their work? Do you think artists should be separated from their art?
38. What endangered animal would you most like to save?
39. What one thing would you like to change about yourself?
Questions of the day with answers
40. According to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, what is “the answer to life, the universe, and everything?”
A: 42
– Douglas Adams
41. Is this the Krusty Krab?
A: No, this is Patrick
– SpongeBob Squarepants S3E10b
42. What’s cooler than being cool?
A: ICE COLD (Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright, alright)
–Hey Ya! by OutKast
43. Who run the world?
A: GIRLS
–Run the World (Girls) by Beyonce
44. Fill in the blank: The Bills make me wanna__?
A: SHOUT
45. Why is a raven like a writing desk?
A: Because both can produce a few notes –Lewis Carroll OR Because Poe wrote on both –Sam Loyd
46. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
A: 1, 2, *crunch* 3
(or 364 according to a study from Purdue University)
Trivia questions of the day for work
47. Who was the first American woman to win a Nobel prize?
A: Jane Addams. “The Nobel Peace Prize 1931 was awarded jointly to Jane Addams and Nicholas Murray Butler ‘for their assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind.’ ”
48. What is the national animal of Scotland?
A: The Unicorn
49. Why are flamingos pink?
A: Carotenoids. “Many plants produce natural red, yellow or orange pigments, called carotenoids. Carotenoids give carrots their orange color or turn ripe tomatoes red. They are also found in the microscopic algae that brine shrimp eat. As a flamingo dines on algae and brine shrimp, its body metabolizes the pigments — turning its feathers pink.”
50. On average, how far away is the moon from Earth?
A: 238,855 miles/384,400 kilometers
51. Which actor holds the record for most Academy Award (Oscar) nominations?
A: Meryl Streep. She has been nominated for an Oscar 21 times (and won 3 times!)
52. How many current NFL teams have NEVER won a Superbowl?
A: 12. The Houston Texans, The Carolina Panthers, The Detroit Lions, The Atlanta Falcons, The Cincinnati Bengals, The Jacksonville Jaguars, The Los Angeles Chargers, The Minnesota Vikings, The Arizona Cardinals, The Tennessee Titans, The Cleveland Browns, and The Buffalo Bills.
53. It’s a common misconception that what man-made structure can be seen from the Moon?
A: The Great Wall of China. Under very favorable conditions, you can see parts of the wall from low Earth orbit, but you definitely cannot see it from the moon without some technological help.”
Final Thoughts
Asking a question of the day is a low-pressure way to learn more about the people you work with every day. Whether you do this activity while waiting for folks to join a Zoom call, dedicate a Slack channel to it, or start a conversation over a lunch break, asking a question of the day allows employees to share their thoughts and opinions that might not come up otherwise when talking about work-related topics. By asking a question of the day you might find out you and your co-workers have more in common than simply working together!
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