Getting to know someone better can be both exciting, and a little nerve-wracking depending on how long you've known them. But whether you're asking a new coworker, a long-time BFF or a crush you've only started talking to recently , these 275 "Favorite Things" questions will give you the perfect opportunity to learn more about what makes them tick.
These questions range from super deep to silly to funny to weird —and they’re sure to get the other person sharing all the things they love most in the world.
If you’re ready to really get into the heart and mind of a maybe mate, potential new friend or one of your own fave people—dive into this "favorites list" of 275 "What's Your Favorite" questions to instantly get to know someone better .
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These first 10 questions are recommended by Seth Eisenberg , president/CEO at PAIRS Foundation .
1. What's your favorite way to express your true emotions?
2. What's your favorite memory of feeling deeply connected to someone?
3. What's your favorite form of self-expression that helps you feel most like yourself?
4. What's your favorite way to nurture your emotional well-being?
5. What's your favorite moment of vulnerability that led to a deeper relationship?
6. What's your favorite way to seek or give emotional support in tough times?
7. What's your favorite activity that helps you feel grounded and in tune with your body?
8. What's your favorite way to reconnect with yourself when you feel disconnected?
9. What's your favorite memory of feeling completely accepted for who you are?
10. What's your favorite way to explore and understand your inner world?
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11. What’s your favorite midnight snack?
12. What’s your favorite dream that you’ve ever hade?
13. What’s your favorite word?
14. What’s your favorite saying?
15. What is your favorite poem?
16. What was your favorite thing to say you wanted to be when you were growing up?
17. Who’s your favorite Beatle/Spice Girl/member of BTS?
18. What’s your favorite state?
19. What’s your favorite country?
20. What’s your favorite way to give back?
21. What’s your favorite thing about being in a relationship?
22. Who’s your favorite role model?
23. Who’s your favorite family member?
24. Who’s your favorite person to go to the movies with?
25. Who’s your favorite person to travel with?
26. What’s your favorite time of day?
27. What’s your favorite thing about your family?
28. What’s your favorite gift you’ve ever gotten?
29. What’s your favorite gift that you’ve ever given?
30. What’s your favorite birthday party?
31. What's your favorite way to celebrate your birthday?
32. What’s your favorite song to sing at karaoke?
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34. What's your favorite advice?
35. What's your favorite bar?
36. What’s your favorite way to spend a lazy Sunday?
37. What's your favorite part of your morning routine?
38. What's your favorite part of your body?
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Ozan Toy, MD, MPH , Chief Medical Officer at Telapsychiatry suggests asking questions #39-48.
39. What's your favorite quote and how has it influenced you?
40. What's your favorite childhood memory and why does it stand out to you?
41. What's your favorite season and what do you enjoy most about it?
42. What's your favorite music genre and who is your favorite artist?
43. What's your favorite way to relax after a long day?
44. What's your favorite food and where's the best place you've had it?
45. What's your favorite travel destination and what do you love about it?
46. What's your favorite hobby and how did you get into it?
47. What's your favorite movie and what makes it special to you?
48. What's your favorite book and why?
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49. What’s your favorite meme?
50. What’s your favorite way to support your friends?
51. What’s your favorite color?
52. What’s your favorite pattern?
53. What’s your favorite breakfast cereal?
54. What’s your favorite early memory?
55. What’s your favorite high school memory?
56. What’s your favorite college memory?
57. What’s your favorite thing about me?
58. What’s your favorite thing about yourself?
59. What’s your favorite thing about your mom?
60. What’s your favorite thing about your dad?
61. What’s your favorite thing about your job?
62. What's your favorite thing about being alive?
63. What’s your favorite way to express friendship?
64. What’s your favorite goofy face? Can you show me?
65. What's your favorite childhood game?
66. What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
67. What's your favorite holiday and why?
68. What's your favorite time of day?
69. What's your favorite animal?
70. What's your favorite type of weather?
71. What's your favorite social media platform?
72. What's your favorite type of exercise?
73. What's your favorite restaurant?
74. What's your favorite TV show of all time?
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75. What's your favorite type of cuisine?
76. Who’s your favorite teacher of all time?
77. What's your favorite scent?
78. What's your favorite type of art?
79. What's your favorite board game?
80. What's your favorite video game?
81. What’s your favorite way to get around?
82. What’s your favorite bike path?
83. What's your favorite musical instrument?
84. What's your favorite type of dance?
85. What's your favorite sport to watch?
86. What's your favorite sport to play?
87. What's your favorite knock-knock joke?
88. What's your favorite gemstone ?
89. What's your favorite flower?
90. What's your favorite thing to do on your phone?
91. What's your favorite constellation?
92. What's your favorite planet?
93. What's your favorite historical era?
94. What's your favorite historical figure?
95. What's your favorite myth or legend?
96. What's your favorite fairy tale?
97. What's your favorite superhero?
98. What's your favorite villain?
99. What's your favorite cocktail?
100. What's your favorite non-alcoholic drink?
101. What's your favorite tea?
102. What's your favorite coffee drink?
103. What's your favorite dessert?
104. What's your favorite breakfast food?
105. What's your favorite sandwich?
106. What's your favorite pizza topping?
107. What's your favorite type of pasta?
108. What's your favorite fruit?
109. What's your favorite vegetable?
110. What's your favorite herb or spice?
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111. What's your favorite cheese?
112. What's your favorite type of bread?
113. What's your favorite cookie?
114. What's your favorite soup?
115. Do you prefer showers or baths?
116. What's your favorite type of sushi?
117. What's your favorite type of chocolate?
118. What's your favorite candy?
119. What's your favorite nut?
120. What's your favorite seafood?
121. What’s your favorite thing to sleep in?
122. What's your favorite vegetarian dish?
123. What's your favorite vegan dish?
124. What's your favorite cuisine to cook?
125. What’s your favorite air fryer food?
126. What's your favorite cooking show?
127. What's your favorite type of music to listen to while cooking?
128. What's your favorite food-related memory?
129. What's your favorite recipe that's been passed down in your family?
130. What's your favorite type of barbecue?
131. What’s your favorite sweet treat?
132. What’s your favorite thing about being the oldest child/youngest child/middle child/only child?
133. What's your favorite type of dip?
134. What’s your favorite piece of clothing that you own?
135. What's your favorite type of cereal?
136. What's your favorite type of milk or milk alternative?
137. What’s your favorite type of burrito?
138. What's your favorite type of potato dish?
139. What's your favorite type of rice dish?
140. What's your favorite type of noodle dish?
141. What's your favorite potluck dish?
142. What's your favorite type of taco?
143. What’s your favorite Thanksgiving memory?
144. What's your favorite type of curry?
145. What’s your favorite shampoo scent?
146. What’s your favorite elementary school subject?
147. What are your favorite ways to celebrate a win?
148. What's your favorite Trader Joe’s food?
149. What's your favorite thing from the Whole Food salad bar?
150. What's your favorite snack to put out for guests?
151. What’s your favorite scary story?
152. What's your favorite type of chip?
153. What's your favorite host gift to give?
154. What’s your favorite day of the year?
155. What’s your favorite month?
156. What’s your favorite Starbucks order?
157. What’s your favorite question to ask someone to get to know them better?
158. What’s your favorite thing about your pet?
159. What’s your favorite type of pet?
160. What's your favorite wine?
161. What's your favorite beer?
162. What's your favorite type of music to listen to while eating?
163. What's your favorite story to tell at a dinner party?
164. What’s your favorite time of day?
165. What's your favorite thing to have for breakfast in bed?
166. What's your favorite picnic food?
167. What’s your favorite of the New York Times games?
168. What's your favorite type of food truck?
169. What's your favorite type of street food?
170. What's your favorite type of farmers market produce?
171. What's your favorite type of artisanal food product?
172. What's your favorite type of international grocery store?
173. What's your favorite kitchen appliance?
174. What's your favorite cookbook?
175. What’s your favorite Instagram account?
176. Who’s your favorite YouTuber?
177. What’s your favorite meal?
178. What's your favorite flower to receive?
179. What's your favorite food festival?
180. What's your favorite cooking class?
181. What's your favorite culinary vacation?
182. What's your favorite food-related documentary?
183. What's your favorite food-related movie?
184. What's your favorite subreddit?
185. What's your favorite podcast?
186. What's your favorite food-related social media account?
187. Who’s your favorite social media personality and why?
188. Who’s your favorite actor?
189. What’s your favorite nail polish color?
190. What’s your favorite place to volunteer?
191. What's your favorite thing to garden?
192. What’s your favorite dance?
193. What's your favorite type of vegetable to grow?
194. What's your favorite type of fruit to grow?
195. What’s your favorite time period?
196. What's your favorite indoor plant?
197. What's your favorite outdoor plant?
198. Would you rather go to space or to the bottom of the ocean?
199. What’s your favorite coffee drink?
200. What’s your favorite of the seven wonders of the world?
201. What’s your favorite tea?
202. Who’s your favorite chef?
203. What’s your favorite restaurant?
204. What's your favorite thing on your travel bucket list?
205. What’s your favorite dinosaur?
206. What’s your favorite of your special skills?
207. What's your favorite type of footwear?
208. What’s your favorite day of eating that you’ve ever done?
209. What's your favorite type of rock?
210. What’s your favorite beach?
211. What’s your favorite place to camp?
212. What's your favorite city and why?
213. What is one thing you love about your sibling?
214. What's one thing that drives you nuts about your siblings?
215. What's your favorite national park?
216. What’s your favorite silly memory?
217. What’s your favorite memory from being in a foreign country?
218. What was your favorite trip?
219. What was your favorite concert?
220. What’s your favorite thing about your friends?
221. What’s your favorite cold remedy?
222. What’s your favorite way to warm up on a cold day?
223. What’s your favorite way to cook down on a hot day?
224. What’s your favorite movie snack?
225. What’s your favorite streaming service?
226. Who’s your favorite Disney character?
227. Who’s your favorite celebrity?
228. What’s your favorite theme park?
229. What's your favorite chore?
230. What's your favorite Netflix show?
231. What's your favorite planet?
232. What’s your favorite way to spend a three-day weekend?
233. What’s your favorite way to spend a snow day?
234. What’s your favorite wild animal?
235. What’s your favorite wedding location?
236. What's your favorite scientific discovery?
237. What’s your favorite album?
238. What’s your favorite grocery store?
239. What’s your favorite clothing store?
240. What's your favorite riddle?
241. What’s your favorite thing about kids?
242. What's your favorite one-liner joke?
243. What's your favorite strategy game?
244. What's your favorite card game?
245. Are you frugal or do you like to spend money?
246. What's your favorite party game?
247. If you could be in the Olympics for anything, what would it be?
248. What's your favorite indoor game?
249. What's your favorite water game?
250. What's your favorite type of beach game?
251. What's your favorite type of snow game?
252. What are you thinking about right now?
253. What's your favorite amusement park?
254. What's your favorite carnival game?
255. What's your favorite lunch?
256. What's your favorite magic trick?
257. What’s your favorite job that you’ve ever had?
258. What's your favorite play?
259. What's your favorite type of dance performance?
260. What’s your favorite musical?
261. What's your favorite type of comedy show?
262. What's your favorite strange food combination?
263. What’s your favorite performance that you’ve ever seen?
264. What's your favorite state?
265. What's your favorite museum?
266. What's your favorite historical site?
267. What’s your favorite nickname for a family member?
268. What’s your favorite design style for a house?
269. What’s your favorite nickname for your pet?
270. What’s your favorite way to spend a weekend?
271. What's your favorite way to express love?
272. What's your favorite way to receive love?
273. What's your favorite way to show appreciation?
274. Who is your favorite person and why?
275. What’s your favorite question I asked you today?
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