550 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing

Overcoming Adversity 35. Under What Conditions Do You Do Your

Best Work?
1. How Resilient Are You? 36. How Do You Express Yourself Creatively?
2. What Do You Do When You Encounter 37. Do You Hold Grudges?
Obstacles to Success? 38. How Good Are You at Judging Your Own
3. When Have You Failed? What Did You Learn Talents?
From It? 39. How Emotionally Intelligent Are You?
4. Have You Ever Felt Like an Outsider? 40. Do You Take More Risks When You Are
5. What Are Your Secret Survival Strategies? Around Your Friends?
6. When Have You Reinvented Yourself? 41. Are You a Procrastinator?
7. How Often Do You Leave Your ‘Comfort 42. What Role Does Envy Play in Your Life?
Zone’? 43. How Much of a Daredevil Are You?
8. When Was the Last Time You Did 44. Are You a Perfectionist?
Something That Scared or Challenged You? 45. How Impulsive Are You?
9. How Do You Handle Fear? 46. Are You a Novelty-Seeker?
10. What Do You Gain From Pursuing 47. What Annoys You?
Something You Do Really, Really Badly? 48. Do You Apologize Too Much?
11. Do You Give Yourself Enough Credit for Your 49. What Animal Are You Most Like?
Own Successes? 50. How Materialistic Are You?
12. How Often Do You Cry? 51. How Easy — or Hard — Is It for You to Say
13. How Do You Cope With Grief? No When You Want To?
14. How Have You Handled Being the ‘New 52. Are You a Hoarder or a Minimalist?
Kid’? 53. Are You an Introvert or an Extrovert?
15. How Do You Deal With Haters? 54. Are You Popular, Quirky or Conformist?
16. How Do You React When Provoked? 55. How Good Is Your Sense of Direction?
17. Does Stress Affect Your Ability to Make 56. How Competitive Are You?
Good Decisions? 57. What Assumptions Do People Make About
18. Are You Too Hard on Yourself? You?
19. How Do You Find Peace in Your Life? 58. Are You More of a Leader or a Follower?
20. Does Your Life Leave You Enough Time to
Relax? Hobbies
21. What Did You Once Hate but Now Like?
22. Do Adults Who Are ‘Only Trying to Help’ 59. What Are Your Hobbies?
Sometimes Make Things Worse? 60. What Are Your Passions?
23. How Well Do You Take Criticism? 61. What Would You Choose to Do If You Had
Unlimited Free Time and No Restrictions?
Your Personality 62. Are There Activities You Used to Love That
Are Now So Competitive They’re Not Fun
24. What Motivates You? Anymore?
25. What Makes You Happy? 63. What Activities Make You Feel Most Alive?
26. What Are You Good At? 64. What Do You Collect?
27. How Do You Deal With Boredom? 65. What Work, Sport or Pastime Do You Like to
28. Do You Like Being Alone? Do at Night?
29. How Full Is Your Glass?
30. Do You Have a Hard Time Making Daily Life
Decisions?
31. How Much Self-Control Do You Have? 66. Do You Wish You Had a Different Morning
32. Are You a Patient Person? Routine?
33. How Well Do Rewards and Incentives Work 67. What Ordinary Moments Would You
to Motivate You? Include in a Video About Your Life?
34. How Productive and Organized Are You? 68. What Are Your Best ‘Life Hacks’?
 69. Do You Spend Enough Time With Other 97. What’s the Story Behind Your Name?
People? 98. How Have You Paid Tribute to Loved Ones?
70. How Do You Greet Your Friends and Family? 99. What Family Traditions Do You Want to
71. How Do You Remember What You Need to Carry On When You Get Older?
Remember? 100.Did Your Parents Have a Life Before They
72. What’s Your Sunday Routine? Had Kids?
73. How Often Do You Talk to Yourself? 101.How Much Do You Know About Your
74. When and For What Reasons Do You Seek Family’s History?
Silence? 102.Where Would You Visit To Find Out More
75. What Habits Do You Have, and Have You About Your Family’s Past?
Ever Tried to Change Them?
76. What Small Things Have You Seen and Parents & Parenting
Taken Note Of Today?
77. What Are the Sounds That Make Up the 103.How Close Are You to Your Parents?
Background Noise in Your Life? 104.How Are You and Your Parents Alike and
78. What Sounds Annoy You? Different?
79. What Public Behavior Annoys You Most? 105.How Much Freedom Have Your Parents
80. What Are Some Recent Moments of Given You?
Happiness in Your Life? 106.Do You Push Your Parents’ Buttons?
81. What Are You Grateful For? 107.How Often Do You Fight With Your Parents?
108.Are Your Parents Addicted to Their Phones?
Role Models 109.Is Your Family Stressed, Tired and Rushed?
110.How Do You Get What You Want From Your
82. What Heroic Acts Have You Performed or Parents?
Witnessed? 111.Do You Ever Feel Embarrassed by Your
83. What Are Some ‘Words of Wisdom’ That Parents?
Guide Your Life? 112.Do Your Parents Try Too Hard to Be Cool?
84. Who Outside Your Family Has Made a 113.Do Your Parents Support Your Learning?
Difference in Your Life? 114.Do Your Parents Yell at You?
85. What Does the World Need to Know About 115.Do You Want Your Parents to Stop Asking
an Important Person in Your Life? You ‘How Was School?’
86. To Whom, or What, Would You Like to 116.How Much Do Your Parents Help With Your
Write a Thank-You Note? Homework?
87. What Does Dr. King’s Legacy Mean to You? 117.How Has Your Family Helped or Hindered
88. What Six People, Living or Dead, Would You Your Transition to a New School?
Invite to Dinner? 118.Have Your Parents and Teachers Given You
89. Who’s Your ‘Outsider Role Model’? Room to Create?
119.Are You Conforming to or Rebelling Against
Family Your Parents’ Wishes for You?
120.What Advice Do You Have for Teenagers
90. How Do You Define ‘Family’? and Their Parents?
91. What Events Have Brought You Closer to 121.Do Your Parents Spy on You?
Your Family?
92. What Have You and Your Family Your Neighborhood
Accomplished Together?
93. What Is Your Relationship With Your 122.What’s Special About Your Hometown?
Siblings Like? 123.Who Are the ‘Characters’ That Make Your
94. Have You Ever Felt Pressured by Family or Town Interesting?
Others in Making an Important Decision 124.What Marketing Slogan Would You Use for
About Your Future? Your Town or City?
95. What Possessions Does Your Family 125.After Home and School, Where Do You Find
Treasure? the Strongest Feeling of Community?
96. What Hobbies Have Been Passed Down in 126.What Do the Types of Dogs in Your
Your Family? Neighborhood Say About Where You Live?
 127.Who Is the ‘Mayor’ of Your School or 158.What Do You Wish You Could See, Hear,
Neighborhood? Read or Experience for the First Time All
128.How Much Does Your Neighborhood Define Over Again?
Who You Are? 159.Have You Ever Felt Embarrassed by Things
129.What ‘Urban Legends’ Are There About You Used to Like?
Places in Your Area? 160.Do You Wish You Could Return to Moments
130.Do You Know Your Way Around Your City or From Your Past?
Town? 161.Was There a Toy You Wanted as a Child but
131.How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors? Never Got?
132.What Is Your Favorite Place? 162.What Childhood Rules Did You Break?
133.What’s Your Favorite Neighborhood Joint? 163.What Is the Most Memorable Thing You
134.What Is Your Favorite Street? Have Ever Lost or Found?
135.Do You Hang Out in the Park? 164.What Is Your Earliest Memory?
136.What Buildings Do You Love? What 165.What Nicknames Have You Ever Gotten or
Buildings Do You Hate? Given?
137.Have You Ever Interacted With the Police? 166.What Are Your Best Sleepover Memories?
138.What Ideas Do You Have for Enhancing Your 167.What Old, Worn Out Thing Can You Just Not
Community? Part With?
139.Where Do You Think You Will Live When 168.What Is Your Most Prized Possession?
You Are an Adult?
140.Would You Most Want to Live in a City, a Growing Up
Suburb or the Country?
169.What Have You Learned in Your Teens?
Your Home 170.What Rites of Passage Mark the Transition
to Adulthood in Your Community?
141.What is Your Favorite Place in Your House? 171.What Letter of Inspiration Would You Write
142.Do You Wish You Had the Go-to House? to Your Younger Self?
143.Do You Need to De-Clutter Your Life? 172.Do You Hate When Adults Ask You What
144.Do You Plan on Saving Any of Your You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
Belongings for the Future? 173.Do You Look Forward to Old Age?
145.Is Your Bedroom a Nightmare? 174.What Can Older People Learn From Your
146.What Would You Grab in a Fire? Generation?
147.Do You Think You Might Like Communal 175.What Have You Learned From Older
Living When You’re an Adult? People?
148.Who Lived Long Ago Where You Live Now? 176.What Advice Do You Have for Younger
149.What Would Your Dream Home Be Like? Students?
150.What City or Town Most Captures Your 177.Do You Recognize Yourself in Descriptions
Imagination? of ‘Generation Z’?
178.Do Other People Care Too Much About Your
Childhood Memories Post-High School Plans?
179.Do You Have ‘Emerging Adult’ Skills?
151.What Was Your Most Precious Childhood 180.What Do Older Generations Misunderstand
Possession? About Teenagers Today?
152.What Objects Tell the Story of Your Life? 181.What Have You Learned From a Younger
153.Have You Ever Given, or Received, a Perfect Person — and What Have You Taught An
Gift? Older Person?
154.What Were Your Favorite Picture Books 182.What Legacy Do You Want to Leave Behind?
When You Were Little?
155.What’s the Best Party You’ve Ever Been To? Morality & Ethics
156.What Places Do You Remember Fondly 183.What Ethical Dilemmas Have You Faced?
From Childhood? 184.Have You Ever Taken a Stand That Isolated
157.What Food or Flavor Do You Remember You From Your Peers?
Tasting for the First Time?
 185.Have You Ever Donated Your Time, Talents, 215.What Does it Mean to Be ‘a Real Man’?
Possessions or Money to Support Anyone in 216.What Have You Learned From the Women
Need? in Your Life?
186.What Acts of Kindness Have You Witnessed 217.What Messages About Gender Have You
or Participated In? Gotten From Music?
187.Have You Ever ‘Paid It Forward’? 218.How Do You Feel About Being Told to
188.How Would You Like to Help Our World? Smile?
189.What Would You Invent to Make the World 219.Have You Ever Tried to Hide Your Racial or
a Better Place? Ethnic Identity?
190.What Would You Risk Your Life For? 220.Do You Ever Talk About Issues of Race and
191.How Trustworthy Are You? Class With Your Friends?
192.How Comfortable Are You With Lying? 221.Have You Experienced Racism or Other
193.When Do You Lie? Kinds of Discrimination in School?
194.Have You Ever Lied to Your Parents or Done 222.What Has Your Sex Education Been Like?
Something Behind Their Backs?
195.If You Drink or Use Drugs, Do Your Parents Money & Social Class
Know?
196.Have You Ever Taken Something You 223.What Are Your Attitudes Toward Money?
Weren’t Supposed To? 224.Are You a Saver or a Spender?
197.Do You Ever Eavesdrop? 225.What Have Your Parents Taught You About
198.Do You Know How to Say ‘I’m Sorry?’ Money?
226.Do You Expect Your Parents to Give You
Religion, Spirituality & Beliefs Money?
227.How Important a Role Has Money, Work or
199.What Is the Role of Religion or Spirituality in Social Class Played in Your Life?
Your Life? 228.Do You See Great Disparities of Wealth in
200.How Often Do You Start Conversations Your Community?
about Faith or Spirituality? 229.Can Money Buy You Happiness?
201.Do You Believe That Everything Happens for 230.What Are the Best Things in Life and Are
a Reason? They Free?
202.How Much Control Do You Think You Have 231.What Are Your Expectations About Earning,
Over Your Fate? Saving and Spending Money?
203.Can You Be Good Without God? 232.How Much Financial Help Do You Expect
204.Can You Pass a Basic Religion Test? From Your Parents in the Future?
205.What Can You Learn From Other Religions? 233.What Choices Do You Make About Money
206.What Legends and Myths Do You Believe Every Day?
In?
207.Do You Believe in Astrology? Technology
208.Do You Believe in Ghosts?
234.Are You Distracted by Technology?
Gender, Race & Sexuality 235.Are You Distracted by Your Phone?
236.Are You ‘Addicted’ to Texting?
209.Do You Feel Constricted by Gender Norms? 237.Do Screens Get in the Way of the Rest of
210.Do Parents Have Different Hopes and Your Life?
Standards for Their Sons Than for Their 238.Do You Experience FOMO When You
Daughters? Unplug?
211.Have You Ever Been Told You Couldn’t Do 239.Could You Go a Year Without a
Something Because of Your Gender? Smartphone?
212.Is There Too Much Pressure on Girls to Have 240.Is Your Phone Love Hurting Your
‘Perfect’ Bodies? Relationships?
213.How Much Pressure Do Boys Face to Have 241.How Much of Your Day is Voluntarily Spent
the Perfect Body? Screen-Free?
214.What Experiences Have You Had With 242.To What Piece of Technology Would You
Gender Bias in School? Write a ‘Love Letter’?
 273.Who in Your Life Introduces You to New
The Internet Music?
274.How Much Is Your Taste in Music Based on
243.How Do You Know if What You Read Online What Your Friends Like?
Is True? 275.What Role Does Hip-Hop Play in Your Life?
244.How Much Do You Trust Online Reviews? 276.What’s Your Karaoke Song?
245.What Has YouTube Taught You? 277.How Closely Do You Listen to Lyrics?
246.What Would You Teach the World in an 278. ​What Is Your Favorite Musical Instrument?
Online Video? 279.What Would You Name Your Band?
247.Do You Worry About Your Digital Privacy?
248.Do You Listen to Podcasts? Movies, Television & Video Games
249.Would You Share an Embarrassing Story
Online? 280.What Have You Learned About Life From
250.Do You Leave Funny Comments Online? Watching Movies?
251.What Are Your Experiences With 281.What Is Your Favorite Sports Movie?
Internet-Based Urban Legends? 282.Do You Like Horror Movies?
252.How Do You Use Wikipedia? 283.What Are Your Favorite TV Shows?
253.Have You Ever Been Scammed? 284.What Role Does Television Play in Your Life
254.Whom Would You Share Your Passwords and the Life of Your Family?
With? 285.What Stereotypical Characters Make You
255.Do You Ever Seek Advice on the Internet? Cringe?
256.What Are Your Favorite Viral Videos? 286.Have You Fallen Into ‘Friends’ or Any Other
Older Television Shows?
Social Media 287.How Much Are You Influenced by
Advertising?
257.What Role Does Instagram Play in Your Life? 288.Do You Play Violent Video Games?
258.Do You Have ‘Instagram Envy’? 289.Who Are Your Opponents in Online
259.Do the Adults in Your Life Follow You on Gaming?
Social Media? 290.What Classic Video Games Do You Still
260.Have You Ever Gone to a Place for the Enjoy Playing?
Primary Purpose of Taking Selfies? 291.Are You a Fortnite Addict?
261.Who Is Your Favorite Social Media Star? 292.Do You Gamify Your Life?
262.How Much Do You Trust the Celebrities and
Social Media Stars You Follow? Books & Reading
263.Are You the Same Person on Social Media
as You Are in Real Life? 293.Read Any Good Books Lately?
264.What Memorable Experiences Have You 294.What Books Do You Think Every Teenager
Had on Facebook? Should Read?
265.Why Do You Share Photos? 295.What Role Have Books Played in Your Life?
266.How Do You Archive Your Life? 296.Has a Novel Ever Helped You Understand
267.Have You Ever Posted, Emailed or Texted Yourself or Your World Better?
Something You Wish You Could Take Back? 297.Has a Book, Movie, Television Show, Song
268.Have You Ever Sent an Odd Message or Video Game Ever Inspired You to Do
Because of Auto-Correct? Something New?
269.Would You Want Your Photo or Video to Go 298.What Book Would You Add to the High
Viral? School Curriculum?
270.Do You Worry Colleges or Employers Might 299.What Have You Learned from Comics?
Read Your Social Media Posts Someday? 300.Do You Read or Write Poetry?
271.What Advice Do You Have for Younger Kids 301.What Is the Scariest Story You Have Ever
About Navigating Social Media? Heard?

Music Writing

272.What Are Your Earliest Memories of Music?

 302.What Purpose Does Writing Serve in Your 332.How Good Are You at Coming Up With
Life? Witty Comebacks?
303.Do You Keep a Diary or Journal? 333.Do You Sometimes ‘Hide’ Behind Irony?
304.Do You Want to Write a Book? 334.How Good Is Your Grammar?
305.When Do You Write by Hand? 335.Do You Speak a Second, or Third, Language?
306.Do You Write in Cursive? 336.What Does Your Body Language
307.Do You Write in Your Books? Communicate?
308.What ‘Mundane Moments’ From Your Life
Might Make Great Essay Material? School
309.What Is Your Most Memorable Writing
Assignment? 337.Do You Like School?
310.Do You Ever Write About Challenges You 338.Are You Stressed About School?
Face in Life? 339.Are High School Students Being Worked Too
311.What’s Your Favorite Joke? Hard?
312.If You Had a Column in The New York Times, 340.Would You Want to Go to a School Like This
What Would You Write About? One?
313.What Would You Write in a Letter to the 341.How Much Do You Speak Up in School?
Editor? 342.What ‘Pop-Up’ Classes Do You Wish Your
School Offered?
The Arts 343.Is Your School a Safe Learning Space?
344.Would You Want to Be Home-Schooled?
314.What Has Arts Education Done For You? 345.What Can Other Schools Learn — and Copy
315.What Work of Art Has Changed Your Life? — From Your School?
316.What Are the Most Memorable Works of 346.What Do You Hope to Get Out of High
Visual Art You Have Seen? School?
317.Who Is Your Favorite Visual Artist? What Is 347.What Are Your Thoughts on Riding the
Your Favorite Work of Art? School Bus?
318.Which Photograph Stays In Your Memory? 348.Do You Feel Your School and Teachers
319.What Would You Like to Learn to Make by Welcome Both Conservative and Liberal
Hand? Points of View?
320.Are You Intimidated by Classical Music and 349.Do You Want to Be ‘Promposed’ To?
Art? 350.How Big a Problem Is Bullying or
321.Do You Love to Dance? Cyberbullying in Your School or
322.Have You Ever Performed for an Audience Community?
or Shared Creative Work With Others? 351.Can Students at Your School Talk Openly
323.Have You Ever Stumbled Upon a Cool Public About Their Mental Health Issues?
Performance? 352.What Career or Technical Classes Do You
324.What Show Do You Wish Your School Wish Your School Offered?
Would Stage?
Learning & Studying
Language & Speech
353.Do You Have Too Much Homework?
325.What’s Your Favorite Word? 354.Do You Need a Homework Therapist?
326.What Words Do You Hate? 355.What’s the Most Challenging Assignment
327.Do You Say ‘Kind of, Sort of’ More Than You You’ve Ever Had?
Realize? 356.Are You Afraid of Math?
328.What Makes a Great Conversation? 357.How Would You Do on a Civics Test?
329.How Often Do You Have ‘Deep 358.What Was Your Favorite Field Trip?
Discussions’? 359.What Are Your Best Tips for Studying?
330.Do You Wish Your Conversations Were Less 360.What Kind of Time Management Skills Are
Small Talk and More ‘Big Talk’? You Learning from the Adults in Your Life?
331.How Much Information Is ‘Too Much 361.What Would You Like to Have Memorized?
Information’?
Teachers
 390.What ‘Back-to-the-Land’ Skills Do You Have,
362.What Do You Wish Your Teachers Knew or Wish You Had?
About You? 391.What Skill Could You Teach in Two
363.When Has a Teacher Inspired You? Minutes?
364.What Teacher Would You Like to Thank? 392.What Have You Made Yourself?
365.Have You Ever Been Humiliated by a 393.Do You Have an Idea for a Business or App?
Teacher? How Did it Affect You? 394.How Did You Start Doing Something You
366.Have Your Teachers or Textbooks Ever Love?
Gotten It Wrong? 395.Did You Ever Take a Break From Doing
367.Does Your Teacher’s Identity Affect Your Something You Love?
Learning? 396.Would You Quit if Your Values Did Not
368.Has a Teacher Ever Changed Your Match Your Employer’s?
Mind-Set? 397.Do Your Summer Plans Include
369.Do You Have a Tutor? Employment?

College Friendship

370.What Personal Essay Topic Would You 398.Do You Have Satisfying Friendships?
Assign to College Applicants? 399.How Alike Are You and Your Friends?
371.How Prepared Are You For College? How 400.Do You Have Any Unlikely Friendships?
Well Do You Think You’ll Do? 401.Do You Like Your Friends?
372.What Worries You Most About the College 402.Do You Have a Best Friend?
Admissions Process? 403.Have You Ever Been Left Out?
373.What Worries Do You Have About College? 404.Do You Ever Feel Lonely?
374.What Role Has Community College Played 405.How Often Do You Spend One-on-One Time
in Your Life or the Life of Someone You With Your Closest Friends?
Know? 406.How Do You Feel About Introducing Friends
375.What Qualities Would You Look For in a from Different Parts of Your Life?
College Roommate? 407.Do You Find It Easier to Make New Friends
376.Would You Want to Take a Gap Year After Online or In Person?
High School? 408.How Good a Friend Are You?
377.Do You Intend to Study Abroad While You 409.How Have You Helped a Friend in a Time of
Are in College? Need?
378.Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of 410.Is Competitiveness an Obstacle to Making
Attending College? or Keeping Friendships?
379.Do You Want Your Parents to Live Nearby 411.How Should You Handle the End of a
When You Go to College? Friendship?
380.What Specialty College Would You Create?
Dating
Work & Careers
412.Are You Allowed to Date?
381.What Do You Want to Be When You Grow 413.Is Dating a Thing of the Past?
Up? 414.What Advice Would You Give to Somebody
382.Do You Have a Life Calling? Who Just Started Dating?
383.What’s Your Dream Job? 415.How Do You Think Technology Affects
384.Would You Pursue a Career If You Knew You Dating?
Likely Would Not Make Much Money? 416.Have You Ever Been in Love?
385.What Jobs Are You Most Curious About? 417.How Much of a Romantic Are You?
386.Will You Follow in Your Parents’ Footsteps? 418.Have You Ever Been Ghosted?
387.Would You Consider Moving Overseas for a 419.What’s the Best Way to Get Over a
Job? Breakup?
388.Would You Want to Be a Teacher? 420.Would You Want to Be Proposed to on a
389.Would You Rather Work From Home or in Jumbotron?
an Office?
 421.If You Get Married Someday, Do You Think 451.What’s Your Favorite T-Shirt?
You Will Change Your Last Name? 452.What Does Your Hairstyle Say About You?
453.How Do You Feel About Your Body?
Sports & Games 454.Have You Inherited Your Parents’ Attitudes
Toward Their Looks?
422.Why Do You Play Sports? 455.What’s Your Favorite Room?
423.Have You Ever Learned Something From a
Professional Athlete? Exercise, Health & Sleep
424.How Would You Change Your Favorite
Sport? 456.What Rules Do You Have for Staying
425.Does Being a Fan Help Define Who You Are? Healthy?
426.What Kinds of Games and Puzzles Do You 457.Do You Like to Exercise?
Like? 458.Do You Get Enough Exercise?
427.What Are Your Favorite Board Games? 459.How Has Exercise Changed Your Health,
428.Are You a Good Driver? Your Body or Your Life?
460.Do You Vape?
Travel 461.How Do You Get Your Nature Fix?
462.How Strong Is Your Sense of Smell?
429.Where Do You Want to Travel? 463.What’s Your Favorite Mood Booster?
430.What Is Your Most Memorable Family 464.Do You Have Any Bad Health Habits?
Vacation? 465.Do You Learn Better After Moving Around?
431.How Would You Spend Your Ideal Family 466.How Often Do You Engage in ‘Fat Talk’?
Vacation? 467.Do You Pay Attention to Nutrition Labels on
432.What Do You Think You Would Learn From Food?
Traveling to All 50 States? 468.What Are Your ‘Food Rules’?
433.What Would Your Fantasy Road Trip Be 469.What Are Your Healthy Habits?
Like? 470.What Health Tips Have Worked for You?
434.What Crazy Adventure Would You Want to 471.What Are Your Sleep Habits?
Take? 472.Do You Get Enough Sleep?
435.What Local ‘Microadventures’ Would You
Like to Go On? Meals & Food
436.How Has Travel Affected You?
437.What Kind of Tourist Are You? 473.What Foods Bring Up Special Memories for
438.What Are the Best Souvenirs You’ve Ever You?
Collected While Traveling? 474.What Are the Most Memorable Meals
439.What Famous Landmarks Have You Visited? You’ve Ever Had?
440.What’s the Coolest Thing You’ve Ever Seen 475.Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been, a
in Nature? Picky Eater?
441.Would You Like to Live in Another Country? 476.What Foods Best Represent Your
442.If You Could Time-Travel, Where Would You Hometown?
Go? 477.Have You Ever Experienced Food Insecurity?
478.What’s Your Favorite Holiday Food
Shopping, Looks & Fashion Memory?
479.What Convenience Foods Make You Happy?
443.What’s Your Favorite Store? 480.How Do You Like Your Pizza?
444.Could You Stop Shopping for an Entire Year? 481.What Are Your Favorite Junk Foods?
445.Are You an Ethical Consumer? 482.What’s Your Favorite Candy?
446.Do Politics Ever Influence How or Where 483.What’s Your Favorite Sandwich?
You Shop? 484.What Food Would You Like to Judge in a
447.What Is Your All-Time Favorite Piece of Taste-Off?
Clothing? 485.Do You Cook?
448.Are You a Sneaker Head? 486.What Would You Most Like to Learn to
449.Do You Wear Clothes for the Logo? Cook or Bake?
450.Would You Like to Be a Fashion Model?
 487.What Messages About Food and Eating 517.Would You Change Your Eating Habits to
Have You Learned From Your Family? Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?
488.How Often Does Your Family Eat Together? 518.Could You Live ‘Plastic Free’?
489.What Are Your Favorite Restaurants?
490.What Restaurant Would You Most Like to History, Politics & Current Events
Review?
491.What Do You Eat During the School Day? 519.What Event in the Past Do You Wish You
Could Have Witnessed?
Holidays & Seasons 520.What National or International Events That
You Lived Through Do You Remember Best?
492.How Do You Celebrate Your Birthday? 521.Is Your Online World Just a ‘Filter Bubble’ of
493.How Much Scare Can You Handle in Your People With the Same Opinions?
Halloween Entertainment? 522.Do You Ever Get the ‘Bad News Blues’?
494.Did You Take Part in Any Thanksgiving or 523.Have You Ever Changed Your Mind About a
Post-Holiday Traditions? Hot-Button Issue?
495.What Will You Talk About on Thanksgiving? 524.What Do American Values Mean to You?
496.What Has Been Your Most Memorable 525.How Much Do You Know About the Rest of
Thanksgiving? the World?
497.What Do You Look Forward to Most — and
Least — During the Holiday Season? If Only …
498.What Are Your Tips for Enjoying the Holiday
Season? 526.Would You Want to Live Forever?
499.What Does Santa Claus Mean to You? 527.Would You Want to Live a Life Without Ever
500.How Do You Fight the Winter Blues? Feeling Pain?
501.How Do You Feel About Valentine’s Day? 528.If You Had an Extra Billion Dollars, What
502.What Would Your Ideal Summer Camp Be Cause Would You Support With Your
Like? Philanthropy?
503.What’s Your Favorite Summer Food? 529.Are You Hopeful About the Future?
504.Do You Choose Summer Activities to Look 530.If the World Was Ending, What Would You
Good on Applications? Want to Say?
505.What’s the Most Memorable Thing That 531.Would You Like to Be Famous?
Happened to You This Summer? 532.Would You Like to Be Cryogenically
Preserved (Frozen!) Upon Your Death?
Animals & Pets 533. ​Would You Like to Be a Farmer?
534.What Items Would You Place in a Time
506.What Are the Animals in Your Life? Capsule for Future Generations?
507.What Have You Learned From Animals? 535.What Fantasy Invention Would You Want to
508.What’s Your Relationship Like With Your Exist in Reality?
Pet? 536.What Do You Want to Be Known for After
509.What Are Your Thoughts on Cats? Your Death?
510.Would You Want to Hang Out at a Cat Cafe? 537.Do You Like Your First Name? Would You
511.How Do You Feel About the Spiders, Insects Change It if You Could?
and Other Tiny Creatures in Your Home? 538.What Would You Do if You Won the
Lottery?
Environment 539.What Era Do You Wish You Had Lived In?
540.Would You Want to Be a Child Prodigy?
512.How Concerned Are You About Climate 541.What Kind of Robot Would You Want?
Change? 542.What Would You Outsource if You Could?
513.How Do You Try to Reduce Your Impact on 543.What Would You Like to Learn on Your
the Environment? Own?
514.Do You Ever Feel Guilty About What, or 544.What Would You Be Willing to Wait in a
How Much, You Throw Away? Really Long Line For?
515.How Much Food Does Your Family Waste? 545.Do You Want to Live to 100?
516.What Could You Live Without?
546.Given Unlimited Resources, What Scientific
or Medical Problem Would You Investigate?
547.What Scientific Mysteries Do You Want
Solved?
548.What Idea Do You Have That Is Ahead of Its
Time?
549.How Would Your Life Be Different if You
Had Better Listening Skills?
550.What Do You Want Your Obituary to Say?