Hypothetical Questions

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What would you do if you woke up and everyone could hear your thoughts for one day?

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Hypothetical questions that start real conversations

A hypothetical question sets up an imagined situation and asks what you would do, so nobody has to share anything private to give an interesting answer. This page has 146 of them in 9 categories, from silly scenarios to genuine dilemmas. Choose a category, pick how many questions you want, and press the button. Questions do not repeat until you have seen every one in your selection.

Hypothetical Questions at a glance

Questions146, written by the RandomTopics editors
CategoriesFunny (18), Hard choices (16), Superpowers & magic (16), Survival & disasters (16), Money, time & luck (16), Friends & relationships (16), Deep & thoughtful (16), Technology & the future (16), Easy (kids & classrooms) (16)
Good forIcebreakers, car rides, dates, family dinners, classrooms, writing warm-ups
AnswersNo right answers; every question is open-ended
RepeatsNone until every question in the selection has been shown

How to use hypothetical questions

  1. Pick a category (or leave it on all) and how many questions you want.
  2. Draw a question and read it aloud once.
  3. Give everyone ten seconds to think, then go around the group.
  4. Ask one follow-up: "Why did you choose that?"
  5. Draw the next one, or switch to a harder or sillier category.

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How people use these questions

  • Icebreakers. Open a meeting or class with a funny scenario; everyone can answer in one sentence.
  • Dates and new friends. Hypotheticals reveal values without asking personal questions.
  • Family dinners and road trips. Pass the phone around and let each person draw the next question.
  • Writing and debate. Turn a hard-choice question into a paragraph or a two-minute argument.
  • Classrooms. Use the kids group for morning meetings and show-and-tell warm-ups.

All 146 hypothetical questions by category

😂 Funny (18)
  1. What would you do if you woke up and everyone could hear your thoughts for one day?
  2. What if your pet could talk, but only to complain about the food?
  3. What would you do if you had to wear a costume to work every day for a year?
  4. What if every time you sneezed, you switched places with the nearest person?
  5. What would happen if you could only speak in rhymes for a week?
  6. What would you do if your shadow decided to take a day off?
  7. What if you had to introduce yourself by singing for the rest of your life?
  8. What would you do if a goose followed you everywhere you went?
  9. What if your car could talk but only gave unsolicited driving advice?
  10. What would you do if you found out your neighbor was a retired pirate?
  11. What if you could only travel by hopping on one foot?
  12. What would you do if your alarm clock started to argue back?
  13. What if every elevator you rode played a different theme song just for you?
  14. What would you do if you were the only person who could see a tiny dancing dragon on your desk?
  15. What if you had to give a serious speech while wearing a clown nose?
  16. What would you say if a talking pigeon asked you for directions?
  17. What if you could replace your hands with spatulas for a day, and what would you cook?
  18. What would you do if your phone autocorrected everything you said out loud?
⚖️ Hard choices (16)
  1. What would you do if you could save one person's life but lose your own best memory forever?
  2. If you could know the exact date of your death, would you want to?
  3. What would you do if you had to choose between your dream job and living next to your family?
  4. If you could erase one mistake from your past, would you, knowing it taught you something?
  5. What would you choose if you could be completely honest for a year or completely liked for a year?
  6. If you had to give up one of your senses permanently, which would it be?
  7. What would you do if you discovered a close friend had been lying to you for years?
  8. If you could only keep ten possessions for the rest of your life, what would they be?
  9. Would you rather know every secret about everyone around you or have everyone know yours?
  10. What would you do if you could live your life again but not remember this one?
  11. If you could make one law that everyone had to follow, what would it be?
  12. What would you do if you were offered a huge salary to move somewhere you had never been?
  13. If you could save either a stranger or a famous painting from a fire, which would you choose?
  14. What would you do if telling the truth would hurt someone you love, but lying would protect them?
  15. If you were guaranteed success at one thing, what would you want it to be?
  16. What would you do if you had to leave your home country and could take only one bag?
✨ Superpowers & magic (16)
  1. What would you do if you could fly for one day, with no limits?
  2. What would you do first if you could turn invisible whenever you wanted?
  3. If you could read minds for 24 hours, whose would you read first?
  4. What would you do if you could pause time for everyone except yourself?
  5. If you could talk to any animal, which one would you talk to first and what would you ask?
  6. What would you do if you could teleport anywhere but only once a week?
  7. If you could breathe underwater, where would you explore first?
  8. What would you do if you could instantly learn any skill, but only one?
  9. If you could control the weather in your town, what would you change?
  10. What would you do if you could speak and understand every language?
  11. If you could bring any fictional character to life, who would you pick and why?
  12. What would you do if you could rewind time by ten minutes, three times a day?
  13. If you had a pet dragon, where would you take it first?
  14. What would you do if you could see the future, but only five seconds ahead?
  15. If you could shrink to the size of an ant, what would you explore?
  16. What would you do if you could make any plant or tree grow anywhere in the world?
🏕️ Survival & disasters (16)
  1. What would you do if you were stranded on a desert island with only three items?
  2. What would you do if the power went out in your city for a whole week?
  3. If you had to survive in the wilderness for a month, who would you want with you?
  4. What would you do if you woke up in a forest with no phone and no map?
  5. If a zombie outbreak started tomorrow, where would you go first?
  6. What would you do if you were the last person awake on a night flight and the pilot fell asleep?
  7. If you could bring only one tool on a camping trip, what would it be?
  8. What would you do if you were lost in a big city with no money and a dead phone?
  9. If you had to build a shelter in an hour, what materials would you look for?
  10. What would you do if you had to live without electricity and the internet for a year?
  11. If you got stuck in an elevator with a stranger for three hours, how would you spend the time?
  12. What would you do if an alien spaceship landed in your backyard?
  13. If the whole world went offline for a month, what would you miss the most?
  14. What would you do if you were on a boat and it started sinking, and you could grab one thing?
  15. If you had to move to Mars in a year, what would you pack?
  16. What would you do if a huge snowstorm trapped you and your friends in a cabin for three days?
💰 Money, time & luck (16)
  1. What would you do if you won the lottery tomorrow?
  2. If you were given a million dollars but had to spend it all in a week, how would you spend it?
  3. What would you do if you had an extra hour every single day?
  4. If money were no object, what job would you take anyway?
  5. What would you do if you were given a year off with full pay?
  6. If you could buy any one thing in the world, what would it be?
  7. What would you do if you found a wallet with a thousand dollars and no ID?
  8. If you could be paid to do any hobby, which one would you pick?
  9. What would you do if you could work only two days a week for the same pay?
  10. If you had to live on a tiny budget for a year, what would you cut first?
  11. What would you do if you could travel anywhere for free, but you had to go alone?
  12. If you could invest in any company ten years ago, which would you choose?
  13. What would you do if you inherited a small cabin in the woods?
  14. If you could have lunch with any person from history, who would it be and what would you ask?
  15. What would you do if you could give a million dollars to charity, but you had to choose just one?
  16. If you had a whole day with no responsibilities, how would you spend it?
🤝 Friends & relationships (16)
  1. What would you do if your best friend told you they were moving across the world?
  2. If you could have dinner with your favorite celebrity, what would you talk about?
  3. What would you do if you ran into your childhood best friend after twenty years?
  4. If you could swap lives with a friend for a week, who would it be?
  5. What would you do if you found out your partner had planned a surprise for you, and you hated surprises?
  6. If you could give your younger self one piece of advice, what would it be?
  7. What would you do if you were seated next to your boss at a very long dinner?
  8. If you could instantly make friends with anyone, who would you choose?
  9. What would you do if a stranger gave you a compliment that made your whole day?
  10. If your friends wrote a book about you, what would the title be?
  11. What would you do if you accidentally sent a message to the wrong person?
  12. If you could relive one day with someone you love, which day would it be?
  13. What would you do if your oldest friend and your newest friend disagreed about you?
  14. If you could fix one small thing about how people treat each other, what would it be?
  15. What would you do if you were told you would meet your future self tomorrow?
  16. If you could throw a party for anyone, who would be the guest of honor?
🌌 Deep & thoughtful (16)
  1. What would you do if you knew nobody would ever judge you?
  2. If you could live in any time period for a year, which would you pick?
  3. What would you do if you discovered that your memories were not entirely true?
  4. If you could ask the universe one question and get an honest answer, what would you ask?
  5. What would change if nobody on Earth ever lied?
  6. If you could be remembered for one thing, what would you want it to be?
  7. What would you do if you realized you had only one more week to finish something important?
  8. If you could talk to your future self for five minutes, what would you ask?
  9. What would the world look like if everyone had the same amount of money?
  10. If you could undo one invention, which would it be?
  11. What would you do if you could see how your choices affect people years later?
  12. If you had to describe your life as a book genre, which would it be?
  13. What would you do if you woke up in a world where nobody remembered you?
  14. If you could ask one historical figure to judge today's world, who would you choose?
  15. What would be the first thing you changed if you were in charge of your country for a day?
  16. If you could pass on one lesson to everyone, what would you teach?
🤖 Technology & the future (16)
  1. What would you do if a robot could do every chore in your house?
  2. If you could have an AI assistant that knew everything about you, would you want it?
  3. What would you do if cars could drive themselves anywhere, even across the ocean?
  4. If you could upload your mind to a computer, would you do it?
  5. What would you do if everyone had a personal jetpack?
  6. If you could live in a house that built itself, what would it look like?
  7. What would you do if the internet disappeared for a day?
  8. If you could invent a gadget to fix one daily annoyance, what would it do?
  9. What would you do if you could swap your phone for a time machine?
  10. If humans could live on another planet, which would you choose to visit first?
  11. What would you do if you could talk to a computer that never makes mistakes?
  12. If all schools were taught by robots, would you want that?
  13. What would you do if your smartwatch could tell you exactly how you will feel tomorrow?
  14. If you could design a city of the future, what is the first thing you would build?
  15. What would you do if you could print any object at home?
  16. If food could be made from air, how would that change the world?
🧒 Easy (kids & classrooms) (16)
  1. What would you do if you could be any animal for a day?
  2. What would you do if you found a treasure map in your backyard?
  3. If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?
  4. What would you do if your toys came alive when you were not looking?
  5. If you could go to school anywhere in the world, where would you go?
  6. What would you do if you could eat only one food for a week?
  7. If you could invent a new holiday, what would it be called and what would you do?
  8. What would you do if you were the teacher for a day?
  9. If you could build the ultimate treehouse, what would it have?
  10. What would you do if you could talk to dinosaurs?
  11. If you could have a pet from any time or place, what would it be?
  12. What would you do if it rained candy for one day?
  13. If you could fly on the back of any animal, which would you pick?
  14. What would you do if you could make one rule for your whole school?
  15. If you could visit the moon, what would you bring with you?
  16. What would you do if you could shrink to the size of a toy for a day?

Hypothetical Questions FAQ

What is a hypothetical question?

A hypothetical question asks what you would do or think in an imagined situation, such as "What would you do if you could fly for a day?" There is no right answer and nothing has to be true, which makes these questions good for icebreakers, interviews and long car rides.

What are good hypothetical questions to ask friends?

Start with the Funny group to loosen up, then move to Hard choices and Friends & relationships. Ask one question, let everyone answer, and follow up with "why?" once. The best ones have no obvious answer, so people disagree.

What are funny hypothetical questions?

Funny hypotheticals put an absurd twist on a normal day, like a goose that follows you everywhere or a car that gives driving advice. The Funny group on this page has 18 of them, and the generator can draw from that group alone.

Are there hypothetical questions for kids and classrooms?

Yes. The Easy (kids & classrooms) group uses short, friendly scenarios such as finding a treasure map or being the teacher for a day. They work as morning-meeting questions and writing warm-ups.

What are hard hypothetical questions?

Hard hypotheticals force a trade-off between two things you value, like honesty versus kindness or a dream job versus being near family. The Hard choices group is built for debate and for getting to know someone beyond small talk.

How are hypothetical questions used in job interviews?

Interviewers ask them to see how you think, for example "What would you do if two deadlines clashed?" This page is for conversation and practice; for interview-style rehearsal pick a scenario, answer out loud in under two minutes, and explain your reasoning, not just your choice.

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