251 "What's Your Favorite" Questions to Really Get to Know Someone

Because the things we love make us who we are.

August 22, 2023

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One of the best ways to really get to know someone is to ask a lot of questions. Asking the right ones can help you find a new best friend or even a new love. According to a study led by psychologist Arthur Aron, intimacy between two strangers can be accelerated by asking a specific series of personal questions, because sharing these truths brings people together. And that doesn't just go for romantic relationships—we also see it in the classroom, the workplace, and even at home.

If you're at all wary about putting someone on the spot, just remember that people actually love talking about themselves. And we really love talking about what we like most. So read on for some specific prompts to get conversations about personal preferences flowing. We've listed over 250 "What's Your Favorite" questions below.

"What's Your Favorite" Questions About Food

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What's your favorite food of all time?
What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
What's your favorite fast-food restaurant?
What's your favorite kind of comfort food?
What's your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?
What's your favorite dessert?
What's your favorite fruit?
What's your favorite kind of sandwich?
What are your favorite type of cookie?
What was your favorite thing to eat as a kid?
What's your favorite pizza topping?
What's your favorite thing to dip french fries in?
What's your favorite way to prepare coffee?
Where's your favorite place to get coffee?
What's your favorite salad dressing?
What's your favorite kind of street food?
What's your favorite Thanksgiving food?
What's your favorite cheese?
What's your favorite meal to cook when lazy?
What's your favorite vegetable?
What's your favorite bagel order?
What's your favorite kind of bread?
What's your favorite snack?
What's your favorite cocktail?
What's your favorite kind of take-out food?
What's your favorite junk food?
What's your favorite appetizer?
What's your favorite birthday food?
What's your favorite soda?
What's your favorite spicy food?

"Favorite Things" Questions Related to Art and Entertainment

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What's your favorite song?
What's your favorite sports team?
What's your favorite board game?
What's your favorite video game?
What's your favorite form of art?
What's your favorite movie?
What is your favorite song to dance to?
What's your favorite romance movie?
What's your favorite show tune?
What's your favorite Disney movie?
What's your favorite sport?
What's your favorite game show?
What's your favorite piece of art?
Who's your favorite director?
What's your favorite sport to watch live?
Who's your favorite band?
What's your favorite radio station?
What's your favorite website?
What would be your favorite museum exhibit (real or imagined)?
Who is your favorite male actor?
Who is your favorite female actor?
What was your favorite song when you were 13 years old?
What's your favorite guilty pleasure song?
What was your favorite concert out of all that you've attended?
What's your favorite play?
What's your favorite instrument?
What's your favorite sporting moment of all time?
What was your favorite movie to have come out in the past year?
What was your favorite song to have been released in the past year?

"Favorite" Questions About Clothes and Accessories

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What's your favorite clothing brand?
What's your favorite outfit to wear when going out?
What's your favorite brand of swimwear?
Who is your favorite fashion icon?
What's your favorite color to wear?
What are your favorite kind of shoes?
Who is your favorite handbag designer?
What's your favorite kind of bag?
What's your favorite brand for running or activewear?
What's your favorite way to accessorize?
What's your favorite shoe store?
What's your favorite material?
What's your favorite style of top?
What's your favorite travel outfit?
What's your favorite kind of boot?
What's your favorite way to get outfit inspiration?
What's your favorite way to shop: Online or in-store?
What's your favorite place to find good deals?
What's your favorite kind of hat?
What's your favorite pattern?
What's your favorite hairstyle?
What's your favorite travel accessory?
What's your favorite skincare brand?
What's your favorite piece of fashion advice?
What's your favorite secondhand piece of clothing?
What's your favorite season to dress for?
What's your favorite fashion trend of the moment?

Random "Favorite Things" Questions

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What's your favorite way to spend your days off from work?
What's your favorite hobby?
What's your favorite season?
What's your favorite animal?
What's your favorite farm animal?
What's your favorite saying?
What's your favorite song to sing in the shower?
What's your favorite Halloween costume?
What's your favorite national park?
What's your favorite social media platform?
What's your favorite curse word?
What's your favorite noise to make?
What's your favorite water bottle brand?
What's been your favorite decade of life so far?
What's your favorite breed of dog?
What's your favorite month of the year?
Describe your favorite picture of yourself.
What's your favorite bird?
What's your favorite thing to do on New Year's Eve?
What's your favorite pet accessory?
What's your favorite cleaning product?
What's your favorite Valentine's Day activity?
What's your favorite candle scent?
What's your favorite streaming service?
What's your favorite accent?
What's your favorite place to take a nap?
What's your favorite name?
What's your favorite smell?
Who was your favorite pet?
What's your favorite car?
What's your favorite game to play at parties?
What's your favorite extinct animal?

"Favorite Things" Questions About Education, Career, and Work

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What was your favorite subject in school?
What's your favorite thing about working from home?
What's your favorite thing about going into the office?
What's your favorite time of day to begin work?
What is your favorite work benefit?
Where would be your favorite place to work?
What's your favorite study aid?
What's been your favorite accomplishment, work-wise, so far?
Where is your favorite place to study?
What's your favorite thing about remote learning?
What's your favorite thing about being a boss?
What's your favorite thing about being part of a team?
What's your favorite thing about interacting with clients?
What's your favorite way to recharge during the weekends?
What's your favorite way to spend time with coworkers outside of the office?
What's your way to contribute to a brainstorming session?
What's your favorite kind of person to work with?
What's your favorite piece of advice to give new hires?
What's your favorite way to reward the team for a job well done?
What's your favorite kind of project to work on?
What's your favorite qualification or detail to see on a resume?

"What's Your Favorite" Questions About Gifts

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What's your favorite birthday present of all time?
What's your favorite thing to buy people when on a budget?
What's your favorite kind of souvenir to bring home?
What's your favorite time of year to exchange gifts?
What's your favorite thing about participating in a Yankee Swap?
What's your favorite way to express thanks?
What are your favorite items to receive in a gift bag?
What is your favorite thing about giving gifts?
What is your favorite way to be surprised?
What is your favorite kind of jewelry?
What is your favorite stone?
What is your favorite sized present to see during the holidays?
What is your favorite kind of wrapping paper?
What is your favorite kind of DIY accessory?
What is your favorite thing about second-hand items?
What is your favorite Apple product?
What's your favorite thing about watching someone unwrap a gift?
What's your favorite family heirloom?
What's your favorite kind of gift: Items or experiences?
What's your favorite kind of flower?

Fun Favorite Questions About People

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Who was your favorite childhood friend?
How did you meet your current partner?
Who was your favorite teacher?
Who is your favorite historical figure?
Who is your favorite person to go out with?
Who was your favorite boss?
Who is your favorite travel buddy?
Who is your favorite inspirational figure?
Who was your favorite president?
Who is your favorite friend from work?
Who is your favorite person to vent to?
Who is your favorite person to bump into on the street?
What's your favorite thing about your significant other?
Who's your favorite reality television star?
Who is your favorite person to eat with?
What's your favorite quality to find in people?
What's your favorite way to meet new friends?
What's your favorite way to find a date?
What's your favorite person in your family?
Who is your favorite person to watch TV with?
What's your favorite thing about meeting people on vacation?
What's your favorite way to find new doctors?
What's your least favorite thing about meeting new people?
What's been your favorite interaction with a stranger so far?
What's your favorite thing about introverts?

Travel and Vacation "Favorite Things" Questions

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What's your favorite country to visit?
What's your favorite beach of all that you've visited?
What's your favorite kind of cuisine?
What's your favorite way to experience a new culture?
What's your favorite mode of transportation?
What's your favorite city?
What's your favorite place to go golfing?
What's your favorite kind of landscape?
What's your favorite amusement park ride?
What's your favorite bucket list item?
What's your favorite hotel?
What's your favorite thing about creating an itinerary?
What's your favorite thing about traveling without an itinerary?
What's your favorite cold place to travel?
What's your favorite number of days to spend away from home?
What's your favorite historical monument?
What's your favorite thing to do at the beach?
What's your favorite road trip experience?
What's your favorite thing about airports?
What's your favorite travel hack?
What's your favorite packing hack?
What's your favorite thing about traveling somewhere you don't know the language?
What are your favorite kinds of accommodations when traveling?
What's your favorite thing about traveling alone?

"What's Your Favorite" Questions About Memories

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What's your favorite childhood memory?
What's your favorite memory from a family vacation?
What was your favorite childhood movie?
What was your favorite Christmas tradition/holiday memory growing up?
What's your favorite family tradition outside of the holidays?
What was your favorite childhood song?
What's your favorite memory from high school?
What was your favorite stuffed animal growing up?
What was your favorite family vacation that you ever took?
What's your favorite birthday memory?
What was your favorite thing to do at your grandparents' house growing up?
What was your favorite childhood toy?
What's your favorite memory from college?
What's your favorite funny memory?
What's your favorite memory of your grandparents' house?
What are your parents' favorite memories from when you and your siblings were kids?
What's your favorite childhood memory of your mother?
What's your favorite memory of being with your friends?
What's your favorite memory of a pet you've lost?
What's your favorite memory with your first boyfriend or girlfriend?
What's your favorite memory about going to school?

Fun "Favorite Things" Questions About Books

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What's your favorite book genre?
What is your least favorite book genre?
Who's your favorite fictional character?
Who's your favorite author?
What's your favorite movie adaptation?
What was your favorite book growing up?
Where's your favorite place to read?
What is your favorite self-published book?
What is your favorite book cover?
What is your favorite book review column?
What is your favorite place to get book recommendations?
What is your favorite guilty-pleasure read?
What's your favorite kind of e-reader?
What is your favorite book club activity?
What is your favorite literary trope?
What's your favorite thing about listening to books on tape?
What was your favorite book you had to read in school?
Where is your favorite place to buy books?
What is your favorite way to store or display your books?
What is your favorite library?
What is your favorite snack to have while reading?
What is your favorite quote from a book?

Wrapping Up

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