Funny questions to ask

Questions built to get a laugh or start an argument about nothing. Each one still comes with a note on why it works, because the best silly questions tell you something true about the person answering.

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A few to start with

What food do you defend that nobody else in this family will touch?
Family food arguments are loud, harmless, and long-running, so this reliably gets everyone involved. He will have a specific preparation in mind and a grievance about it.
From: Funny Questions to Ask Your Brother
Which of my childhood phases was the most ridiculous?
Siblings remember the phase you would rather not: the accent, the band, the year you wore one hat. It also tends to come with a date, because they can name the school year it happened in.
From: Funny Questions to Ask Your Siblings
What's something you got away with as a teenager that your parents never found out about?
This lands only once he is already laughing, which is why it belongs last. If he stonewalls, offer one of your own confessions first and wait.
From: Funny Questions to Ask Your Dad
What's the most random thing in your search history right now?
The good answers are the boring-but-inexplicable ones, like the wingspan of a heron at eleven at night. If someone says they have nothing, they are editing, and the follow-up question is what they are editing out.
From: Dumb Questions to Ask Friends
If you could be any animal, which one would you be, and what would you do first?
The second half is what unlocks the answer, since naming an animal is easy and acting it out is the fun part. Expect them to demonstrate rather than describe, which counts.
From: Fun Questions to Ask 4 Year Olds
What do you think happens to the socks that disappear in the laundry?
A mystery that is genuinely unsolved at their scale, so their theory can compete with yours. Give a deliberately silly theory first, because it signals that made up answers are what you want.
From: Weird Questions to Ask Kids

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