NYT Writing Prompts

Your Personality

24. What Motivates You?
25. What Makes You Happy?
26. What Are You Good At?
27. How Do You Deal With Boredom?
28. Do You Like Being Alone?
29. How Full Is Your Glass?
30. Do You Have a Hard Time Making Decisions?
31. How Much Self-Control Do You Have?
32. Are You a Patient Person?
33. How Well Do Rewards and Incentives Work to Motivate You?
34. How Productive and Organized Are You?
35. Under What Conditions Do You Do Your Best Work?
36. How Do You Express Yourself Creatively?
37. Do You Hold Grudges?
38. How Good Are You at Judging Your Own Talents?
39. How Emotionally Intelligent Are You?
40. Do You Take More Risks When You Are Around Your Friends?
41. Are You a Procrastinator?
42. What Role Does Envy Play in Your Life?
43. How Much of a Daredevil Are You?
44. Are You a Perfectionist?
45. How Impulsive Are You?
46. Are You a Novelty-Seeker?
47. What Annoys You?
48. Do You Apologize Too Much?
49. What Animal Are You Most Like?
50. How Materialistic Are You?
51. How Easy — or Hard — Is It for You to Say No When You Want To?
52. Are You a Hoarder or a Minimalist?
53. Are You an Introvert or an Extrovert?
54. Are You Popular, Quirky or Conformist?
55. How Good Is Your Sense of Direction?
56. How Competitive Are You?
57. What Assumptions Do People Make About You?
58. Are You More of a Leader or a Follower?

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Hobbies

59. What Are Your Hobbies?
60. What Are Your Passions?
61. What Would You Choose to Do If You Had Unlimited Free Time and No Restrictions?
62. Are There Activities You Used to Love That Are Now So Competitive They’re Not Fun Anymore?
63. What Activities Make You Feel Most Alive?
64. What Do You Collect?
65. What Work, Sport or Pastime Do You Like to Do at Night?

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Daily Life

66. Do You Wish You Had a Different Morning Routine?
67. What Ordinary Moments Would You Include in a Video About Your Life?
68. What Are Your Best ‘Life Hacks’?
69. Do You Spend Enough Time With Other People?
70. How Do You Greet Your Friends and Family?
71. How Do You Remember What You Need to Remember?
72. What’s Your Sunday Routine?
73. How Often Do You Talk to Yourself?
74. When and For What Reasons Do You Seek Silence?
75. What Habits Do You Have, and Have You Ever Tried to Change Them?
76. What Small Things Have You Seen and Taken Note Of Today?
77. What Are the Sounds That Make Up the Background Noise in Your Life?
78. What Sounds Annoy You?
79. What Public Behavior Annoys You Most?
80. What Are Some Recent Moments of Happiness in Your Life?
81. What Are You Grateful For?

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Role Models

82. What Heroic Acts Have You Performed or Witnessed?
83. What Are Some ‘Words of Wisdom’ That Guide Your Life?
84. Who Outside Your Family Has Made a Difference in Your Life?
85. What Does the World Need to Know About an Important Person in Your Life?
86. To Whom, or What, Would You Like to Write a Thank-You Note?
87. What Does Dr. King’s Legacy Mean to You?
88. What Six People, Living or Dead, Would You Invite to Dinner?
89. Who’s Your ‘Outsider Role Model’?

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90. How Do You Define ‘Family’?
91. What Events Have Brought You Closer to Your Family?
92. What Have You and Your Family Accomplished Together?
93. What Is Your Relationship With Your Siblings Like?
94. Have You Ever Felt Pressured by Family or Others in Making an Important Decision About Your Future?
95. What Possessions Does Your Family Treasure?
96. What Hobbies Have Been Passed Down in Your Family?
97. What’s the Story Behind Your Name?
98. How Have You Paid Tribute to Loved Ones?
99. What Family Traditions Do You Want to Carry On When You Get Older?
100. Did Your Parents Have a Life Before They Had Kids?
101. How Much Do You Know About Your Family’s History?
102. Where Would You Visit To Find Out More About Your Family’s Past?

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Parents & Parenting

103. How Close Are You to Your Parents?
104. How Are You and Your Parents Alike and Different?
105. How Much Freedom Have Your Parents Given You?
106. Do You Push Your Parents’ Buttons?
107. How Often Do You Fight With Your Parents?
108. Are Your Parents Addicted to Their Phones?
109. Is Your Family Stressed, Tired and Rushed?
110. How Do You Get What You Want From Your Parents?
111. Do You Ever Feel Embarrassed by Your Parents?
112. Do Your Parents Try Too Hard to Be Cool?
113. Do Your Parents Support Your Learning?
114. Do Your Parents Yell at You?
115. Do You Want Your Parents to Stop Asking You ‘How Was School?’
116. How Much Do Your Parents Help With Your Homework?
117. How Has Your Family Helped or Hindered Your Transition to a New School?
118. Have Your Parents and Teachers Given You Room to Create?
119. Are You Conforming to or Rebelling Against Your Parents’ Wishes for You?
120. What Advice Do You Have for Teenagers and Their Parents?
121. Do Your Parents Spy on You?

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Your Neighborhood

122. What’s Special About Your Hometown?
123. Who Are the ‘Characters’ That Make Your Town Interesting?
124. What Marketing Slogan Would You Use for Your Town or City?
125. After Home and School, Where Do You Find the Strongest Feeling of Community?
126. What Do the Types of Dogs in Your Neighborhood Say About Where You Live?
127. Who Is the ‘Mayor’ of Your School or Neighborhood?
128. How Much Does Your Neighborhood Define Who You Are?
129. What ‘Urban Legends’ Are There About Places in Your Area?
130. Do You Know Your Way Around Your City or Town?
131. How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?
132. What Is Your Favorite Place?
133. What’s Your Favorite Neighborhood Joint?
134. What Is Your Favorite Street?
135. Do You Hang Out in the Park?
136. What Buildings Do You Love? What Buildings Do You Hate?
137. Have You Ever Interacted With the Police?
138. What Ideas Do You Have for Enhancing Your Community?
139. Where Do You Think You Will Live When You Are an Adult?
140. Would You Most Want to Live in a City, a Suburb or the Country?

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Your Home

141. What is Your Favorite Place in Your House?
142. Do You Wish You Had the Go-to House?
143. Do You Need to De-Clutter Your Life?
144. Do You Plan on Saving Any of Your Belongings for the Future?
145. Is Your Bedroom a Nightmare?
146. What Would You Grab in a Fire?
147. Do You Think You Might Like Communal Living When You’re an Adult?
148. Who Lived Long Ago Where You Live Now?
149. What Would Your Dream Home Be Like?
150. What City or Town Most Captures Your Imagination?

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Childhood Memories

151. What Was Your Most Precious Childhood Possession?
152. What Objects Tell the Story of Your Life?
153. Have You Ever Given, or Received, a Perfect Gift?
154. What Were Your Favorite Picture Books When You Were Little?
155. What’s the Best Party You’ve Ever Been To?
156. What Places Do You Remember Fondly From Childhood?
157. What Food or Flavor Do You Remember Tasting for the First Time?
158. What Do You Wish You Could See, Hear, Read or Experience for the First Time All Over Again?
159. Have You Ever Felt Embarrassed by Things You Used to Like?
160. Do You Wish You Could Return to Moments From Your Past?
161. Was There a Toy You Wanted as a Child but Never Got?
162. What Childhood Rules Did You Break?
163. What Is the Most Memorable Thing You Have Ever Lost or Found?
164. What Is Your Earliest Memory?
165. What Nicknames Have You Ever Gotten or Given?
166. What Are Your Best Sleepover Memories?
167. What Old, Worn Out Thing Can You Just Not Part With?
168. What Is Your Most Prized Possession?

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Growing Up

169. What Have You Learned in Your Teens?
170. What Rites of Passage Mark the Transition to Adulthood in Your Community?
171. What Letter of Inspiration Would You Write to Your Younger Self?
172. Do You Hate When Adults Ask You What You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
173. Do You Look Forward to Old Age?
174. What Can Older People Learn From Your Generation?
175. What Have You Learned From Older People?
176. What Advice Do You Have for Younger Students?
177. Do You Recognize Yourself in Descriptions of ‘Generation Z’?
178. Do Other People Care Too Much About Your Post-High School Plans?
179. Do You Have ‘Emerging Adult’ Skills?
180. What Do Older Generations Misunderstand About Teenagers Today?
181. What Have You Learned From a Younger Person — and What Have You Taught An Older Person?
182. What Legacy Do You Want to Leave Behind?

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Morality & Ethics

183. What Ethical Dilemmas Have You Faced?
184. Have You Ever Taken a Stand That Isolated You From Your Peers?
185. Have You Ever Donated Your Time, Talents, Possessions or Money to Support Anyone in Need?
186. What Acts of Kindness Have You Witnessed or Participated In?
187. Have You Ever ‘Paid It Forward’?
188. How Would You Like to Help Our World?
189. What Would You Invent to Make the World a Better Place?
190. What Would You Risk Your Life For?
191. How Trustworthy Are You?
192. How Comfortable Are You With Lying?
193. When Do You Lie?
194. Have You Ever Lied to Your Parents or Done Something Behind Their Backs?
195. If You Drink or Use Drugs, Do Your Parents Know?
196. Have You Ever Taken Something You Weren’t Supposed To?
197. Do You Ever Eavesdrop?
198. Do You Know How to Say ‘I’m Sorry?’

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Religion, Spirituality & Beliefs

199. What Is the Role of Religion or Spirituality in Your Life?
200. How Often Do You Start Conversations about Faith or Spirituality?
201. Do You Believe That Everything Happens for a Reason?
202. How Much Control Do You Think You Have Over Your Fate?
203. Can You Be Good Without God?
204. Can You Pass a Basic Religion Test?
205. What Can You Learn From Other Religions?
206. What Legends and Myths Do You Believe In?
207. Do You Believe in Astrology?
208. Do You Believe in Ghosts?

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Gender, Race & Sexuality

209. Do You Feel Constricted by Gender Norms?
210. Do Parents Have Different Hopes and Standards for Their Sons Than for Their Daughters?
211. Have You Ever Been Told You Couldn’t Do Something Because of Your Gender?
212. Is There Too Much Pressure on Girls to Have ‘Perfect’ Bodies?
213. How Much Pressure Do Boys Face to Have the Perfect Body?
214. What Experiences Have You Had With Gender Bias in School?
215. What Does it Mean to Be ‘a Real Man’?
216. What Have You Learned From the Women in Your Life?
217. What Messages About Gender Have You Gotten From Music?
218. How Do You Feel About Being Told to Smile?
219. Have You Ever Tried to Hide Your Racial or Ethnic Identity?
220. Do You Ever Talk About Issues of Race and Class With Your Friends?
221. Have You Experienced Racism or Other Kinds of Discrimination in School?
222. What Has Your Sex Education Been Like?

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Money & Social Class

223. What Are Your Attitudes Toward Money?
224. Are You a Saver or a Spender?
225. What Have Your Parents Taught You About Money?
226. Do You Expect Your Parents to Give You Money?
227. How Important a Role Has Money, Work or Social Class Played in Your Life?
228. Do You See Great Disparities of Wealth in Your Community?
229. Can Money Buy You Happiness?
230. What Are the Best Things in Life and Are They Free?
231. What Are Your Expectations About Earning, Saving and Spending Money?
232. How Much Financial Help Do You Expect From Your Parents in the Future?
233. What Choices Do You Make About Money Every Day?

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Technology

234. Are You Distracted by Technology?
235. Are You Distracted by Your Phone?
236. Are You ‘Addicted’ to Texting?
237. Do Screens Get in the Way of the Rest of Your Life?
238. Do You Experience FOMO When You Unplug?
239. Could You Go a Year Without a Smartphone?
240. Is Your Phone Love Hurting Your Relationships?
241. How Much of Your Day is Voluntarily Spent Screen-Free?
242. To What Piece of Technology Would You Write a ‘Love Letter’?

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The Internet

243. How Do You Know if What You Read Online Is True?
244. How Much Do You Trust Online Reviews?
245. What Has YouTube Taught You?
246. What Would You Teach the World in an Online Video?
247. Do You Worry About Your Digital Privacy?
248. Do You Listen to Podcasts?
249. Would You Share an Embarrassing Story Online?
250. Do You Leave Funny Comments Online?
251. What Are Your Experiences With Internet-Based Urban Legends?
252. How Do You Use Wikipedia?
253. Have You Ever Been Scammed?
254. Whom Would You Share Your Passwords With?
255. Do You Ever Seek Advice on the Internet?
256. What Are Your Favorite Viral Videos?

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Social Media

257. What Role Does Instagram Play in Your Life?
258. Do You Have ‘Instagram Envy’?
259. Do the Adults in Your Life Follow You on Social Media?
260. Have You Ever Gone to a Place for the Primary Purpose of Taking Selfies?
261. Who Is Your Favorite Social Media Star?
262. How Much Do You Trust the Celebrities and Social Media Stars You Follow?
263. Are You the Same Person on Social Media as You Are in Real Life?
264. What Memorable Experiences Have You Had on Facebook?
265. Why Do You Share Photos?
266. How Do You Archive Your Life?
267. Have You Ever Posted, Emailed or Texted Something You Wish You Could Take Back?
268. Have You Ever Sent an Odd Message Because of Auto-Correct?
269. Would You Want Your Photo or Video to Go Viral?
270. Do You Worry Colleges or Employers Might Read Your Social Media Posts Someday?
271. What Advice Do You Have for Younger Kids About Navigating Social Media?

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Music

272. What Are Your Earliest Memories of Music?
273. Who in Your Life Introduces You to New Music?
274. How Much Is Your Taste in Music Based on What Your Friends Like?
275. What Role Does Hip-Hop Play in Your Life?
276. What’s Your Karaoke Song?
277. How Closely Do You Listen to Lyrics?
278. What Is Your Favorite Musical Instrument?
279. What Would You Name Your Band?

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Movies, Television & Video Games

280. What Have You Learned About Life From Watching Movies?
281. What Is Your Favorite Sports Movie?
282. Do You Like Horror Movies?
283. What Are Your Favorite TV Shows?
284. What Role Does Television Play in Your Life and the Life of Your Family?
285. What Stereotypical Characters Make You Cringe?
286. Have You Fallen Into ‘Friends’ or Any Other Older Television Shows?
287. How Much Are You Influenced by Advertising?
288. Do You Play Violent Video Games?
289. Who Are Your Opponents in Online Gaming?
290. What Classic Video Games Do You Still Enjoy Playing?
291. Are You a Fortnite Addict?
292. Do You Gamify Your Life?

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Books & Reading

293. Read Any Good Books Lately?
294. What Books Do You Think Every Teenager Should Read?
295. What Role Have Books Played in Your Life?
296. Has a Novel Ever Helped You Understand Yourself or Your World Better?
297. Has a Book, Movie, Television Show, Song or Video Game Ever Inspired You to Do Something New?
298. What Book Would You Add to the High School Curriculum?
299. What Have You Learned from Comics?
300. Do You Read or Write Poetry?
301. What Is the Scariest Story You Have Ever Heard?

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Writing

302. What Purpose Does Writing Serve in Your Life?
303. Do You Keep a Diary or Journal?
304. Do You Want to Write a Book?
305. When Do You Write by Hand?
306. Do You Write in Cursive?
307. Do You Write in Your Books?
308. What ‘Mundane Moments’ From Your Life Might Make Great Essay Material?
309. What Is Your Most Memorable Writing Assignment?
310. Do You Ever Write About Challenges You Face in Life?
311. What’s Your Favorite Joke?
312. If You Had a Column in The New York Times, What Would You Write About?
313. What Would You Write in a Letter to the Editor?

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The Arts

314. What Has Arts Education Done For You?
315. What Work of Art Has Changed Your Life?
316. What Are the Most Memorable Works of Visual Art You Have Seen?
317. Who Is Your Favorite Visual Artist? What Is Your Favorite Work of Art?
318. Which Photograph Stays In Your Memory?
319. What Would You Like to Learn to Make by Hand?
320. Are You Intimidated by Classical Music and Art?
321. Do You Love to Dance?
322. Have You Ever Performed for an Audience or Shared Creative Work With Others?
323. Have You Ever Stumbled Upon a Cool Public Performance?
324. What Show Do You Wish Your School Would Stage?

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Language & Speech

325. What’s Your Favorite Word?
326. What Words Do You Hate?
327. Do You Say ‘Kind of, Sort of’ More Than You Realize?
328. What Makes a Great Conversation?
329. How Often Do You Have ‘Deep Discussions’?
330. Do You Wish Your Conversations Were Less Small Talk and More ‘Big Talk’?
331. How Much Information Is ‘Too Much Information’?
332. How Good Are You at Coming Up With Witty Comebacks?
333. Do You Sometimes ‘Hide’ Behind Irony?
334. How Good Is Your Grammar?
335. Do You Speak a Second, or Third, Language?
336. What Does Your Body Language Communicate?

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School

337. Do You Like School?
338. Are You Stressed About School?
339. Are High School Students Being Worked Too Hard?
340. Would You Want to Go to a School Like This One?
341. How Much Do You Speak Up in School?
342. What ‘Pop-Up’ Classes Do You Wish Your School Offered?
343. Is Your School a Safe Learning Space?
344. Would You Want to Be Home-Schooled?
345. What Can Other Schools Learn — and Copy — From Your School?
346. What Do You Hope to Get Out of High School?
347. What Are Your Thoughts on Riding the School Bus?
348. Do You Feel Your School and Teachers Welcome Both Conservative and Liberal Points of View?
349. Do You Want to Be ‘Promposed’ To?
350. How Big a Problem Is Bullying or Cyberbullying in Your School or Community?
351. Can Students at Your School Talk Openly About Their Mental Health Issues?
352. What Career or Technical Classes Do You Wish Your School Offered?

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Learning & Studying

353. Do You Have Too Much Homework?
354. Do You Need a Homework Therapist?
355. What’s the Most Challenging Assignment You’ve Ever Had?
356. Are You Afraid of Math?
357. How Would You Do on a Civics Test?
358. What Was Your Favorite Field Trip?
359. What Are Your Best Tips for Studying?
360. What Kind of Time Management Skills Are You Learning from the Adults in Your Life?
361. What Would You Like to Have Memorized?

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Teachers

362. What Do You Wish Your Teachers Knew About You?
363. When Has a Teacher Inspired You?
364. What Teacher Would You Like to Thank?
365. Have You Ever Been Humiliated by a Teacher? How Did it Affect You?
366. Have Your Teachers or Textbooks Ever Gotten It Wrong?
367. Does Your Teacher’s Identity Affect Your Learning?
368. Has a Teacher Ever Changed Your Mind-Set?
369. Do You Have a Tutor?

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College

370. What Personal Essay Topic Would You Assign to College Applicants?
371. How Prepared Are You For College? How Well Do You Think You’ll Do?
372. What Worries You Most About the College Admissions Process?
373. What Worries Do You Have About College?
374. What Role Has Community College Played in Your Life or the Life of Someone You Know?
375. What Qualities Would You Look For in a College Roommate?
376. Would You Want to Take a Gap Year After High School?
377. Do You Intend to Study Abroad While You Are in College?
378. Are You Worried About the Rising Cost of Attending College?
379. Do You Want Your Parents to Live Nearby When You Go to College?
380. What Specialty College Would You Create?

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Work & Careers

381. What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
382. Do You Have a Life Calling?
383. What’s Your Dream Job?
384. Would You Pursue a Career If You Knew You Likely Would Not Make Much Money?
385. What Jobs Are You Most Curious About?
386. Will You Follow in Your Parents’ Footsteps?
387. Would You Consider Moving Overseas for a Job?
388. Would You Want to Be a Teacher?
389. Would You Rather Work From Home or in an Office?
390. What ‘Back-to-the-Land’ Skills Do You Have, or Wish You Had?
391. What Skill Could You Teach in Two Minutes?
392. What Have You Made Yourself?
393. Do You Have an Idea for a Business or App?
394. How Did You Start Doing Something You Love?
395. Did You Ever Take a Break From Doing Something You Love?
396. Would You Quit if Your Values Did Not Match Your Employer’s?
397. Do Your Summer Plans Include Employment?

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Friendship

398. Do You Have Satisfying Friendships?
399. How Alike Are You and Your Friends?
400. Do You Have Any Unlikely Friendships?
401. Do You Like Your Friends?
402. Do You Have a Best Friend?
403. Have You Ever Been Left Out?
404. Do You Ever Feel Lonely?
405. How Often Do You Spend One-on-One Time With Your Closest Friends?
406. How Do You Feel About Introducing Friends from Different Parts of Your Life?
407. Do You Find It Easier to Make New Friends Online or In Person?
408. How Good a Friend Are You?
409. How Have You Helped a Friend in a Time of Need?
410. Is Competitiveness an Obstacle to Making or Keeping Friendships?
411. How Should You Handle the End of a Friendship?

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Dating

412. Are You Allowed to Date?
413. Is Dating a Thing of the Past?
414. What Advice Would You Give to Somebody Who Just Started Dating?
415. How Do You Think Technology Affects Dating?
416. Have You Ever Been in Love?
417. How Much of a Romantic Are You?
418. Have You Ever Been Ghosted?
419. What’s the Best Way to Get Over a Breakup?
420. Would You Want to Be Proposed to on a Jumbotron?
421. If You Get Married Someday, Do You Think You Will Change Your Last Name?

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Sports & Games

422. Why Do You Play Sports?
423. Have You Ever Learned Something From a Professional Athlete?
424. How Would You Change Your Favorite Sport?
425. Does Being a Fan Help Define Who You Are?
426. What Kinds of Games and Puzzles Do You Like?
427. What Are Your Favorite Board Games?
428. Are You a Good Driver?

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Travel

429. Where Do You Want to Travel?
430. What Is Your Most Memorable Family Vacation?
431. How Would You Spend Your Ideal Family Vacation?
432. What Do You Think You Would Learn From Traveling to All 50 States?
433. What Would Your Fantasy Road Trip Be Like?
434. What Crazy Adventure Would You Want to Take?
435. What Local ‘Microadventures’ Would You Like to Go On?
436. How Has Travel Affected You?
437. What Kind of Tourist Are You?
438. What Are the Best Souvenirs You’ve Ever Collected While Traveling?
439. What Famous Landmarks Have You Visited?
440. What’s the Coolest Thing You’ve Ever Seen in Nature?
441. Would You Like to Live in Another Country?
442. If You Could Time-Travel, Where Would You Go?

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Shopping, Looks & Fashion

443. What’s Your Favorite Store?
444. Could You Stop Shopping for an Entire Year?
445. Are You an Ethical Consumer?
446. Do Politics Ever Influence How or Where You Shop?
447. What Is Your All-Time Favorite Piece of Clothing?
448. Are You a Sneaker Head?
449. Do You Wear Clothes for the Logo?
450. Would You Like to Be a Fashion Model?
451. What’s Your Favorite T-Shirt?
452. What Does Your Hairstyle Say About You?
453. How Do You Feel About Your Body?
454. Have You Inherited Your Parents’ Attitudes Toward Their Looks?
455. What’s Your Favorite Room?

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Exercise, Health & Sleep

456. What Rules Do You Have for Staying Healthy?
457. Do You Like to Exercise?
458. Do You Get Enough Exercise?
459. How Has Exercise Changed Your Health, Your Body or Your Life?
460. Do You Vape?
461. How Do You Get Your Nature Fix?
462. How Strong Is Your Sense of Smell?
463. What’s Your Favorite Mood Booster?
464. Do You Have Any Bad Health Habits?
465. Do You Learn Better After Moving Around?
466. How Often Do You Engage in ‘Fat Talk’?
467. Do You Pay Attention to Nutrition Labels on Food?
468. What Are Your ‘Food Rules’?
469. What Are Your Healthy Habits?
470. What Health Tips Have Worked for You?
471. What Are Your Sleep Habits?
472. Do You Get Enough Sleep?

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Meals & Food

473. What Foods Bring Up Special Memories for You?
474. What Are the Most Memorable Meals You’ve Ever Had?
475. Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been, a Picky Eater?
476. What Foods Best Represent Your Hometown?
477. Have You Ever Experienced Food Insecurity?
478. What’s Your Favorite Holiday Food Memory?
479. What Convenience Foods Make You Happy?
480. How Do You Like Your Pizza?
481. What Are Your Favorite Junk Foods?
482. What’s Your Favorite Candy?
483. What’s Your Favorite Sandwich?
484. What Food Would You Like to Judge in a Taste-Off?
485. Do You Cook?
486. What Would You Most Like to Learn to Cook or Bake?
487. What Messages About Food and Eating Have You Learned From Your Family?
488. How Often Does Your Family Eat Together?
489. What Are Your Favorite Restaurants?
490. What Restaurant Would You Most Like to Review?
491. What Do You Eat During the School Day?

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Holidays & Seasons

492. How Do You Celebrate Your Birthday?
493. How Much Scare Can You Handle in Your Halloween Entertainment?
494. Did You Take Part in Any Thanksgiving or Post-Holiday Traditions?
495. What Will You Talk About on Thanksgiving?
496. What Has Been Your Most Memorable Thanksgiving?
497. What Do You Look Forward to Most — and Least — During the Holiday Season?
498. What Are Your Tips for Enjoying the Holiday Season?
499. What Does Santa Claus Mean to You?
500. How Do You Fight the Winter Blues?
501. How Do You Feel About Valentine’s Day?
502. What Would Your Ideal Summer Camp Be Like?
503. What’s Your Favorite Summer Food?
504. Do You Choose Summer Activities to Look Good on Applications?
505. What’s the Most Memorable Thing That Happened to You This Summer?

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Animals & Pets

506. What Are the Animals in Your Life?
507. What Have You Learned From Animals?
508. What’s Your Relationship Like With Your Pet?
509. What Are Your Thoughts on Cats?
510. Would You Want to Hang Out at a Cat Cafe?
511. How Do You Feel About the Spiders, Insects and Other Tiny Creatures in Your Home?

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Environment

512. How Concerned Are You About Climate Change?
513. How Do You Try to Reduce Your Impact on the Environment?
514. Do You Ever Feel Guilty About What, or How Much, You Throw Away?
515. How Much Food Does Your Family Waste?
516. What Could You Live Without?
517. Would You Change Your Eating Habits to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint?
518. Could You Live ‘Plastic Free’?

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History, Politics & Current Events

519. What Event in the Past Do You Wish You Could Have Witnessed?
520. What National or International Events That You Lived Through Do You Remember Best?
521. Is Your Online World Just a ‘Filter Bubble’ of People With the Same Opinions?
522. Do You Ever Get the ‘Bad News Blues’?
523. Have You Ever Changed Your Mind About a Hot-Button Issue?
524. What Do American Values Mean to You?
525. How Much Do You Know About the Rest of the World?

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If Only …

526. Would You Want to Live Forever?
527. Would You Want to Live a Life Without Ever Feeling Pain?
528. If You Had an Extra Billion Dollars, What Cause Would You Support With Your Philanthropy?
529. Are You Hopeful About the Future?
530. If the World Was Ending, What Would You Want to Say?
531. Would You Like to Be Famous?
532. Would You Like to Be Cryogenically Preserved (Frozen!) Upon Your Death?
533. Would You Like to Be a Farmer?
534. What Items Would You Place in a Time Capsule for Future Generations?
535. What Fantasy Invention Would You Want to Exist in Reality?
536. What Do You Want to Be Known for After Your Death?
537. Do You Like Your First Name? Would You Change It if You Could?
538. What Would You Do if You Won the Lottery?
539. What Era Do You Wish You Had Lived In?
540. Would You Want to Be a Child Prodigy?
541. What Kind of Robot Would You Want?
542. What Would You Outsource if You Could?
543. What Would You Like to Learn on Your Own?
544. What Would You Be Willing to Wait in a Really Long Line For?
545. Do You Want to Live to 100?
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?