What's the date?
What's today's date?
What time is it?
What day is it?
What month are we in?
When is the next holiday?
What season is it?
How does your day/week look?
What are you looking forward to today?thisweek?
What are you not looking forward to today/thisweek?
What fun things have you done or seen recently?
What is everyone talking about (in your world?)?
What is the biggest national news/ international news/ local news right now?
What recent movies do you recommend?
Have you discovered any new restaurants?
Have you discovered any new apps or online activities?
Who is someone you follow in media that most people don't know about?