Top 10 Best Hypothetical Questions to Use as Conversation Starters

It's fun to play the "what if" game. What would you do in a given situation or scenario. They can be fun scenarios involving spectacular luck like finding a bag of money, mortifying "would you rather" setups, or situations that are completely impossible but are fun to consider anyway. This list is for finding the best hypothetical scenarios you can use to spur conversation amongst a group of friends at a party, coworkers around a lunch table, or family members during a get together.

The Top Ten

1 If you could have one food item be calorie free, what would it be?

There's so many high calorie foods that are so very tasty (which makes sense since humans have adapted to crave high calorie diets). But if I had to choose just one to be able to eat guilt free for the rest of my days, it's hard to pass on ice cream.

2 If you could shop for free at any one store, but you couldn't resell or give away any of the product, which store would it be?

It's tempting to go with a store that specializes high value items like jewelry or electronics, but since you only get to take advantage of the utility of the items and not the monetary value, it makes sense to go with a large department store. A Wal-Mart SuperStore is a good option since they sell everything form groceries to televisions, but I think I'd have to go with Costco. It has less variety, but what they do have is higher quality.

3 If you could cure any disease, what disease would you cure?

4 If you could fly, where would you go?

5 If you could respawn infinitely, what would you do?

A perfect question to understand who you're talking to and how they would act could they act anyway.

6 If you could meet a fictional character, who would it be?

Some of my favourite ones

7 If you could be somebody else for one week, who would you be and why?

8 If you could have any two automobiles free of charge (including fuel, insurance, maintenance, etc.), what would they be?

For some people, a luxury RV or even a tour bus seem like an obvious choice. Or maybe a yacht. For me, I think I'd end up with one car for daily use and one for having fun. Maybe a Range Rover Sport, Lamborghini Urus, or Bentley for daily use and something like a Porsche 918 Spyder or a Ferrari 812 Superfast for entertainment.

9 If you could to time travel back to a year, what year would it be?

10 If you could speed up time, what would you use it for?

The Contenders

11 If you won the lottery, what would you do with the winnings?

Probably give some to charity. But before that (let's say I won like 100 Million US dollars) I would help my parents pay all of our debt and taxes. I would buy us a two story home and buy some vehicles. I would give my dad 500K so he can leave us (don't ask why) and buy necessities and primary desires. I would give some of the money to my friends and non main family members (cousins, aunts, uncles, etc). Then after all of that, I would put the rest into savings and hopefully live off of that with an at least stable job with hopefully a nice husband and adopt a kid or two.

I would start a business

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