Table Topics questions for beginners
Gentle, easy questions for your first few goes. Pick one, take a breath, and talk for a minute.
Describe a moment when you surprised yourself.
Practise thisDescribe the best team you’ve ever been part of and what made it work.
Practise thisDescribe the most unexpected friendship you’ve ever formed and why it worked.
Practise thisDescribe your experience learning to drive or cycle.
Practise thisDescribe your most memorable encounter with an animal.
Practise thisDescribe your most memorable experience as a customer.
Practise thisDescribe your most memorable meal.
Practise thisDescribe your most memorable weather experience.
Practise thisTell us about a time you got lost.
Practise thisWhat habit have you picked up recently that you wish you hadn’t?
Practise thisWhat’s the earliest memory you can recall clearly?
Practise thisWhat’s the most impulsive purchase you’ve ever made?
Practise thisWhat’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done?
Practise thisWhat’s the most valuable skill you’ve learned that wasn’t taught in school?
Practise thisWhat’s the strangest coincidence you’ve experienced?
Practise thisWhich household chore would you be most embarrassed to admit you have never done?
Practise thisDescribe a memorable wedding you’ve attended.
Practise thisDescribe your ideal New Year’s Eve celebration.
Practise thisDescribe your ideal birthday celebration.
Practise thisDescribe your ideal family gathering.
Practise thisDescribe your perfect summer day.
Practise thisHow do you approach milestone anniversaries?
Practise thisHow do you approach milestone birthdays?
Practise thisHow do you celebrate learning something new?
Practise thisHow do you celebrate new beginnings?
Practise thisHow do you make Sunday special?
Practise thisHow do you make rainy days special?
Practise thisHow do you make winter nights cosy?
Practise thisHow do you mark the end of summer?
Practise thisWhat autumn tradition or activity brings you the most joy?
Practise thisWhat makes a house party memorable?
Practise thisWhat makes a perfect autumn walk?
Practise thisWhat makes a perfect spring morning?
Practise thisWhat makes a reunion special?
Practise thisWhat seasonal change affects you most?
Practise thisWhat tradition from your childhood would you most like to share with others?
Practise thisWhat traditions do you hope will become popular again?
Practise thisWhat’s one thing about winter (or summer if you prefer) that people often overlook?
Practise thisWhat’s the most meaningful toast you’ve heard?
Practise thisWhat’s the most underrated holiday?
Practise thisWhat’s your approach to New Year’s resolutions?
Practise thisWhat’s your approach to costume parties?
Practise thisWhat’s your approach to housewarming parties?
Practise thisWhat’s your ideal retirement party?
Practise thisWhat’s your most memorable Christmas or winter celebration?
Practise thisDescribe your most awkward wave to someone who wasn’t waving at you.
Practise thisDescribe your most dramatic reaction to a minor inconvenience.
Practise thisDescribe your most epic cooking fail.
Practise thisDescribe your relationship with fitted sheets.
Practise thisDescribe your strangest family tradition that you thought was normal.
Practise thisDescribe your strangest hotel experience.
Practise thisDescribe your strangest method of decision-making.
Practise thisDescribe your strangest money-saving technique.
Practise thisIf everyday objects had customer reviews, what one-star review would a pillow deserve?
Practise thisIf you could add a 13th month to the year, what would happen during it?
Practise thisIf you could add a sound effect to any action, what would be funniest?
Practise thisIf you could make any activity require a licence, what would it be?
Practise thisIf you could make any rule that everyone had to follow for a day, what would it be?
Practise thisIf you could rename yourself, what would you choose?
Practise thisIf you had to choose between having a rewind button or a pause button for life, which would you pick?
Practise thisIf you had to live in a world made of one material, what would you choose?
Practise thisIf you had to wear a warning label, what would it say?
Practise thisIf you had to wear one outfit for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Practise thisIf your brain had a GPS voice, what would it sound like?
Practise thisIf your life had a blooper reel, what would be on it?
Practise thisTell us about a time you completely misunderstood what someone said with hilarious consequences.
Practise thisWhat would be the worst superpower to accidentally gain?
Practise thisWhat’s something you’re genuinely bad at, and how do you make peace with it?
Practise thisWhat’s the most ridiculous rule you’ve encountered and would you ever break it?
Practise thisWhat’s the most ridiculous thing you’d attempt if you knew you couldn’t fail?
Practise thisWhat’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve convinced someone was true?
Practise thisWhat’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve done because you were too polite to say no?
Practise thisWhat’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve done to impress someone?
Practise thisWhat’s the strangest compliment you’ve ever received?
Practise thisWhat’s the strangest thing you believed as a child?
Practise thisWhat’s the strangest thing you’ve used as a bookmark?
Practise thisWhat’s the worst piece of advice you’ve ever received?
Practise thisWhat’s your most embarrassing attempt at DIY?
Practise thisWhat’s your most embarrassing fashion phase?
Practise thisWhat’s your most ridiculous excuse that actually worked?
Practise thisWhat’s your strangest source of pride?
Practise thisWhat’s your strangest talent that serves no purpose?
Practise thisWhat’s your weirdest association with a particular smell?
Practise thisWhat’s your weirdest food combination that you secretly love?
Practise thisWhat’s your weirdest theory about everyday things?
Practise thisCreate a new category for the Nobel Prize.
Practise thisCreate a new constellation and its mythology.
Practise thisDescribe a seemingly ordinary object in your home as if it were an ancient artefact of great mystery.
Practise thisDesign a playground for adults.
Practise thisDesign a retirement home for fictional characters.
Practise thisIf animals could talk, which would have the most interesting stories to tell and why?
Practise thisIf you could live in any genre of story, would you choose comedy, drama, romance, or adventure?
Practise thisImagine books could only be one sentence long. What’s the greatest masterpiece you’d write?
Practise thisImagine you could write a musical about your life. What would the opening number be about?
Practise thisInvent a new tradition for saying goodbye.
Practise thisTell us a creation myth for the internet.
Practise thisTell us the diary entries of a houseplant.
Practise thisTell us the memoir of a forgotten password.
Practise thisHow would you handle suddenly becoming famous overnight?
Practise thisHow would you use the ability to teleport?
Practise thisIf you could instantly become an expert in any skill, what would you choose and why?
Practise thisIf you could live in any fictional world for a year, which would you choose and why?
Practise thisIf you invented a new public holiday, what would it celebrate and how would people observe it?
Practise thisIf you woke up tomorrow as a different species, how would you spend your first day?
Practise thisIf you woke up tomorrow with a skill you’d always wanted, what would it be and how would you use it?
Practise thisWhich film, book, or song deserves far more attention than it gets?
Practise thisBook or film?
Practise thisChoose: Memories or dreams?
Practise thisChoose: Passion or stability?
Practise thisChoose: Wisdom or youth?
Practise thisComplete: “Everyone should…”
Practise thisComplete: “If I could, I would…”
Practise thisConvince me to visit your hometown in 10 seconds.
Practise thisEarly bird or night owl?
Practise thisExplain to a child: What growing up means.
Practise thisExplain to a child: Why we sleep.
Practise thisFirst thought: Music.
Practise thisGive three reasons to smile today.
Practise thisGive three uses for a paperclip.
Practise thisGive three ways to make someone’s day.
Practise thisIn one word, describe yourself.
Practise thisMotivate me to exercise in 10 seconds.
Practise thisMountains or beach?
Practise thisName something that connects people.
Practise thisName three things you’d negotiate if you were buying a house, a car, and a sandwich.
Practise thisName three things you’ve thrown away that you actually miss.
Practise thisQuick: Name five cities you’d visit.
Practise thisQuick: Name five foods you couldn’t live without.
Practise thisReact to: “Aliens have landed!”
Practise thisReact to: “We’re moving abroad!”
Practise thisReact to: “You’re the new boss!”
Practise thisSell me this pen in 10 seconds.
Practise thisTeach me something in 10 seconds.
Practise thisWhat’s your most unpopular opinion about food?
Practise thisWhich everyday object would be most hilarious if it suddenly became sentient?
Practise thisWould you rather be ordinary or different?
Practise thisWould you rather be right or kind?
Practise thisWould you rather lead or follow?
Practise thisWould you rather speak all languages or play all instruments?
Practise thisYes or no: Can money buy happiness?
Practise thisYes or no: Is it ever okay to lie?
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