6. What's your favorite number? Why? This one is a little off the wall, but you never know, you might get an interesting answer. Especially by asking, “why?” 7. What are you going to do this weekend? Very similar to the last one, another oldie but a goodie. 8. What's the most useful thing you own? Sure, this one is good for a general conversation starter, but what is really nice is being able to get some ideas on what works well and is generally awesome to have, 9. What's your favorite way to waste time? Similar to the perfect weekend question, this question tries to get at what they really enjoy doing so that you can both talk about that. 10. What do you think of tattoos? Do you have any? If they do have tattoos, there is probably a story behind each one. And if they don't have any, well it's good to know what they think about them. 11. Do you have any pets? What are their names? ‘Are they an animal person? And how clever are the names they gave their pets?