Ever feel like your meetings start a little too quietly? Weird icebreaker questions are a simple way to turn silence into laughter. In a team meeting, during a workshop, or while hosting an online event, these questions can help lighten the mood and encourage people to engage in conversation.

In this blog, you’ll find over 50 weird and wacky questions you can use to kick off conversations. You’ll also see how you can use these fun questions in an interactive online presentation to turn them into live audience activities with just a few clicks.

Why Fun and Quirky Icebreaker Questions Work

Not every icebreaker has to be serious. Here’s why weird ones work so well:

  • Help people relax and smile
  • Encourage creative thinking
  • Make meetings feel more human and less robotic
  • Great for remote and hybrid teams
  • A quick way to build team trust and communication

Where to Try Out Fun Icebreaker Questions

You can use weird and funny icebreaker questions in many places:

  • Team meetings (in-person or remote)
  • Workshops or training sessions
  • Virtual classrooms
  • Icebreaker games
  • Webinars or live events 

Do’s and Don’ts When Using Weird Questions

✅ Do’s:

  • Use humor to make everyone comfortable
  • Keep it light and inclusive
  • Encourage silly or creative answers
  • Use visuals or emojis if needed

❌ Don’t:

  • Ask personal or sensitive questions
  • Force anyone to answer
  • Use questions that may offend or confuse

50 Weird Icebreaker Questions With Categories

1. Just Plain Weird

Use Case: Icebreaker at the start of remote or hybrid meetings

  1. Would you rather sneeze glitter or burp bubbles?
  2. What would chairs look like if knees bent the other way?
  3. Would you trade your voice for a duck quack forever?
  4. If vegetables could talk, which one would be rude?
  5. Which smell would you rather have as a perfume: cheese or gasoline?

2. Funny Food Combos

Use Case: Lunchtime sessions, virtual food contests

  1. Would you eat ice cream-flavored pizza?
  2. What’s your weirdest food combo?
  3. Pineapple on pasta, yes or no?
  4. Would you drink warm pickle juice?
  5. Would you eat cereal with soda instead of milk?

3. Time Travel & Sci-Fi

Use Case: Team building, innovation brainstorms

  1. Time travel: Past or future?
  2. Alien pet or robot roommate?
  3. What’s the most useless superpower you can think of?
  4. What would your spaceship be shaped like?
  5. Would you rather be invisible or fly?

4. Workplace Weirdness

Use Case: Virtual team meetings or retrospectives

  1. Never check emails or attend meetings again?
  2. If your office chair had feelings, what would it say?
  3. What’s your work personality in 3 emojis?
  4. Would you rather have a desk with legs or one that floats?
  5. What office item would be a great superhero weapon?

5. Silly Gross-Outs

Use Case: Fun Fridays, informal kickoff sessions

  1. Would you rather eat a bug or lick a subway pole?
  2. Smell like onions or garlic forever?
  3. Swap your toes for fingers?
  4. Drink spoiled milk or eat burnt toast?
  5. Live in a room made of Jell-O or spaghetti?
Create Your Own Weird Icebreaker 

6. Imaginative Thinking

Use Case: Creative workshops or brainstorming

  1. If your shadow had a name, what would it be?
  2. What would shoes look like if humans had 3 feet?
  3. Describe the weirdest dream you remember.
  4. If you were a fruit, which one and why?
  5. What animal do you think secretly runs the government?

7. Holiday Bizarre

Use Case: Holiday parties, themed meetings

  1. Would you rather dress as a turkey or a Christmas tree?
  2. Carve pumpkins with your feet or decorate with blindfolds?
  3. Eat only Halloween candy for a week or drink eggnog daily?
  4. Ugly sweater or onesie for all meetings?
  5. Gift-wrap your whole desk or your chair?

8. Animals & Pets Edition

Use Case: Light-hearted intros or social breaks

  1. Would you rather be a cat for a day or a dog?
  2. If your pet could text, what would they say?
  3. What would be the weirdest animal to ride to work?
  4. Would you pet a jellyfish if it were fluffy?
  5. Talk to squirrels or read fish minds?

9. Would You Rather (Wacky Edition) 

Use Case: Any fun opener across presentations

  1. Only whisper or only shout?
  2. Live in a world without music or color?
  3. Be sticky all the time or slippery all the time?
  4. Never blink or never yawn again?
  5. Be chased by ducks or watched by geese?

10. Pop Culture Surreal

Use Case: Team fun quizzes or warm-ups

  1. Which celebrity would make the weirdest boss?
  2. Would you rather star in a horror or soap opera?
  3. Replace your boss with a cartoon who?
  4. Best weird song to play before a meeting?
  5. If movie titles described your life, what would they be?

How to Use Weird Icebreaker Questions in Slidea

Step 1: Log in to Slidea

  • Sign up with your email or Google account

Step 2: Start a New Presentation

  • Click “New Presentation.”
  • Add a slide
  • Choose from the available options: Poll, This or That, Open-Ended, etc.

Step 3: Type Your Icebreaker Question

  • Example: “Would you rather have spaghetti for hair or sweet maple syrup?”
  • After creating your slide, you can preview it, showing both the audience view and the presenter screen.

Step 4: Share It Live

  • Send the presentation link, QR code, or code to your audience
  • Watch the answers roll in live on your screen

Final Thoughts

Icebreakers don’t have to be boring. When you bring weird and wacky questions into your meetings, you give everyone a chance to connect, laugh, and open up. Our free presentation maker makes this easier by letting you create quick, interactive slides your whole team can enjoy. 

Try one of these questions at your next meeting and watch the awkward silence disappear.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Can I use these questions in a business setting?
 Yes. Choose the light and fun ones to make people feel relaxed before a serious discussion.

2. Are these suitable for online meetings?
 Definitely. WithLearn MoreSlidea, you can make them interactive without any app downloads.

3. Do I need to prepare in advance?
 Not much. Just add a few favorite questions to your Slidea deck before the meeting starts.

4. Will everyone like weird questions?
 Most will, especially if they’re short, playful, and fun. Just avoid anything too awkward or personal.

5. What’s the best slide type in Slidea for these?
 “This or That” is great for quick answers. “Open-ended” works if you want longer, funny replies. “Poll” is perfect for group voting.