72 Whacky, Meaningful Road Trip Qs To Spark Conversations

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Have you ever been on a road trip or car ride where there’s a bit too much awkward silence?

That doesn’t have to be the case if you have a list of questions ready to keep everyone engaged and entertained!

Here’s a list that you can use with family, friends or your other half:

“If you…” questions

If you were an animal, what would you be?
If you were a cartoon/anime character, who would you be?
If you were the president of the United States, what would you do? (Feel free to change to any other influential figure or country)
If you were famous, what would you be famous for?
If you were to be reborn, when and where would you want to be?
If you were immortal, what would you do?
If your life was a song, what song would it be? // If your life was a movie, what movie would it be?
If you swapped bodies with a celebrity, who would it be?
If you went to jail, what crime would you have committed?
If you went to hell, what would be your sin? (Tip: you might not want to ask religious folks about this…)

Would you rather be funny or smart?
Would you rather be sexy or rich?
Would you rather be sexy-but-stupid or ugly-but-smart?
Would you rather be a time traveler or a mind reader?
Would you rather travel back in time or travel into the future?
Would you rather have one billion dollars or one billion followers?
Would you rather have one billion followers or ten close friends?
Would you rather be a president or a dictator?
Would you rather have superhuman vision or superhuman hearing?
Would you rather have two extra arms or two extra legs?
Would you rather travel to your favorite country for free or travel to all the countries in the world for free?
Would you rather have free groceries for the rest of your life or free Michelin-starred dishes for one year?
Would you rather have to be immortal or constantly reborn?
Would you rather be trapped under the sea or on the moon?
Would you rather own a mega-mansion or a superyacht?

For more “This or That” questions that are related to food, check out my other article.

I went through multiple lists of trivia questions, verified the facts, and picked the questions that I found most hilarious… or WTF. Check them out:

What’s the oldest country in the world? (Answer: Iran)
What’s the most consumed fruit in the world? (Answer: banana)
What’s the smallest mammal in the world? (Answer: Bumblebee bat – yep it’s the size of a bumblebee!)
Who introduced vanilla ice cream to the United States? (Answer: Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president)
Who invented the Volkswagen Beetle, one of the cutest cars in the world? (Answer: Hitler)
How many noses does a slug have? (Answer: two. Imagine what you could do with two noses?)
What’s the percentage of atoms that human beings and the universe share? (Answer: 97%)
What’s the national animal of Scotland? (Answer: the unicorn)
What can the human stomach dissolve? (Answer: razor blades)
On average, how many questions do kids ask per hour? (Answer: 107)
Which city made it illegal to let your chickens cross the road? (Answer: Quitman, Georgia)
Which country gets 99% of its energy from renewable energy? (Answer: Costa Rica)
Which rapper was a ballet dancer? (Answer: Tupac)
Which U.S. president was a bartender AND wrestler? (Answer: Abraham Lincoln. See here and here)
What did ancient Romans use as mouthwash? (Answer: urine. Nice! That’s what you need before your first date!)

For more trivia questions, here’s a list of them.

For more family-related conversation starters, check out the following articles:

What’s your funniest memory of me/us?
What’s your most embarrassing memory of us?
If we became superheroes to save the world, who would we be?
If we could star in any movie, what characters would you want us to play? (note: you could swap the word movie with video game, TV show, etc.)
If we could do anything without getting caught, what would you want us to do?

What was your first impression of me?
What’s your funniest memory of me/us?
What’s your most embarrassing memory of us?
If we could swap bodies for a day, what would you want to do as me? (What would you want me to do as you!?)
If we were to travel around the world for one year, what are your top five countries?

Even if you have traveled together, it doesn’t hurt to learn/relearn each other’s needs and boundaries.

Ask one question at a time. Gauge their response before going deeper. If they seem disinterested in the topic, switch to something else instead.
Balance between asking and talking. Make sure that you share your answer to the same question, or comment on their answer, so that the conversation doesn’t become an interrogation 🙂 I’ve been guilty of that.

Related article: 6 ways to keep a conversation going without asking too many questions
Most importantly, modify the questions based on what feels most natural. Different people have different ways of saying the same thing, after all.

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