200+ Fun Ice Breaker Questions for Virtual Teams [The Ultimate List]

Ice breaker questions are a great way to help colleagues who work in virtual teams to get to know each other. They can be used in both remote and in-person settings, and they can help break the ice when meeting someone for the first time, or when trying to build relationships through team-building games.

This post gives you a list of over 200 ice breaker questions that you can use with your team. The questions are categorized into different buckets, so you can find the questions that will work best for your specific situation.

Why Are Ice Breakers Important?

Ice breakers are important because they help create a more relaxed and comfortable environment. They also make it easier for people to start talking to each other, so your colleagues are more likely to participate in a conversation.

Ice breaker questions for virtual teams can be used in different situations, such as:

When meeting someone for the first time
When getting to know a new colleague
When getting to know a team
When starting a new project
When trying to build rapport with someone

Tips for Using Ice Breaker Questions for Virtual Teams

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you go through the list of those questions.

1. Keep The Questions Simple

The questions should be easy to answer so that everyone can participate. They should also be fun so that people are more likely to want to answer them.

2. Keep The Questions Short

The questions should be short so that people don’t get too bored and so that the conversation can move along quickly.

3. Ask Everyone To Answer The Questions

Make sure that everyone has a chance to answer the questions. This will help get everyone involved in the discussion and avoid having anyone feel left out.

4. Don’t Make The Questions Too Personal

The questions should not be too personal or be about controversial topics. This can make people feel uncomfortable and it can also make the conversation less fun. Ice breaker questions are meant to be light-hearted, fun, and inclusive.

The Ultimate List of Ice Breaker Questions for Virtual Teams

Here’s a master list of questions that are separated by different categories. Feel free to pick and choose from different lists when you work with your virtual team.

Funny Ice Breaker Questions

What’s the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you?
What’s a piece of advice that you always ignore?
If you can magically become famous, what would you like to be famous for?
If you could be friends with any celebrity, who would it be?
If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money?
Are you a morning person or a night person?
What’s something you’re really bad at?
If you could have any superpower, what would it be?
If you get reincarnated as an animal, what would you pick?
What’s the worst gift that you’ve received?
What’s a really bad joke that always makes you laugh?
What meal would you cook to impress someone?
If you were forced to pick a different name, what would it be?
What’s something you’ve said you’ll do for years but still haven’t started?
Do you have a hidden talent?

Food & Drink Ice Breaker Questions

What drink do you usually have while working remotely?
What is your favorite sandwich?
What’s a restaurant you go to often (and why)?
What’s your favorite cuisine?
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
What’s your go-to non-alcoholic/ alcoholic drink?
What’s a typical breakfast for you?
For icecream: cup or cone?
Do you prefer coffee or tea?
What’s your unhealthy/ junk-food guilty pleasure?
What are your top 3 appetizers?
What’s a drink you usually over-indulge in when you know you shouldn’t?
If you could describe yourself as any kind of food, what would it be and why?
What’s one food that you would never try again?
Do you prefer sweet or savory foods?
What’s the best dessert you’ve ever had?
What type of topping do you like on your icecream?
If you were forced to eat 1 meal every single day for life, what would it be and why?

Favorite Ice Breaker Questions

What’s your favorite TV show?
What’s your favorite podcast?
What’s your favorite movie?
What was your favorite college course?
What’s your favorite childhood memory?
What’s your favorite book?
What’s your favorite blog?
What’s your favorite YouTube channel?
Who is your favorite musician or band?
What’s your favorite sports team?
What is your favorite activity to do on a weekend?
What is your favorite animal and why?
What is your favorite thing to do for fun?
What’s your favorite internet meme?
What’s your favorite productivity hack?
What’s your favorite social media app?

Career Ice Breaker Questions

Where did you go to school (or what was your major)?
What was your dream job or career when you were growing up and why?
How did you get interested in your current field of work?
What are some of your career goals?
Who are some of your professional role models?
If you were so rich that you didn’t have to work, what would you choose to do for work?
What are some of your hobbies and interests outside of work?
What’s a skill you’d want to have instantly?
If you could have any career in the world, what would it be? (i.e., your dream job)
Are you an Apple or Microsoft person?
Who is the best boss that you’ve had (and why)?
Have you ever mistakenly hit the reply-all button on an email?

Life Ice Breaker Questions

What country did you grow up in?
Do you have any pets?
What are some of your hobbies?
Who is a historical figure you’d like to have a coffee conversation with?
After you die, what would you like to be remembered for?
If you could trade places with anyone in the world, who would it be?
What’s a fun fact about you?
How many hours of sleep do you get on average?
What are the top 3 items on your bucket list?
Do you have any tattoos? If so, what are they about?
If you could have any animal as a pet, what would it be?
Do you play any musical instruments?
If you were on a deserted island, what are 5 things you’d take with you?
What is one thing you are passionate about, but few people know about?
How many languages do you speak?
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
What’s a quote or proverb that you constantly refer to?
What is something that you always wanted to do as a child but never got to do?
Are you married or do you have any kids? [Note: might be a sensitive/ controversial question to ask – be extra cautious]
What does your morning routine look like?

Zoom Meeting Ice Breaker Questions

Do you prefer working from home or the office?
What’s your favorite remote working tip?
What is the most challenging part about working remotely?
Do you work from a dedicated home office?
What’s your default excuse for being late to a meeting?
Have you ever taken a meeting when you were in the toilet?
How many monitors do you use when working remotely?
What’s your favorite video conferencing tool?
Have you ever been video bombed by a family member or pet while you were presenting on a remote meeting?
Do you usually listen to music when doing focused work?
What’s the name of your home WiFi network (i.e. SSID)?
Do you prefer working early in the morning or late at night?
What’s your favorite way to stay connected with coworkers?
What are some of your best virtual team-building experiences?
What do you do to keep fit (what remote exercises do you do)?
Do you enjoy working from home?
What’s the most unusual place you’ve attended a remote meeting?

Weird Ice Breaker Questions

What would you want an infinite amount of, if you could have anything?
What is a weird hobby that you have?
What’s the story behind your scar? (if you have one)
Dawn, day, dusk, or night? And why?
Out of all the seasons, which one would you be?
What fruit or vegetable would you most want to be?
Do you have any weird rituals or superstitions?
What’s the bravest, or most impulsive thing you have ever done that is uncharacteristic of you?
What’s your spirit animal?
What is the emoji that you use the most?
Where’s the first place you’d go to in the event of a zombie apocalypse?
Who is one celebrity you would want to be stranded on a deserted island with?
What’s a song you’re embarrassed to admit you like?
What’s the best/worst pick-up line you’ve ever heard?
What dog breed would you be?
What’s a fashion trend you’re embarrassed to admit you’ve adopted in the past?

Travel Ice Breaker Questions

What is your favorite vacation spot?
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
What’s your preferred mode of travel: planes, cars, trains, or ships?
What’s a travel spot that you’d visit again?
If you could live in any place in the world, where would you be?
Have you ever taken a cruise?
Did you ever travel alone? If so, where to?
What’s the best beach you’ve ever been to?
Have you ever missed a flight?
When you travel, do you enjoy visiting the main tourist locations or the less popular areas?
Do you prefer Airbnb’s or hotels?
What’s the worst place you’ve ever visited?
What do you always take with you when you travel?

Right Now Ice Breaker Questions

What book are you reading right now?
What is the image on your smartphone’s lock screen or wallpaper right now?
What can we find in the trunk of your car right now?
What’s something on your desk that we can’t see right now?
What do you have on your feet right now? (shoes, socks, slippers, barefoot, etc.)
What website do you have open right now (that’s not related to work)?

Would You Rather Ice Breaker Questions

Would you rather have superhuman strength or the ability to read people’s thoughts?
Would you rather have a triangle or square pizza?
Would you rather live in a warm or cold climate?
Would you rather pick a truth or a dare?
Would you rather choose one dessert or one appetizer?
Would you rather have a window or aisle seat?
Would you rather have M&Ms or popcorn?
Would you rather turn on video or turn it off during a Zoom meeting?
Would you rather have chocolate or vanilla ice cream?
Would you rather have a flexible schedule or a flexible location?
Would you rather be on team Avengers or team X-men?

Pop Culture Ice Breaker Questions

If you could be any character from a movie, TV show, or book, who would you be?
What’s a movie or TV series you’ve watched at least 3 times?
Who’s a celebrity that you had a poster of when you were a kid?
What’s a song you’d select if you were picking one for karaoke?
If you were forced to be a movie villain, who would you be?
What pop-culture decade do you enjoy the most (and why): 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s
Did you have a celebrity crush when you were a kid? If so, who was it?
Have you been to any music festivals?
What’s a song you listen to repeatedly?
What’s a Disney movie that you binge-watched when you were a kid?
What’s a song that always makes you want to jump up and dance?

How to Facilitate Ice Breaker Questions for Virtual Teams

Facilitating a game of icebreaker questions with remote employees is sometimes challenging because it’s harder to pick up on body language expressions and social cues.

The best way to facilitate the questions is to pick one or two questions, answer them yourself (i.e., lead by example), and then go around the virtual room by calling on each attendee to answer the questions.

To make people feel comfortable, start with easy questions first and then move on to the harder ones. You can also break up larger groups into smaller ones so that the majority of your meetings aren’t dedicated to answering questions. It’s also a great idea to include icebreakers in most of your virtual meetings, especially at the beginning of calls as everyone joins.

By leveraging those questions, you can build a strong and cohesive virtual team.