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Hypotheticals & What-Ifs Table Topics Questions

40 questions · updated 2026-10-12

Imagined situations that reveal values and imagination. Every question below is open-ended and answerable in a 1 to 2 minute impromptu speech. Draw one at random, or scroll for the full list.

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  1. If you could master any one skill instantly, what would you choose and what would you do first?

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  2. If you had to give up one sense for a year, which would you choose and how would you adapt?

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  3. What would you do differently if you woke up with an extra day each week?

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All 40 hypotheticals & what-ifs questions

  1. If you could relive one ordinary day from your past, which would you choose? Time this
  2. What would you do with a year of guaranteed income and no obligations? Time this
  3. Which new language would you want to wake up fluent in tomorrow, and why? Time this
  4. How would your life change if you could never use a clock again? Time this
  5. What one sentence would you send to yourself ten years ago? Time this
  6. What would you build if you owned an empty plot of land in the middle of town? Time this
  7. If animals could talk for one day, which one would you want a conversation with? Time this
  8. How would you spend a day in which nobody could see you? Time this
  9. Which subject would you teach if you had to run a class on anything tomorrow? Time this
  10. If you could master any one skill instantly, what would you choose and what would you do first? Time this
  11. If every person got one free wish granted at birth, what should yours have been? Time this
  12. How would the world be different if everyone had to sleep at the same time? Time this
  13. If you could swap lives with a neighbor for a week, what would you hope to learn? Time this
  14. What would you put in a time capsule to be opened in one hundred years? Time this
  15. Which cause or joy would a brand-new holiday of your own invention celebrate? Time this
  16. How would you spend your time if you knew you would live to two hundred? Time this
  17. If your house could talk, what story would it tell about you? Time this
  18. What would you change about your town if you were in charge of it for a day? Time this
  19. If you could witness one moment from history in person, how would you choose? Time this
  20. What would you do if you had to move to another country next month? Time this
  21. Which small daily annoyance would you erase forever, given the chance? Time this
  22. How would your friendships change if nobody could ever tell a lie? Time this
  23. If you could pause time for one hour every day, what would you do with it? Time this
  24. What would you do differently if nobody could ever judge your choices? Time this
  25. If you could send one object forward to your future self, what would it be? Time this
  26. If you could ask one question and get a truthful answer from anyone, what would it be? Time this
  27. How would your daily routine change if gravity were suddenly half as strong? Time this
  28. If you had to leave your home in ten minutes, what would you grab first? Time this
  29. If everyone in town had to trade jobs for a day, what would you want to try? Time this
  30. What would you ask a version of yourself twenty years in the future? Time this
  31. If you had to give up one sense for a year, which would you choose and how would you adapt? Time this
  32. If you could add a new room to your home with no cost, what would it be? Time this
  33. What would you do differently if you woke up with an extra day each week? Time this
  34. If you could trade places with any stranger for a single afternoon, who would you choose? Time this
  35. If your reflection could act independently for a day, what would you want it to do? Time this
  36. If you could instantly teleport once a week to anywhere, where would you go first? Time this
  37. If you could relive any single conversation with more courage, which would you choose? Time this
  38. If every room you entered played your theme music, what would it be? Time this
  39. What would you build first if you woke up on an empty island? Time this
  40. If you could freeze one ordinary moment forever, which would it be? Time this

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