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Question of the Day

Ellie Lusk avatar Curated by Ellie “The Player of Games” Lusk · Updated July 2026

One good question a day is the cheapest ritual that actually works: it opens meetings people don’t dread, starts family dinners that outlast the food, and gives a classroom something to argue about before the first bell.

The card below shows today’s question — it’s the same for everyone and flips at midnight, so your team, class or group chat can all answer the same one. Below it: 120 more, sorted by where you’ll use them.

☀️ Today’s question · July 28, 2026

If we all met up in one hour, where are we going?

Same question for everyone today. New one at midnight — come back tomorrow.

Ready? Tap the button and let the game begin. 🎉

How to Use the Question of the Day

  1. Check today’s question and post it where your people are — standup, group chat, whiteboard, dinner table.
  2. Everyone answers, no exceptions — the asker goes first.
  3. Come back tomorrow. The streak is the point: day 1 is small talk, day 30 is culture.

👇 All 120 questions below — steal freely, no sign-up needed.

For Work & Team Standups

  1. What’s one small win from this week that nobody clapped for?
  2. What’s the best piece of work advice you’ve ever gotten?
  3. If your job had an honest tagline, what would it be?
  4. What’s something you learned the hard way at work?
  5. What tool, app or trick saves you the most time?
  6. What did you want to be at 10 — and does your current job connect at all?
  7. What’s the best team you’ve ever been on, and what made it work?
  8. What’s your most productive hour of the day — and are you protecting it?
  9. What work myth do you wish would die?
  10. If you could automate one part of your day, what goes first?
  11. What’s the best meeting you’ve ever attended — what made it not terrible?
  12. What skill are you quietly building right now?
  13. Who at work (past or present) taught you the most?
  14. What’s your favorite way to celebrate finishing something big?
  15. What would you do with a surprise day off tomorrow?
  16. What’s a “stupid question” you asked that turned out to be important?
  17. What’s your desk’s weirdest object — and its backstory?
  18. What’s one thing this team does better than any team you’ve been on?
  19. What’s the most interesting problem you’ve worked on this year?
  20. Coffee, tea, energy drink or pure willpower — what runs you?
  21. What’s a compliment about your work you still remember?
  22. If you switched careers tomorrow with guaranteed success, what would you try?
  23. What’s the funniest misunderstanding you’ve seen at work?
  24. What do you wish you’d known in your first week here?
  25. What does “a good day at work” actually look like for you?

For Students & Classrooms

  1. If you could add one subject to school, what would it be?
  2. What’s something you taught yourself outside of school?
  3. Which historical figure would you want as a substitute teacher for a day?
  4. What’s the most interesting thing you learned this week — any source counts?
  5. If your class had a motto, what should it be?
  6. What invention does the world need by the time you graduate?
  7. What’s a book, movie or game that changed how you think?
  8. If you could ask the principal one question with a guaranteed honest answer, what is it?
  9. What job do you think won’t exist in 20 years — and what new one will?
  10. What’s something adults get wrong about your generation?
  11. If you could be an expert in anything instantly, what do you pick?
  12. What’s the best question anyone has asked YOU this month?
  13. Would you rather explore deep space or the deep ocean — and why?
  14. What’s a small act of kindness you saw recently?
  15. If today had a soundtrack, what song plays during first period?
  16. What’s something hard you did that you’re glad you didn’t quit?
  17. If you could plan tomorrow’s lesson, what are we learning?
  18. What’s your favorite word — in any language — and why?
  19. What would you put in a time capsule for students 50 years from now?
  20. Who’s someone you admire that isn’t famous?
  21. What’s a rule you’d change — and what would you replace it with?
  22. What’s the best mistake you’ve ever made?
  23. If animals went to school, which one would be top of the class?
  24. What’s something you want to be brave enough to try this year?
  25. What made you laugh today — so far?

For Kids & Family Dinner

  1. What was the best part of your day — and the trickiest?
  2. If our family had a theme song, what would it sound like?
  3. What superpower would be most useful for school mornings?
  4. If you could have dinner with any cartoon character, who’s invited?
  5. What’s the silliest thing that happened today?
  6. If our pet could talk for one hour, what would it complain about?
  7. What would you name a new planet — and who gets to live there?
  8. What’s your favorite smell in our house?
  9. If you were the parent for one day, what’s the first new rule?
  10. What’s something kind someone did for you this week?
  11. If dinner could be anything tonight — no rules — what appears on the table?
  12. What made you proud of yourself today?
  13. If our house had a secret room, what should be inside?
  14. What animal would make the worst house guest — defend your answer?
  15. What do you want to learn to do before your next birthday?
  16. If you could shrink to the size of a mouse for a day, where do you go first?
  17. What’s the funniest sound you can make — demonstration required?
  18. Who did you help today — or who helped you?
  19. If bedtime were canceled tonight only, what’s the plan?
  20. What’s one thing you’re looking forward to tomorrow?
  21. If our family opened a restaurant, what’s it called and who burns the toast?
  22. What’s the best thing you built, drew or made this month?
  23. If you could trade places with anyone at this table for a day, who and why?
  24. What sound instantly makes you happy?
  25. If your stuffed animals came alive at night, what do they get up to?

For Friends & Group Chats

  1. What’s the most on-brand thing you did this week?
  2. Rate your week 1–10 — what would’ve made it one point higher?
  3. What’s the best thing you ate since we last talked?
  4. What song is currently living rent-free in your head?
  5. What’s your controversial opinion of the day — small stakes only?
  6. What made you laugh out loud most recently — receipts welcome?
  7. If today were a movie genre, what was it?
  8. What’s something you’re procrastinating right now, at this very moment?
  9. What’s the last photo you took — context required?
  10. Who in this chat needs to tell a story right now — nominate them?
  11. What tiny purchase improved your life lately?
  12. What’s your weekend forecast: chaos, calm or “we’ll see”?
  13. What show should we all be watching, according to you?
  14. What’s a hill you’re dying on this week?
  15. If we all met up in one hour, where are we going?
  16. What’s the most adult thing you did this week — and the least?
  17. What’s your current 2 a.m. thought on loop?
  18. Send the oldest meme you still have saved — and explain the attachment?
  19. What are you weirdly proud of today?
  20. One word for your current mood — elaborate only if pressed?
  21. What’s the most niche thing you got irrationally excited about this week?
  22. Which of us had the most chaotic Monday — make your case?
  23. What’s your current phone wallpaper and what’s the story?
  24. What’s one plan we keep postponing that we’re booking today?
  25. What’s the best thing you overheard this week?

Journal Prompts (For You)

  1. What drained you today — and what refilled you?
  2. What would you do tomorrow if you trusted yourself completely?
  3. What are you holding onto that’s already over?
  4. What did you do today that your future self will thank you for?
  5. What’s one thing you’re avoiding — and what’s the first 5-minute step?
  6. Who do you need to forgive — including possibly yourself?
  7. What made today different from yesterday?
  8. What are you pretending not to know?
  9. What would “enough” look like today?
  10. What’s a compliment you’d give yourself if you weren’t so strict?
  11. What’s the kindest thing you did for someone this week — and for yourself?
  12. What worry can you officially retire tonight?
  13. What’s one sentence about today you’d want to reread in ten years?
  14. What are you becoming?
  15. What did you notice today that you usually rush past?
  16. If today had a title, what would it be?
  17. What do you want less of — starting tomorrow morning?
  18. Who made your day better — do they know?
  19. What’s the bravest thing you could do this week?
  20. What are you grateful for that you didn’t have a year ago?

FAQ

How does the question of the day work?

The daily card picks one question from our pool based on the calendar date — everyone who visits today sees the same question, and it changes automatically at midnight (your local time). No account, no email, just bookmark and return.

Can I use the question of the day for my team or classroom?

That’s exactly what it’s for. Post it in your standup channel or write it on the board each morning — the work and classroom sections above give you themed backups when the daily pick doesn’t fit the room.

What makes a good daily question?

Answerable in one breath, but expandable into a story: “what’s a small win nobody clapped for?” works for an intern and a CEO. Avoid yes/no questions — the point is the sentence after the answer.

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