What If - I Answered the Wrong Question?

This ice breaker allows participants to use their imaginations. You'll be surprised how funny the answers can be!

Number of people: Probably best if kept to less than 12 or 15. Any more than that and interest is lost by those listening.

For larger groups, split into smaller groups and then wrap up with a "Best Of" presentation by each of the groups using the best "what ifs" heard in that subgroup.

Time: Allow 1 to 2 minutes per person

Purpose: Getting people to talk, open up, relax and laugh

Props: a pen/pencil and a piece of paper for each person

Instructions

Ask each person to write "What if" on each piece of paper and then finish that sentence with something funny, silly, or something they may have seriously wondered about. Give a couple of examples to get the ball rolling:

- What if people lived in space?
- What if dogs were able to talk?
- What if I had eyes in the back of my head?

Once that query is completed pass the paper to the person to the left. That person then writes a personal response to that query. Example answers for those above:

- With no gravity my shoes would last longer!
- HE could ask ME if I wanted a cookie!
- I could see what people really thought of my jokes!

Once all the answers are completed. Once person reads the question on their piece of paper, but the person to their right reads the answer on their piece of paper! So the question/answer might go like this:

Q: What if dogs were able to talk?
A: I could see what people really thought of my jokes!

(okay maybe THAT one isn't that funny. But trust me you'll get some pretty funny combinations!)

Once the person reads their answer, THEN they ask their question and the person to the right of them responds with their answer and the pattern continues in the circle until the final answer is given.