4,000 Questions for Getting to Know Anyone and Everyone, 2nd Edition Paperback – April 7, 2015

The questions were thought-provoking and sparked some great conversations with friends and family. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to deepen their self-awareness and understanding of others. Five stars!

I use this book for dates. Some questions are good but others not so much. They have helped others open up to me. I have also used it for parties with friends. I would recommend getting this and then maybe buying another one similar to it. Like the 3000 questions book.

Very fun for road trips

This is a great booking for getting to know people and a fun way to do it. It’s a little more directed towards couples than friends and strangers. It’s great for killing time in a waiting room or on a road trip or plane.

Great for getting to know people.

I was looking for a book that might give me a few INTERESTING questions to keep in the back of my mind when I go into situations where small talk is needed. This book was a Forrest Gump-like box of chocolates, and I did not expect what I got.Some of the questions fit my needs, like:•”Would you get into a driverless vehicle? Do you think driverless vehicles are the future?”•”Do you get your news from Twitter or other social media?”•”Will you let a robot physically assist you or monitor you as you get older?”Then there are the zany questions that I’d find a way to work into a conversation somehow because I think they’d start a good talk.•”Will time travel ever exist for humans?”•”How much would you pay to be a space tourist?”•”Have you ever purchased an ‘As Seen on TV’ item?”And then there’s a third type of questions, which I frankly can’t imagine using anywhere other than a therapist’s office. I know I won’t be asking questions like this at the office Christmas party:•”Can you love your stepparents or adopted parents as much as a biological parent?”•”Do you know anyone with an Autism Spectrum Disorder?”•”Have you ever visited a deceased friend or relative in a cemetary a year after they died?”•”What is your most horrifying childhood memory of your parents?”(Honestly, why do any of these seem like good conversation topics? The theme of pain abounds in the family & friends section. Eek.)There are also wildly political questions, like these, which you might want to get into but I definitely won’t be...•”Will you sign up for the ACA/Obamacare or pay the penalty?”•”Should people with mental health issues be allowed to own guns?”•”Should victims of terrorism and mass shootings be compensated?”And then these, which I wonder why anyone would ask them of anyone else, either because they’re nosy or just plain weird (both the asker and the questions):•”Do you know your credit score? Do you know how to find out your credit score?”•”Are you still covered by your parents’ health-care insurance?”•Would you take erectile dysfunction medication if you had a problem in that area?”Overall...I had to do some digging to get what I was looking for. All of them require a lead in- they wouldn’t flow naturally with a conversation, but I guess that’s somewhat to be expected. And some of them read like essay questions, so you’d need to rephrase to avoid sounding like you expected a 3-5 page MLA format paper due by Friday.Would I buy again? Mmm, maybe. But I’d look into other conversation starter books first, I think.

This book is honestly hilarious in the different questions you can ask someone, but also has the serious questions into ask someone to get them to open up moreHighly recommend! 💜

So I got this book to learn more about a recent crush. We took turns answering questions and talked for 10 HOURS. This book is the perfect conversation starter.