An unanswerable question is basically a question that can’t be answered or that has no known answer for. Therefore, there is no right or wrong answer and the possibilities are endless. These sorts of questions are great for breaking the ice when getting to know someone, starting a speech or just making a fun conversation amongst friends. Here are 57 of the best unanswerable questions to mention when you want to create an exciting twist to a dull conversation:
- If you blew a bubble in space would it pop?
- When did time begin?
- Is it true cannibals don’t eat clowns because they taste funny?
- Can you cry underwater?
- What do they call French kissing in France?
- If tomatoes are a fruit, is ketchup a smoothie?
- What is the color of a mirror?
- If the sky is the limit then what lies beyond the limit?
- In the word ‘scent’ which letter is silent? S or C?
- Can you daydream at night?
- Why doesn’t the hair on your arms get spilt ends?
- Do fish get thirsty?
- What existed before the universe?
- Is there a God?
- Where does an idea go when it’s forgotten?
- If you enjoy wasting time, is that time really wasted?
- Why is a boxing ring square?
- Why isn’t there mouse flavored cat food?
- Why does you nose run but your feet smell?
- Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?
- Why is it called a building when it is already built?
- If two left handers have an argument, who is right?
- Can someone be allergic to water?
- Why is sandwich meat round when bread is square?
- How do you handcuff a one armed man?
- Do you yawn in your sleep?
- Do bald people get dandruff?
- When does it stop being partly cloudy and start being partly sunny?
- Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?
- If all the world’s a stage, where does the audience sit?
- Why is the 0 on your phone after 1 and not before it?
- Do pyromaniacs wear blazers?
- If money doesn’t grow on trees, why do banks have branches?
- If you save time, when you get it back?
- Why do they make scented toilet paper?
- If space is a vacuum, who changes the bags?
- If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?
- When cheese gets its picture taken, what does it say?
- When French people use swear words, do they say “Pardon my English?”
- Why do people say they slept like a baby when babies wake up 10 times every hour?
- What do you call earthquakes on mars?
- How can Charlie be short for Charles when both names consist of the same number of letters?
- When a deaf person goes to court, is it still called a hearing?
- Can fat people go skinny dipping?
- What section of a library are bibles in? Fiction or Non Fiction?
- How do you grow a seedless fruit?
- Do kids in R rated movies get to watch the movies they starred in?
- Why do we cook bacon and bake cookies?
- If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?
- Who taught the first ever teacher?
- If humans evolved from monkeys and apes, why are there still monkeys and apes?
- If a tree fell in a forest and no one was there to hear it, did it make a sound?
- Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
- Why is Greenland called Greenland when it’s mostly white and icy?
- If a product says “Do not use if seal is broken” how are you supposed to open it and use it?
- What does a training bra teach?
- What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
These questions are sure to spark elaborate discussions and get your friends or family thinking. They’re also great to get out of awkward conversations, for when you run out of things to say or simply feel bored!
