1. Why do we press harder on the remote control when we know the batteries are dead?
2. If a tomato is a fruit, is ketchup considered a smoothie?
3. Why is it that when you’re driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
4. If nothing is truly impossible, is it possible for something to be impossible?
5. Why do we say “after dark” when it’s really after light?

1. Why do we park on driveways but drive on parkways?
2. Is a strawberry a berry? If not, why is it called that?
3. Do fish ever get thirsty?
4. Why is it called a building if it’s already built?
5. How do blind people know when to stop wiping?

1. Why do noses run but feet smell?
2. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
3. Why do we bake cookies but cook bacon?
4. If you get out of the shower clean, how does your towel get dirty?
5. Why do we call them “apartments” when they are all stuck together?

1. If Apple made a car, would it have Windows?
2. Why isn’t the number 11 pronounced onety-one?
3. Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?
4. Is a hotdog a sandwich or a taco?
5. Why do we cook bacon but bake cookies?

1. Is free will just an illusion if everything is predetermined by the laws of physics?
2. If we can never truly know if others see colors the same way we do, does it matter if we’re all seeing the same thing?
3. How do we know for sure that our memories are real and not just fabricated by our brains?
4. If the universe is infinite, is it possible that there’s another version of you living a completely different life?
5. Can we ever be certain of anything, or is doubt the only certainty?

1. What if our dreams are glimpses into parallel universes?
2. Is your red the same as my red?
3. Are we living or just slowly dying?
4. What happens to our consciousness when we die?
5. If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?

1. How do we know that the way we perceive reality is the only way to perceive it?
2. If you punch yourself and it hurts, are you strong or weak?
3. Is water wet?
4. If you replace every part of a ship, is it still the same ship?
5. Does a straw have one hole or two?

1. If you were to travel at the speed of light and look in a mirror, what would you see?
2. Is it possible to think about nothing?
3. If you cloned yourself and your clone committed a crime, would you be held responsible?
4. Can you ever truly experience the present, or are you always experiencing the immediate past?

1. If you could clone yourself perfectly, which one would be the original “you”?
2. What if every time you die, you wake up as someone else with no memory of your past life?
3. Is it possible that our dreams are more real than the world we live in when we are awake?
4. If you go back in time and kill your past self, would you still exist to go back in time?
5. What if the colors you see are completely different from what everyone else sees, but we’ll never know because we all call them the same thing?

1. If animals could talk, would humans still be considered the most intelligent species?
2. Do pets think we’re their weird-looking parents?
3. What if the Earth is an alien science experiment, and we’re just here for observation?
4. Why do we have eyebrows if they’re not even effective at keeping things out of our eyes?
5. If you could change one random body part to be a different size, what would it be and why?

1. What if oxygen is slowly killing us and it just takes 75-100 years to work?
2. If you were a dog, would you know what kind of dog you were?
3. Do fish get thirsty?
4. If you were invisible, would your poop be invisible too?
5. What if plants are farming us, giving us oxygen until we eventually decompose and feed them?

1. Every decision you’ve ever made has led you to reading this sentence right now.
2. You’ve never seen your own face, only reflections and pictures of it.
3. The word “short” is longer than the word “long”.
4. When you clean something, you’re just making something else dirty.
5. Your future self is watching you right now through memories.

1. If the universe is expanding, what is it expanding into?
2. How does your brain remember to forget things?
3. If we could fully understand consciousness, would that change what it means to be alive?
4. What if every decision you make creates a new universe?
5. If light takes time to travel, are we ever really seeing anything in real-time?

1. If you could time travel, would you go to the past or the future?
2. How many things in life are actually the result of a random coincidence?
3. If you had to describe yourself without using your name, what would you say?
4. Why do we dream, and what do our dreams really mean?
5. If everyone on Earth jumped at the same time, would it have any effect?

1. Why is there a ‘D’ in ‘fridge’ but not in ‘refrigerator’?
2. Do fish ever get tired of swimming?
3. Why do we call it “shipping” when it goes by truck?
4. Is a volcano just Earth’s pimple?
5. Why is it called a TV “set” when you only get one?

1. What if the voices in your head aren’t yours?
2. Is it scarier to think we’re alone in the universe or that we’re not?
3. What if every time you sleep, you die and wake up as a new person with borrowed memories?
4. What if your pets can understand everything you say but choose to ignore you?
5. What if we’re in a simulation and it’s about to be turned off?

1. If you stand next to someone taller than you, are you technically living in their shadow?
2. Can you daydream at night?
3. If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
4. Why do we call it a “hamburger” when there’s no ham in it?

1. If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done?
2. How do you know when you’ve run out of invisible ink?
3. If you ate yourself, would you disappear or double in size?
4. Why do they call it “beauty sleep” when you wake up looking a mess?
5. If money doesn’t grow on trees, why do banks have branches?

1. Is the S or C silent in “scent”?
2. Why do we call it a “pair” of pants when it’s just one item?
3. If you drop soap on the floor, is the floor clean or the soap dirty?
4. Can you cry underwater?
5. Nothing is on fire, fire is on things.
6. The letter ‘W’ starts with a ‘D’.

Why do people say “slept like a baby” when babies wake up every two hours?

If you could know the absolute and total truth to one question, what question would you ask?

Why is the word “abbreviation” so long?

Do you think dogs ever wonder why humans sleep at night?

If you could erase one event from history, what would it be?

The word “queue” is just Q followed by four silent letters.

When you say “forward” or “back,” your lips move in those directions. Same thing with “you” and,”me.”

Technically, we’re all half-centaurs.

1. Why do we carve pumpkins and not any other vegetables for Halloween?
2. If ghosts are real, why don’t we ever see them wearing modern clothes?
3. Why are witches always depicted with cats and not dogs?
4. If vampires can’t see their reflection, how do they style their hair?
5. What if the monsters under your bed are just waiting for Halloween to come out?

1. Vampires would have a hard time with modern doorbell cameras.
2. Ghosts are just dead people with unfinished business. Does that make most of us living ghosts?
3. Zombies are basically just very aggressive vegans.
4. Werewolves must have a tough time holding down a 9-to-5 job.
5. If skeletons could talk, would they have an accent?

1. If Santa delivers presents all over the world, does that mean he experiences multiple time zones simultaneously?
2. Why do we bring trees inside during Christmas, but not other holidays?
3. Why do we put stockings up if we already have presents under the tree?
4. If you could give one Christmas gift to anyone in history, who would it be and why?
5. Why do people sing “Jingle Bells” during Christmas when it was originally written for Thanksgiving?

1. If you could instantly learn any skill, what would it be and why?
2. What if déjà vu is just a glitch in the simulation we’re living in?
3. How do we know that the past we remember is actually real and not just implanted memories?
4. If you could ask one historical figure a single question, who would it be and what would you ask?
5. If you replace every part of a ship, is it still the same ship?
6. Is your red the same as my red?
7. Do fish know they’re wet?

1. If we can recycle paper infinitely, does that mean there’s a chance we’re using the same piece of paper over and over?
2. If you could live forever but not change anything, would you still want to live forever?
3. How do we know that reality is not just one long dream?
4. Are we alone in the universe, or is it more terrifying if we’re not?
5. If you could know the exact date of your death, would you want to know?

1. Why do we only eat turkey on Thanksgiving, but not at other times of the year?
2. How did the tradition of eating pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving start?
3. Why do we call it “stuffing” when it’s only “stuffed” into the turkey sometimes?
4. If you could invite any three people to your Thanksgiving dinner, who would they be and why?
5. Is there a reason we don’t have Thanksgiving songs like we do for Christmas?
6. Black Friday is just The Hunger Games for adults.

1. If knowledge is power, does that mean ignorance is weakness?
2. Why do we strive for perfection when imperfection is what makes us human?
3. Is time a human construct, or does it exist independently of our perception?
4. If we could fully understand the brain, would that mean we could control our thoughts entirely?
5. The edge of a circle is simultaneously infinite and nonexistent.
6. Every decision you’ve ever made has led you to reading this sentence right now.