Date Questions 6 (Blast From The Past)

Front 1

What’s one of your greatest achievements?

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Front 2

What’s your favorite birthday memory?

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Front 3

Who was your best friend in high school, and
where is he or she now?

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Front 4

What was your first job? How much did you
get paid?

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Front 5

As a kid, what did you want to grow up to be?

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Front 6

What photos do you cherish from the past?
Where do you keep them now?

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Front 7

Was there ever a time when it turned out you
were right, in spite of many others who
thought otherwise? Explain the situation.

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Front 8

What one word sums up your high school
experience?

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Front 9

When was the last time you played hooky?
Explain the situation.

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Front 10

As a child, what was your idea of fun?

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Front 11

When have you experienced poor customer
service? How did you react?

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Front 12

What do you remember about your first day
of school or your first teacher?

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Front 13

What’s your most memorable (good or bad)
airplane flight?

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Front 14

How many bones have you broken? Share
the details.

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Front 15

What’s something you’ve done that surprised
even you?

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Front 16

How many times have you had stitches, and
what were the circumstances? Explain.

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Front 17

What pets did you have growing up? What
were their names?

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Front 18

Have you ever seen or called a psychic?
What was your experience like?

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Front 19

Was school easy or difficult for you?
How so?

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Front 20

What kind of kids did you hang out with in
high school?

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Front 21

Who was your favorite teacher growing up, and
what did you like most about him or her?

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Front 22

What is the best bargain you ever found?

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Front 23

What’s your most treasured heirloom?

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Front 24

Can you remember the address of one of your
childhood homes? If so, what was it?

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Front 25

How have your priorities changed over time?
Explain.

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Front 26

When did you get your first traffic ticket? Share
the details.

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Front 27

What’s the most dangerous situation you’ve
encountered? How did you react?

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Front 28

How did someone plan a surprise for you?
What was your reaction?

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Front 29

What was your favorite subject in school? Why?

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Front 30

Who has made the biggest impact on you?
Explain.

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Front 31

Who has been your friend the longest?
How and when did you meet him or her?

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Front 32

Did you or someone you know ever talk a
police officer out of writing a ticket? Describe
the situation.

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Front 33

Growing up, for which holidays did your
family decorate the house?

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Front 34

Have you ever helped a total stranger?
If so, how?

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Front 35

Growing up, what was your favorite comic
strip?

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Front 36

What was an act of kindness you offered or
received?

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Front 37

Have you dreamed of flying, falling, or
running? Describe your most vivid memory
of one of these dreams.

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Front 38

Have you ever had a premonition that actually
came true? Explain.

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Front 39

Have you ever served on jury duty? If so,
what was the case about? If not, would you
like to be on a jury in the future?

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Front 40

Did a sibling or childhood peer ever tease or
torment you? Share the details.

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Front 41

What childhood accident stands out in your
mind?

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Front 42

When the “tooth fairy” came, what did you
usually get?

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Front 43

What’s your favorite picnic memory?

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Front 44

Who was your least favorite teacher? Why?

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Front 45

Have you ever been let off the hook for a punishment
you deserved? How did that make
you feel?

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Front 46

Did you ever cheat on a school exam?
Describe the situation.

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Front 47

What was a childhood disillusionment you
experienced?

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Front 48

As a child, did you take music lessons or take
part in band or choir? Explain.

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Front 49

What “close call” did you have from the past?
Describe it.

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Front 50

What’s the best advice you’ve ever been
given?

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Front 51

How much trouble did you get into during
your school days? Explain.

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Front 52

As a child, did you ever peek into a wrapped
gift before you actually received it? Did you
ever get caught? Explain the details.

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Front 53

What dream has come true for you?

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Front 54

What’s one of the biggest purchases you
made, and how did you negotiate the
transaction?

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Front 55

What is your earliest childhood memory?

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Front 56

What nightmare woke you up in a panic?

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Front 57

How has your birth order affected you?

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Front 58

Have you ever suggested an idea for change
that was adopted? What was it?

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Front 59

What’s the best prank you’ve ever pulled off?

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Front 60

What’s the best prank someone pulled on you?

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Front 61

Growing up, for the most part, were you
respectful or disrespectful to your parents?
Explain.

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Front 62

What lasting lesson did you learn from your
parents?

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Front 63

What was the last concert you attended? Who
did you go with?

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Front 64

What one new thing did you learn in the last
week?

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Front 65

How many foreign countries have you visited?
Which one stands out in your memory?

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Front 66

How many American states have you visited
in your lifetime? Which was your favorite
and why?

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Front 67

What has frustrated you in the recent past?
Explain.

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Front 68

In what sports, clubs, or activities were you
most involved during high school?

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Front 69

Who was your first boyfriend or girlfriend?
What was he or she like?

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Front 70

What is the first movie you saw in a theater?

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Front 71

What was the name of your first album/CD?

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Front 72

What’s something that you did growing
up that your parents never found out
about?

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Front 73

When were you in a situation where
something struck you as funny, but it
was inappropriate to laugh? What did
you do to suppress your laughter?
Explain the situation.

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Front 74

What’s a favorite memory with your grandparents?

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Front 75

“Life is not measured by the number of
breaths you take, but by the moments that
take your breath away” (George Carlin).
When have you had such a moment?

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Front 76

When were you in a hospital? Describe the
situation.

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Front 77

Have you (or someone you know) ever
been on national television? Describe the
situation.

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Front 78

Have you ever participated in a long distance
walking, running, or biking event? Tell your
story.

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Front 79

How many times did you move growing up?
Describe your experience and how it
impacted you.

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Front 80

What’s the worst weather situation you’ve
been in? Explain.

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Front 81

How would you describe your most magical
childhood moment?

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Front 82

How would you summarize the highs and
lows of this past week?

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Front 83

What was your best or worst job interview?

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Front 84

Have you ever had a challenging roommate
situation? What was difficult about it?

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Front 85

What was your worst “nightmare” date?

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Front 86

What was your most romantic date?

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Front 87

What event in your life has brought about the
greatest life-change?

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Front 88

What was one of your most frightening
moments?

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Front 89

Was there ever a time when you or someone
you know was a victim of fraud? Explain.

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Front 90

What was the best or worst job you ever had?

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Front 91

What outside influences have had the greatest
impact on your family?

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Front 92

What’s the best thing you ever built or created?

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Front 93

What’s the story behind a time when a car
you were in broke down?

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Front 94

What’s the most adventurous or daring thing
you have ever done?

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Front 95

What are your best or worst childhood memories
of going to a zoo or circus?

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Front 96

What was a recent déjà vu experience?

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Front 97

Did you ever learn to swim? If so, how did
you learn? Describe your experience.

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Front 98

How would you describe one of your happiest
childhood memories?

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Front 99

What lesson did you have to learn the hard way?

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Front 100

When did you last have fresh flowers in your
home? What was the occasion?

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