1) What are the first ten words that come to your mind right now?
2) Where is your dad’s family from--either recently or genealogically?
3) Describe a memory or encounter in which you considered your faith, religion, spirituality — or lack of — for the first time.
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) Tell us about your favorite pair of shoes, and where they’ve taken you.
2) Where is your mom’s family from--either recently or genealogically?
3) Write about something that happened over the weekend as though it's the top story on your local paper.
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) What would you do if someone cut in front of you when you were in line at the movies?
2) Pick a divisive issue currently in the news. Explain to the best of your ability both sides of the issue as if you believe each side.
3) When you were a child, who were your favorite relatives?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) Do you plan on retiring? If so, when? How do you feel about it? What will you do with your time?
2) What did (or does) your grandmother look like? Describe her so we'd know her on sight.
3) If you could have a $10,000 shopping spree to one store, which store would it be and how long would it take you to spend the $10,000?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) If you were elected mayor of your city, what would be your first improvement, and why?
2) What would you do if you suddenly discovered a secret passageway in your office? Would you tell anyone else? Where would you like it to lead?
3) Have you ever done any genealogical research on your family? Any fun skeletons in your closet?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) What specific thing have you done that impressed yourself?
2) Tell about a family saying that no one outside your family knows? Where did it come from?
3) Is the glass half empty or half full? And by the way, what is in the glass?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) Would you rather be rich, or famous? Why?
2) Of all your relatives, which one have you not seen for the longest time? How long has it been?
3) If you had a "theme song" that played whenever you walk into a room full of people, what would it be?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) Did you have a nickname growing up? What was it and why were you called that?
2) If you had to go live with one of your relatives for the next year, who would you ask for a room?
3) What movie has influenced you the most? How?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) Would you generally be overdressed or underdressed at a party?
2) Aliens have arrived and you're giving them a tour in the midst of winter. Describe ice to them.
3) Describe the most annoying thing about one of your family members.
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) What makes you smile like nothing else can?
2) Are there any reality TV shows you'd try out for?
3) Tell about a family member you're very proud of.
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) Who writes the best song lyrics?
2) Do you believe in luck?
3) What is Satan's last name
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) Would you rather be 4'5" or 7'7"?
2) Name a movie that took multiple viewings to appreciate.
3) Would you rather have 10 brothers (only) or 10 sisters (only)?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) What do you currently have a hankering for?
2) Are you more of the Scarecrow or the Tin Man? Do you lead with your head or your heart?
3) What questions would you ask your great-great-grandparents if you could chat with them today?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) Rewrite the story of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" from the point of view of any one of the other reindeer.
2) Where do you fall in your family's birth order? How did your family position affect your development?
3) When was the last time you slept in until noon?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) Brainstorm the plot for a novel.
2) How long would it take you to get to your best friend’s house on foot right now?
3) Which of your relatives would you have liked to have met when they were your age now?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) How far back can you trace your family tree?
2) What's your favorite comfort food, and why?
3) Does listening to people with different accents than yours bother you? Is it hard, or fun?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) Among all your childhood friends, who had the parents everyone wanted to have?
2) Do you have relatives nearby? Or do you have to travel a ways to see family?
3) Are you a saver or a spender?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) Which person have you taken the most advantage of?
2) When was the last time you went to a carnival and played midway games?
3) If you could rid your family of one thing, what would it be?
4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) What one quality of your father’s would you most like to share?
2) Among all the people you know, who would you like to have known when s/he was a child?
3) If you wanted to meditate for a whole day, where would you do it?
4) What is your favorite thing to do in a city park?
5) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
1) What one quality of your mother’s would you most like to share?
2) If you promised never to lie about anything ever again, in what area of your life would be it the hardest for you to keep the promise?
3) If you found a fifty dollar bill in a vacant lot, what would you do with it?
4) What good deed that you didn’t do when you had the opportunity do you wish you had done?
5) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
