Everything below is free to use exactly as written — read the questions aloud, print them, or drop them into a chat message. You don't need PollSlide, an account, or a sign-up to use any of it.
If you'd rather not track answers by hand, you can paste any of these questions into PollSlide for free and get a live leaderboard, automatic scoring and a QR code the room can scan on their own phones — but that part is entirely optional. The questions themselves are the whole gift.
1. Pub Quiz Starter Pack
Pub Quiz Starter Pack
- What is the capital of Australia? (Answer: Canberra)
- Which planet in our solar system is known as the Red Planet? (Answer: Mars)
- Who painted the Mona Lisa? (Answer: Leonardo da Vinci)
- What is the largest ocean on Earth by surface area? (Answer: The Pacific Ocean)
- In what year did the Titanic sink? (Answer: 1912)
- What is the chemical symbol for gold? (Answer: Au)
- Which country originally gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States? (Answer: France)
- How many continents are there? (Answer: Seven)
- What is the smallest prime number? (Answer: 2)
- In Shakespeare's "Hamlet," what are the names of Hamlet's two childhood friends turned spies? (Answer: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern)
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2. Team Meeting Icebreakers
Team Meeting Icebreakers
- What's one thing you're looking forward to this week?
- If you could instantly master one new skill, what would it be?
- What's the best piece of advice you've ever received at work?
- Coffee, tea, or neither — what's your go-to?
- What's a small win from this week worth celebrating?
- If our team had a theme song right now, what would it be?
- What's one app or tool you couldn't do your job without?
- What's the most useful thing you've learned in the last month?
- Beach vacation or mountain retreat — which are you picking this year?
- What's one thing outside of work you're proud of right now?
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3. Classroom Exit Ticket
Classroom Exit Ticket
- In one sentence, what was today's lesson mainly about?
- What's one new thing you learned today?
- On a scale of 1 to 5, how confident do you feel about today's topic?
- What's still confusing or unclear to you?
- Which part of today's class was most useful to you?
- Can you give one real-world example related to today's topic?
- If you could ask one question about today's lesson, what would it be?
- What's one thing you'd like more practice with before the next class?
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4. New Hire / Onboarding Icebreaker
New Hire / Onboarding Icebreaker
- What's your name, your new role, and one fun fact about you?
- What's something you're most excited to work on here?
- Coffee run or lunch spot — what's your go-to order?
- What's a hobby or interest outside of work people might not guess about you?
- What's one thing that would help you feel settled in during your first month?
- Where did you work (or what were you doing) right before this?
- What's your preferred way to communicate — chat, email, or a quick call?
- What's one question you have for the team right now?
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Why these are free
PollSlide's whole product is presenting questions to a room and collecting answers live — so writing good questions is a skill we care about regardless of whether you ever open the app. If a printed sheet or a message to your team is all you need today, that's a completely reasonable way to use this page.
When you do want a live leaderboard, automatic scoring, or an AI-drafted question set from your own notes, PollSlide's free plan runs full real sessions with no credit card — 3 saved presentations, 25 participants per session, and 5 Polly AI generations a month to get you started.