Speed Dating on the lakeshore :)

What do you ask during your mini-dates? Below is a list of questions. Pick 5 or 6 that are important to you. After the Speed Dating party, use this list to find out more about the person in your screening phone interviews and coffee dates. Questions to ask at a Speed Dating Party (remember, you only have a few minutes) What kind of work do you do? What are the three most important things I should know about you? What hobbies do you have? What do you like to do for fun? Do you have pets? Where did you go to college? Have you ever been married? Do you have children? Are you a religious individual? Where do you go to church/synagogue? What is your favorite travel destination….and why? Where would you like to travel? Questions to ask in the screening interview after the Speed Dating party. Some of these questions are appropriate for the screening interview, some are for the 2nd-3rd date. Where are you from? Tell me about your family. How do you think you are viewed by others? Are you a democrat, republican or unaffiliated? What are you the most proud of in your life? What makes you happy, brings joy to your life? What do you cherish the most in life? What do you do for exercise? What kind of restaurants do you like? What are your favorite indoor activities? What are your favorite outdoor activities? If divorced, how long have you been divorced? Are you still friendly with your ex? How old are your children? Do you want more children? How long was your last relationship? When did it end? Why did it end? Tell me about your work? What do you like about your job? Where do you see yourself two years from now? Where do you see yourself in five years What are your strengths and weaknesses? What do you do on a typical Saturday or Sunday? Do you believe in love at first sight? Who is your role model of a good marriage? What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done? What was the funniest thing that has ever happened to you? Have you ever had a life-changing experience? What do you think is the most misunderstood thing about your gender by the opposite sex? Do you believe there is such a thing as a "soul mate?" Tell me what you feel is the most important value in a relationship (e.g., honesty, money, fidelity, openness, sense of humor, intelligence, integrity, common denominators)? How do you view yourself? What was the most embarrassing moment in your life? If you could be any age for a day, what age would you be? Why? If you had three wishes, what would they be? If you had to write your epitaph, what would it be? What's your claim to fame? What is your most prized material possession? Would you rather enjoy a summer picnic beside a country river or dine in an upscale restaurant in Toronto? What was the single greatest day of your life? What was your favorite subject in school? Why? What is a significant memory from childhood? What single political or social issue is most important to you? Do you believe in reincarnation? What's your favorite animal? Why? Would you rather go in a submarine or a space ship? Why? What is your favorite season? Why? I Do you believe in the afterlife? Do you have close friends of the opposite sex? What you do wish your parents would have told you? What book are you reading now? What was the most recent movie you saw? What's your favorite movie of all time? What did you get away with in high school that you’ve still never told anyone about? Do you have a favorite website? What birthday do you best remember and why? Who is your favorite musician? What person has most influenced you in your life…and why? Who is your hero (anyone from history or your life) and why? Who is the most interesting person you have ever met? Why? What one thing would you want me to appreciate about you?