Fill in the blank icebreakers

Fifteen fill-in-the-blank prompts, answered through polls, word clouds and open answers.

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  • 15prompts
  • 20minutes
  • Phonesplayers join with a code
  • Zoom, Teamsor in the room

When to use this template

Scenarios where teams use it, and why it fits.

A longer team-building workshop

Fifteen prompts across polls, word clouds and open answers give about twenty minutes, so you can pick the best five or run all of them.

A new manager's first team meeting

Prompts such as the best pizza topping or a guilty pleasure reveal personality and give the manager easy things to follow up.

A culture-building session

Variety across slide types keeps a small or medium group engaged, and quieter people can answer by poll or word cloud.

The prompts

Every prompt, in slide order. This template has no scored answers.

Prompt 1 · Poll

The optimum amount of showers per week is...

Once, 3 times, 7 times, 10 times+

Prompt 2 · Poll

The best pizza topping is...

Pepperoni, Spinach, Sausage, Pineapple, Nothing!, Something else

Prompt 3 · Poll

The most 'extreme' activity I would actually do is...

Surfing, Bungee jumping, Skydiving, Extreme ironing, Something else, Nope. No way.

Prompt 4 · Poll

The absolute best decade for music was...

60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, Another decade

Prompt 5 · Poll

The best house pet is...

Fish, Dog, Turtle, Cat, Parrot, Rabbit, Lizard, Something else

Prompt 6 · Word cloud

My top 3 movies are...

Prompt 7 · Word cloud

The most embarrassing app on my phone is...

Prompt 8 · Word cloud

One unusual thing I do every day is...

Prompt 9 · Word cloud

The most famous person I've met is...

Prompt 10 · Word cloud

The 3 people in this room I would want in a zombie apocolypse are...

Prompt 11 · Open ended

If I could take a year off from life, I would...

Prompt 12 · Open ended

My biggest guilty pleasure is...

Prompt 13 · Open ended

One thing I would make illegal is...

Prompt 14 · Open ended

The thing in my life I'm most proud of is...

Prompt 15 · Open ended

A fact that actually blew my mind is...

How to host

  1. Copy it

    Press View and claim to open the slides, then make your own copy.

  2. Customise it

    Add your team's names, a prize and any questions of your own.

  3. Present it

    Start it on your big screen or share your screen.

  4. Share the join code

    Players join on their phones and play live.

Questions people ask

How long does it take?

About 20 minutes for all 15 prompts, going by the timers on the slides.

Can we play remotely?

Yes. Share your screen on Zoom or Teams and put the join code in the chat. Everyone answers on their own device.

Can I change the questions?

Yes. Once you have your own copy, every question is yours to edit.

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