Thought Provoking Questions

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but has to check when you say the paint is wet? Thought provoking isn't it? There are quite a few thought provoking questions which can make your head spin. Some of them are quite funny, while some are quite interesting in themselves. We have compiled some thought provoking questions especially for you, some of these are just meant to make you laugh, while some are really meant to provoke thought.

Funny Thought Provoking Questions
Have you ever wondered why is 'abbreviation' such a long word? Funny isn't it. Here is a compilation of some of the funniest thought provoking questions you are likely to come across.

• Can you get cornered in a round room?
• Why isn't evaporated milk a gas?
• Why does 'dyslexia' have to be so hard to spell?
• If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
• When people go mental, why do they get physically violent?
• If Pinocchio said, "My nose is about to grow", what would happen?
• If you sneezed on a computer, would it get a virus?
• Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
• If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
• If ghosts go through walls, why don't they fall through the floor?
• Why sheep don't shrink when it rains?
• Why is a square meal served on round plates?
• Why is it that it's good to score under par in golf, but its bad to be "under par" in various walks of life?
• If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
• Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
• If a chronic liar tells you he is a chronic liar do you believe him?
• If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite of Congress?
• If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
• If Superglue is so good why doesn't it stick to the inside of the tube?
• If someone with a split personality threatens to commit suicide, is it a hostage situation?
• Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
• If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

These must have been some of the most farcical thought provoking questions you must have ever come across, however everything is not really funny out there.

Thought Provoking Questions to Get to Know Someone
When getting to know a person becomes difficult, these questions to ask someone to know them better will come to your rescue. These questions will help you in understanding the person, and various aspects about his/her life.

• What is the one thing you'd most like to change about the world?
• If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be?
• Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones?
• Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things?
• If you could pick only one, what would you be: attractive, rich or famous?
• If you were crowned king of the whole world, what would your first royal decree be?
• If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today?
• Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing?
• Are you holding onto something you need to let go of?
• Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever?

These were some thought provoking questions to ask someone to get to know them better.

Thought Provoking Questions about Life
As you need to ask someone some questions to know them better, you can also ask some questions to know what you want. Here is a compilation of some such questions.

• What's missing in my life?
• What is my biggest fear?
• Have I seen enough of the world?
• What do I need to change about myself?
• Does everything happen for a reason?
• What can I do to change the world?
• Am I doing what I really want to do?
• What is the craziest thing I want to do?
• Who has had the greatest impact on my life?
• If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don't like and like so many things we don't do?

These were some thought provoking questions about life. We often try to avoid as these questions as we feel that they tend to bring out the dark side of our life. However, what we fail to understand is that the answers to these questions are the ones which can show us the right path in our life.

Interesting Thought Provoking Questions
Have you even wondered which way a compass would point if it were in space? Yes, there are quite a few interesting questions like this which are difficult to answer. Given below are some of them.

• What level of importance must a person have, before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
• If the people at the psychic hot lines were really psychic, wouldn't they call you first?
• Why toasters always have a setting so high that could burn the toast to a horrible crisp which no decent human being would eat?
• Why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor, while dish washing liquid is made with real lemons?
• How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
• How come we put a man on the moon before realizing it would be a good idea to put wheels on suitcases?
• Why it is when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?

These were some thought provoking questions about the various facets of life. The answers to these questions may leave you in splits, but then they do have the ability to make you start thinking..... to show you the lighter side of life..... to highlight the serious issues in life.... to provoke thoughts basically. No one will have to tell you how to ask thought provoking questions as these questions are simple enough to make their way into your normal conversations.