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Ask-for

Question asked of the audience to get some input to steer a scene. See Audience Participation .

Here are some 'classic questions' :

• Can I have a non-geographical location?
• Please give me an occupation, a hobby?
• Can I have a room in a building?
• Can I have a title for a book/a song?
• Please give me an emotion?
• A genre of film/literature/theatre/song?
• A relationship between 2 people?
• An item you would find in the kitchen/garage/attic?
• A problem that needs to be solved?
• An important moment in history?
• An era? A year?
• A mode of transportation?
• A foreign country? (see Gibberish )
• An animal? (see Animalistics )

If you want to be a little more original try things like

• What did you want to be when you grew up?
• What is this? (open your hands or arms as if you hold something)
• Give me a place where you have been lost
• Why was my spouse limping this morning?
• Give me a place you would not want to be alone at night
• What would be a nasty/annoying habit?
• Give me a place where you would likely meet unusual people?
• What would you never want to hear from your 4 year old daughter?
• Can I have a state of mind?
• What was the best birthday present you ever got?
• If I kissed you now how would that feel?
• What are the things your spouse does to drive you crazy?
• Can I have a non-green vegetable?
• What is a tradition in your family?
• What is the opposite of green (or any other color)?
• Give me something you would want but would never buy yourself
• Can you give me an annoying personal habit?
• What would the eleventh commandment be?
• Can I have an excuse for not having sex?
• Where would you (never) want to go on vacation?
• What would be a poor choice of venue for a first date?
• Can I have a problem that a repairman can fix?
• What would be your grandfather's hobby?
• Give me an occupation what involves (no) risk of physical harm?
• What do you have in your basement/attic/boot of your car?
• What would be a lousy excuse for not getting a speeding ticket?

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Persona: The role in life the individual is playing --- Carl Jung