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MISINFORMATION
Why do you think misinformation spreads so widely in today’s world?
Numbers
Do you have an aversion to the number 13?
MUSIC
What is your morning wake up song?
TECHNOLOGY
March 1st is the Global Day of Unplugging. Will you unplug from the electronic world on that day? Why or why not?
LEAP YEAR
2024 is a Leap Year! What do you plan to do with your one extra day?
NEWS
Where do you usually get your news?
NOSTALGIA
What was your favourite childhood candy?
LOVE
Tell us your love story.
TRAVEL
Which would you take: A round trip ticket to Paris, France? A round trip ticket into space?
GOALS
What are your fitness and/or wellness goals for 2024?
READING
What book are you reading now?
2023
What will you remember the most about 2023?
NYE
What is your ideal way to spend New Year's Eve?
MUSIC
What would be your work-life balance theme song?
REFLECTION
If you could be reincarnated, who or what would you choose to be? Why?
RANDOM
What did you Google last?
SLEEP
We can't sleep. Can you share your sleep tips and tricks with us?
NATIONAL AUTHOR'S DAY
Who is your favourite author?
HAPPY HALLOWEEN
What mythical creature do you wish actually existed?
SHOPPING
What's the most ridiculous thing you have bought?
TIME
Is time an illusion?
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
What are you thankful for?
REFLECTION
Be able to see into the future or not? What is the reason for your answer?
Fall
What is your favourite fall tradition?
RELAXATION
What is your favourite way to spend a lazy day?
NOSTALGIA
What is one memory of your first week at Mac?
REFLECTION
What is consciousness?
THEATRE
What is your favourite musical?
TIME
If you could go back in time and relive one year of your life, what would it be?
POLITICS
Have you changed your political views since your graduation from university?
MYTHS
What is your favourite Mac campus myth/lore?
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FRIENDSHIP
What is the nicest thing a friend has ever done for you?
WEIRDNESS
What is a weird thing you do that you wonder if others do as well?
REFLECTION
Why does society tend to focus on reacting to situations instead of prevention?
FILM
What TV or movie set would you like to visit?
COOKING
What is your favourite thing to cook for a special occasion?
summer
What do you have planned this summer?
ANIMALS
If you could domesticate any animal, which would you have as a pet?
time travel
Live in 1970 or 2070?
NOSTALGIA
What year did you graduate from Mac? What was the song you most remember from that year?
reflection
What do you do to stay humble?
NOSTALGIA
What is one food that you remember eating as a child that doesn't exist anymore?
WORLD LAUGHTER DAY
What makes you laugh out loud?
music
What is your favourite Gordon Lightfoot song and why?
reflection
Should certain words or phrases in books published years ago be rewritten to better reflect today's sensibilities?
SPOILER ALERT
What is the suitable amount of time to share a spoiler of a TV show or movie?
relationships
Have you or anyone you know met THE ONE on a dating app?
reflection
How do you choose between quantity and quality?
TRAVEL
How many countries have you visited? Feel free to list them!
NATURE
What is your favourite hiking trail?
COVID-19
What element(s) of your life have changed significantly over the course of the COVID pandemic?
COOKING
What is your best kitchen hack?
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Name one woman that has inspired you.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Is social media a form of art?
news
How do you feel about the recent spate of flying objects in North America?
MYSTERY
What mystery would you like solved?
goals
What do you want to accomplish in 2023?
Issues
What local problems do you think your Mayor should try to solve?
National Soup Month
What's your favourite soup? Include a recipe if you have one, so we can enjoy it too!
Music
Who should be on the list of the greatest singers of all time?
QOTW Club
What is a question you'd like to ask the Question of the Week Club in 2023?
Reflection
What will you remember the most about 2022?
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
If you had to live in a holiday movie, which one would you choose?
Secrets
Why do we keep secrets?
Personality
Do you consider yourself an introvert or an extrovert?
Peer pressure
What is the greatest peer pressure you've ever felt?
Reflection
Is it possible to lie without saying a word?
Horoscopes
Do you think horoscopes are accurate?
Travel
World Cities Day is October 31st. What city would you recommend visiting and why?
Life
What did life teach you yesterday?
Reading
If you could choose one book as a mandatory read for all high school students, which book would you choose?
SNOOPING
Have you ever snooped in a friend or partner's house?
Comfort
What can always cheer you up when you're feeling down?
Food
Is a hotdog a sandwich?
Reflection
Why do we think of others the most when they’re gone?
SUMMER
What did you do this summer?
Money
If all the currencies in the world did not have monetary value, would our world be a much better place?
Math
What is mathematics?
Famous People
Have you ever met a celebrity?
Subjectivity & Objectivity
What in life is truly objective and not subjective?
Folklore
Do you have any folklore you abide by?
Food
What are the most important toppings to have on a burger (plant or meat based)?
Travel
What is your favourite family vacation story?
Wins
What is something unique that you have won?
Rainy Day
What is your favourite rainy day activity?
Seasons
What are you looking forward to over the summer months?
Things
What current trend or fad makes no sense to you?
Travel
If money and time were not a concern, what trip would you plan?
Ocean
How many undiscovered creatures live in the deep sea?
Nostalgia
In 40 years, what will people be nostalgic for?
Convocation
What do you remember about your Mac convocation ceremony?
Room
You're tasked to design a theme room for a hotel. Describe the theme you'd create and how you'd make it epic.
Food
If you could eat whatever you wanted, with no consequences, what would it be?
Advice
What's the most sensible thing you've ever heard someone say?
Food
Cake or Pie?
Earth Day
Friday is Earth Day. Should we manage nature?
Canada
What Canadian fiction or non-fiction book would you recommend?
Things
What’s the most useful thing you own?
Slumber
If you could ask any question about sleep, what would it be?
PODCAST
If your inner thoughts were a podcast, what would it be called?
Luck
Do you have a lucky number, piece of clothing, song or charm?
Entertainment
What was the last TV show you binge-watched?
Animals
If animals and plants could understand you, what is one thing you would say to them?
Themes
If this week had a theme to it, what would yours be?
Characters
Which three fictional guests would you invite to your dream dinner party?
Games
What's your go-to strategy for Wordle?
Music
What is your favourite song with love in the title?
Senses
Which scent do you find the most soothing?
Food
Would you rather give up all drinks except for water or give up eating anything that was cooked in an oven?
Space
What would you want to take with you on a journey to space?
Life
How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
Question
What is a question you'd like to know the answer to?
STRENGTH
What, in your opinion, is strength?
Weather
How would you describe snow to someone who has never experienced it?
Time
What takes too long?
Truth
Is it possible to know the truth without challenging it first?
Challenge
When was the last time you tried something new?
Communication
When does silence convey more meaning than words?
Excuses
What's the best excuse for being late that you have ever heard or used?
Halloween
What was your favourite Halloween costume from your childhood?
Ocean
How do you feel about the ocean? Does it inspire, relax or intimidate you?
Location
What part of your city, province/state or country resonates the most to you?
Love
What is your best wedding story?
History
What’s the most historic event that has happened in your lifetime?
Senses
If you had to give up one of your senses, which one would it be and why?
Favourites
What is your favourite quote?
Favourites
What is your favourite day of the week?
Spelling
What word do you always misspell?
Travel
What’s the most interesting building you’ve ever seen or been in?
Big Questions
Do you believe everything happens for a reason?
Ice Cream
What is your favourite flavour of ice cream?
Olympics
Which sport do you never watch except for when the Olympics take place?
Characters
Who are the characters that authors should be writing about?
Movies
Which movie did you rewatch, and it turned out to be quite different than how you remembered it to be?
Canadian Travel
What is your favourite Canadian travel destination?
Outdoors
What do you prefer: sunrise or sunset?
Knowledge
What topic could you spend hours talking about?
Food
If you're ordering take-out, what's your go-to order?
Nostalgia
What’s your “Back in my day, we…“?
Learn
What is something you have learned lately?
People
Who is the funniest person you’ve met?
Room
What is the best room in your house, apartment or condo? Why?
Invisibility
What’s invisible but you wish people could see?
Food
If your city was represented by food, what food would it be?
Laws
Should the government be involved in making laws to regulate moral behavior? If so, to what extent?
Earth Day
Have you noticed recent changes in the weather or unusual weather patterns where you live?
Appreciation
What message of appreciation can you share with our McMaster alumni essential workers?
Logic
Have you ever experienced something that just could not be logically explained?
Teaching
If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
Season
It's officially spring or fall! How's the start of the season in your part of the world?
Imagination
If you could design a new pair of shoes, what would they look like and what special things could they do?
Music
Who is your favourite Canadian musician (person or band) and song you would recommend to put on our playlist?
Tips & Tricks
What tips or tricks have you picked up from your job(s)?
Art
What is your favourite work of art? What do you love about it?
Life
Is there something you can't live without in 2021 that your 2019 self wouldn't believe?
Gadget
What is your favourite gadget?
Life
What is a question you'd like to know the answer to?
Intelligence or Wisdom
Is intelligence or wisdom more useful?
Museum
If you were given five million dollars to open a small museum, what kind of museum would you create?
Habit
What bad habit would you like to change?
Food
What is your favourite international food?
Year In Review
What is one good thing that happened to you in 2020?
Music
What song gets you up out of your chair to dance or at least tap your toes?
Food
What is your favourite cookie?
Films
What’s the most interesting documentary you’ve ever watched?
Shopping
What would be the worst "buy one get one free" sale of all time?
Nostalgia
What was cool when you were young but isn’t cool now?
Thank you
Write a one minute thank you note to someone.
Literature
What book(s) are you reading right now? Has COVID-19 influenced your reading choice?
Shopping
What's been your most regrettable purchase?
Shopping
Shoutout your favourite small business and where they are located!
Governance
Will democracy survive the digital age?
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving! What are you thankful for this year?
Televison
Who is your favourite character from the CBC's Schitt's Creek?
Future
Where should McMaster be in 30 years?
Academics
What's one class or subject that you think should be mandatory for every first year student regardless of discipline?
Good Eats
What was your go-to restaurant while you were a student at Mac?
Snacks!
What is your favourite potato chip flavour?
Current Events
As a whole, do you think that social media have helped or hurt political discourse around the world?
Good Eats
What's the best meal that you can cook for under $10?
COVID-19
As jurisdictions across Canada begin to loosen their strict lock down and quarantine measures, how comfortable do you feel about going into public spaces or being around others outside of your 'bubble'
Guilty as charged!
What's your biggest vice / guilty pleasure?
Animals
What wild animal have you always wanted to see with your own eyes?
Interests
Briefly tell us about an area of interest that you have explored?
A man calls his dog from the opposite side of a river. The dog crosses the river without getting wet, and without a bridge, boat, or by jumping. How?
Riddle me this!
A dog crosses a river without getting wet, and without a bridge, boat, or by jumping. How?
Who are you?
Give us your life story in 5 sentences or less!
Canada, eh!
Happy Canada Day! How are you spending the holiday?
Tunes!
What were some popular/hit songs while you were a student at Mac?
Food
What is your favourite summer "comfort food"?
Online Programming
What types of online programming would you like to see the Alumni Association offer?
Hometown
Where did you grow up and what was the best part of growing up there?
Thank you!
Who is someone that you would like to say 'thank-you' to? Write them a one minute thank-you note showing your appreciation.
Climate Change
How should the Canadian government go about balancing its economic interests with environmental/climate considerations?
Class of 2020!
During these difficult times, what advice would you give to the graduating class of 2020?
Food
What have you been cooking during quarantine?
Role models
Who was your role model growing up? What about them have you attempted to emulate?
Interior Design
Describe your dream "theme room"
Children
What life skills are rarely taught to children but are extremely important?
Generational Divide?
What do you think the biggest cultural differences are between your generation and your parents' generation?
Books
Do you prefer to read books or to listen to them? Do you have any good reads for your fellow club members while we remain physically distant?
Savings
What was the first thing you ever saved up your money to purchase?
COVID-19
How are you feeling with regard to the COVID-19 situation? Please share your general thoughts.
Games
In your opinion, what is your favourite board game?
Coming Together!
Do you think that there is something that everyone -- absolutely everyone -- in the world could agree on? If so, what is it?
Personality
What personality trait has gotten you in the most trouble?
Chores
Which household chore do you dislike the most? Are there any that you enjoy?
Ethics
Is it ever justifiable to lie? If so, when?
Valentines day!
What TV series, cartoon, or movie could depict your dating or love life?
Regrets!
What is something that you got rid of years ago that you wish you had kept?
Canada, EH!
What is a normal Canadian thing that you have discovered is strange in other countries?
Good Eats
Describe your ultimate sandwich!
Year in Review
The QOTW 2019 Report
Important Dates
What date have you circled on your calendar? That is, what upcoming date or events are you looking forward to?
What would ask?
What is a question that you'd like to ask the Question of the Week Club in 2020?
Looking Back
What will you remember most about 2019?
Traditions
What has been passed down through generations in your family?
Talents
What is something that you consider yourself pretty above-average at?
Talents
What is something that you consider yourself pretty above-average at?
Comfort Zone
What is your happy place -- a location that makes you feel relaxed and joyful?
Hittin' the Jackpot
If you won the $20 million Lotto Max draw what would you do with the money?
Memories
What was the last photo you took?
Technological Revolution
What modern conveniences do you wish you had as a student?
Film
What is your favourite scary movie?
Thoughts
What is currently on your mind?
World issues
How do you find a balance between worrying about just yourself and your family and worrying about issues that are more global in scope?
Personal Quirks
What is a weird thing you do that you wonder if others do as well?
Life
If you could change three things about your past, what would they be?
Fashion
What was in style when you were on campus?
International Affaires
Should Canada care that we are not ranked the number 1 country in the world?
Technology
Do you think that we film too much?
SATISFACTION
When you look back on your life, are you satisfied with the career you have chosen or do you wish you had taken another path? Tell us why.
Iconic selfies
What is the most iconic spot for a selfie at Mac, and why?
SOUNDTRACK
What song old or new do you think could have been written about you and why?
OPINIONS
What is your most controversial opinion?
ADVICE
What is the most important piece of advice that you would give to someone about to bring home a newborn baby?
LIFE
What keeps you engaged and enjoying life?
APPS
What is your favourite app and why?
BEVERAGE
Do you prefer tea or coffee? Both? Why?
TRAVEL
What is your most unbelievable experience travelling outside of Canada?
AI
As technology continues to advance, are you fearful or optimistic of the technological advancements that will come out of the next decade or two?
PRIDE
In the past six months, what moment or experience made you proud to be a Canadian?
SENSES
What is one of your favourite smells and why?
FAKE NEWS
How do you respond to fake news on social media?
REGRETS
What is one thing that you wish you had done while you were at Mac completing your degree?
WORLD ISSUES
Why do you think that there is so much unrest in the world?
BOOKS
What piece of fiction will you read this year and why did you choose it?
Earth
What are some things you do to help our environment?
PERSPECTIVES
How do you connect and engage with people with very different views from your own?
PRODUCTIVITY
How are you breaking the multi-tasking habit?
EMPLOYMENT
What was your worst job ever?
IN THE NEWS
What do you think of the carbon tax?
NOSTALGIA
Who was your favourite professor at McMaster and why?
SECURITY
What is more important: our privacy or national security?
INVENTIONS
What is your favourite invention and why?
ANCESTRY
Why do we derive satisfaction from knowing who our ancestors were?
World Issues
What do you expect to be the major world issue in this century?
It's Friday
We've answered a lot of your questions!
CAREERS
If you could leave your current job and pursue any career assuming you'd have guaranteed success, what would you do?
FAMOUS PEOPLE
Most of us have led ordinary lives but have links to famous or extraordinary people. Describe your link to such a person.
Snow Day
Did you ever experience a snow day at McMaster? If so, how did you spend your day? If you didn't how would you spend a snow day?
LOVE
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Would you Rather
Would you rather travel 500 years in the future or 500 years in the past? What is the reason for your answer?
QUESTIONS
If you could ask the QOTW members any question what would you ask and why?
CURRENT EVENTS
What news story are you currently following and why?
REFLECTION
Another Year of Questions: The QOTW 2018 Report
FAVOURITES
What was your favourite song, book, person, and event of 2018? Answer one, or two, or all!
Seasons
What is your favourite season and why?
Life Experiences
What is something that you wished you had done or participated in in your youth?
Preservation
What is one aspect of the world you wouldn't want to protect?
FOOD
If you only had one week to live and could choose two foods to eat, what would they be?
Home
Have you lived in Hamilton since graduation or did you move away?
Charity
What is your favourite charity and why?
Money Advice
What is the best advice you've received for saving money?
ACTS OF KINDNESS
What is the kindest gesture/action anyone has done for you?
Life
What is the most difficult time you've ever had in your life and how did you handle it?
Life
What makes you feel most fortunate?
Entertainment
What is the most binge-worthy TV series you would recommend watching on a rainy weekend?
Shoulda-Coulda-Woulda
What is a life experience you missed?
Travel
What travel destination were you most pleasantly surprised by?
Careers
What is your dream job?
Parenting
What's your advice to be a good parent?
Problems
What is your best solution to dealing with a difficult colleague?
Internet
Do you view social media as a net positive or negative for society?
Thoughts
What is one thing you believed as a child that you found out later wasn't true?
Travel
What is the most beautiful place in Canada?
Stranded
Three songs, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island?
McMaster Memories
What's your most enduring memory of your time at Mac?
FILM
What is the most overrated movie you have seen?
Technology
How will artificial intelligence impact social order?
Vacation
What is the best road trip you have ever taken?
Time
We're halfway through the year. What do you want to accomplish by the end of 2018?
Let's chat
If you could have dinner with anyone in the world who would you choose and why?
Reflections
What is your earliest memory as a child?
Career Advice
If there is one thing you know now that you wish you knew earlier in your career, what would it be?
Blast off
If you could travel in space, where would you want to go?
Books!
What book would you recommend for a summer reading list?
words
If you had to wear your personal mantra on a shirt all day, what would it say?
Hahaha
What is your favourite joke?
I don't know
What is a question you'd like to know the answer to?
Career
If your career isn't obviously in your field of study, how do you find you use your degree?
Travel
What unexpected destination should be on my travel bucket list?
Wisdom
What are the words you live by?
Yummy!
What is your favourite pizza topping? Pineapple, yes or no?
Music
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?
Friends
Were you lucky enough to have a best friend growing up and if so, are you still in touch?
appreciation
What aspect of the natural world affects you most deeply in a spiritual sense?
Earthlings!
If an alien landed on earth without any prior knowledge of earth, what is something you would tell it about our planet, our people, our life?
Change
What was a pivotal turning point in your life?
Meemmmmories
What is your most vivid memory of McMaster?
before i die
Share an item on your bucket list. Why is it on your list?
valentine's day
What is a unique trait that you treasure in a friend or partner?
Hindsight 20/20
If you could have a 'do-over', what if anything would you change about your life?
Pick your Fave
Who is your favourite artist and why?
People power
Share someone other than a family member who had a significant impact on the person you've become.
Reflections
What was your biggest accomplishment or regret of 2017?
Year in Review
2017: A Year of Questions
Life-changing learning
What is something you learned this year that made your life better?
!@#$%
What is your most inconsequential pet peeve?
Priceless
What is a treasured possession of yours that would have little or no value for someone else?
Free cheer
What is a non-commercial holiday gift or activity you'd recommend to others?
What's in a word
What does philanthropy mean to you, personally?
True Talent
What is a skill you possess that you are most proud of?
love / hate
What is one thing you can't stand that other people seem to love?
Overnight Improvements
If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?
Career advice
What is the best interview question you've asked or been asked?
Mortifying missteps
What is your most embarrassing career moment?
Answers to come
What is a question you would like to know the answer to?
Photo Array
What is your favourite photo on your phone or computer?
Reliving our youth
Would you go back to first-year if you could?
Music of note
What is the best concert you've attended?
Ducks 'n stuff
What is your favourite memory from this summer?
If I had 500 dollars
If you had $500 extra you had to spend, what would you buy?
Moon & Sun
What are your solar eclipse memories or plans?
Alma Maters
How would you describe McMaster?
Gripes!
What is something you wish people cared about as much as you do?
Powerful tunes
What is a beautiful song that makes your heart lift when you hear it?
Summer Readin'
What book would you recommend for a summer reading list?
Summer lovin'
What is a carefree summer memory you hold dear?
Canada Day
What is your favourite Canadian thing?
The little things
How are you feeling at this exact moment?
Growing up
What were you afraid of as a new grad that no longer scares you?
Diversions
What fictional character would you bring on a grand adventure?
Linguistics
What is your favourite word?
Hindsight 20/20
What is your best travel mishap story?
Healthy Living
What do you do to find a moment of tranquility?
Green thumb
What is your favourite plant?
helpful advice
What advice would you give yourself when entering university?
Recommendations
What novel tops your list to excite young bibliophiles?
Reflections
What is the best present you've ever received?
Helpful Advice
What would you say to someone having a bad day?
Hive Mind
What's your favourite app?
reflections
What is a mistake - big or small - from you past that you've learned from?
Hypertheticals
What sense would you use to replace another?
Wanderlust
What is a hidden treasure place to visit in a city or place you love?
HELPFUL ADVICE
What is your easiest, most nutritious go-to meal or snack?
CELEBRATING WOMEN
Who is a women in history or popular culture you wish people knew more about?
Current Events
What is one piece of happy or interesting news not related to U.S. politics?
Helpful (or not) advice
What is your best random fact?
Reflections
What is your most or least romantic moment?
Number Crunching
How much do you exercise each week?
Recommendations
What is your favourite podcast or radio show?
Reflections
What is one teeny tiny thing you do to make yourself happy each day?
Philosophical
If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?
Reflections
What have you come to appreciate more as you've grown older?
Helpful advice
What is your best memorization technique?
Happy thoughts
What makes you happiest during the holidays?
Questions Seeking Answers
What is a question you want to know the answer to?
Well-being
What's the best remedy for a bad day?
Numbers
Do you have an aversion to the number 13?
MISINFORMATION
Why do you think misinformation spreads so widely in today’s world?
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