

“So what do you do for fun?”
If that’s too direct, just mention something fun you did recently and let them decide to respond in kind. If they don’t open up to you like that in the slightest, after you open up to them in such a small way, then you should just take the hint and go talk to someone else.
Is it built by Tesla, Meta, Boeing, or some other American corp?
Nope, nope, nope.