Question

which question would produce categorical data for which assigning numbers to the categories would be meaningful?
how likely are you to recommend this product?
what is your favorite sports team?
how many different jobs have you held?
what inspires or motivates you to work hard?

Explanation:

Categorical data with meaningful number - assignment often involves ordinal categories. "How likely are you to recommend this product?" can have categories like "not at all likely", "somewhat likely", "very likely" which can be assigned numbers (e.g., 1, 2, 3) in an ordinal way to represent a scale of likelihood. The other questions either produce non - ordinal categorical data ("What is your favorite sports team?") or numerical data ("How many different jobs have you held?") or open - ended non - categorical data ("What inspires or motivates you to work hard?").

Answer:

How likely are you to recommend this product?