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People say that the correct way to ask "what do you like" is なにがすきですか but if I
use すきはなんですか is that still consider grammatically correct? and will people
raise an eyebrow at me?
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Is this still valid すきはなんですか?
好き is an adjective, not a noun, so 「好きは何ですか」 is incorrect. If you really want
to use this order, you can insert もの ('things') and say 「好きなものは何ですか？」'What are
the things you like?'

EDIT: Now that I've thought some more, I have heard 好き used as a noun, but
it's always referred to the general concept of liking things, not specific
things one likes. Thus 「好きは何ですか」would probably be taken as 'What is liking?'
or 'What does it mean to like something?'
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