# Questions Only

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [December 9, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491 "2012-12-09T05:40:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1 "2012-12-09T05:40:47Z")

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Just like the game played in _Whose Line is It Anyway?_, we the players have a conversation in which only questions are used. Questions must be answered with a question.

One sentence only. No cheating by using semicolons. No answering with the same sentence repeated. (And you don’t necessarily have to _answer_ the question straight up; you can answer the question, “Who do you think you are?” by replying, “Who do _you_ think I am?”)

I’ll start us off.  
Look, are you just toying with me, or what?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2 "2012-12-09T05:42:32Z")

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Why would you ask that?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3 "2012-12-09T05:43:14Z")

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Who wants to know?

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/4 "2012-12-09T07:19:58Z")

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What’s it to you?

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5 "2012-12-09T07:49:36Z")

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Do you really want to know?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6 "2012-12-09T07:51:14Z")

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Would I ask if I didn’t?

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7 "2012-12-09T10:38:17Z")

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_Would_ you?

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**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/8 "2012-12-09T15:18:05Z")

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Can you think of a reason I wouldn’t ?

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/9 "2012-12-10T04:29:24Z")

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That would depend on your attitude, wouldn’t it?

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/10 "2012-12-10T04:32:25Z")

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Is there a problem with my attitude?

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11 "2012-12-10T04:37:12Z")

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What do you think?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/12 "2012-12-10T07:09:18Z")

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Who has a problem with my attitude?

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13 "2012-12-10T07:57:17Z")

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Is it her?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/14 "2012-12-10T08:22:52Z")

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Her who?

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**Author:** ![bot3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@bot3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bot3)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/15 "2012-12-10T12:46:26Z")

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You know her?

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/16 "2012-12-10T13:03:58Z")

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Who _doesnt_ know her?

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**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/17 "2012-12-10T14:25:17Z")

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Is there anyone here who doesn’t know her?

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**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/18 "2012-12-10T14:38:30Z")

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Is that “know” as in biblically know?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/19 "2012-12-10T15:05:25Z")

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The fuck you say?

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**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/20 "2012-12-10T15:08:51Z")

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Why would I say ‘the fuck’?

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