# The question game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 29, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911 "2008-11-29T09:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JollyGoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@JollyGoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JollyGoon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/1 "2008-11-29T09:55:41Z")
This is a game inspired by the show _whose line is it, anyway?_. I’m an English as a Foreign Language teacher in Indonesia and students always get a kick playing this game. It takes a quick wit to keep it going, and with the collective wit of the Dope, it might prove to be quite fun here. Put simply this game is one in which people must make a (somewhat) coherent conversation using questions only. **Rules:** **1. You must respond with a question.** (hence the name of the game :D) **2. Question tags aren’t allowed**. Example: a: why are you leaving? b: It’s none of your business, isn’t it? a: Though it would be nice to know where you were heading, wouldn’t it? **3. Your question must be posed to the asker of the previous question, not to anyone else on the sidelines.** **4. Your question must be relevant to the previous question.** If the relevance is not that obvious do give an explanation. Use your good judgement, please. **5. Anyone can respond to a question.** It doesn’t have to go back and forth. **6. Please post your question in bold.** **7. The last question wins.** And the winner is entitled to 10,000 points. **8. The points don’t matter. 😃** Okay, so let’s say the setting is a barbeque at Uncle Cecil’s. I’ll open with the question: **What took you so long?** ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/2 "2008-11-29T09:56:31Z")
**Did you think I wouldn’t show up?** ---
**Author:** ![JollyGoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@JollyGoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JollyGoon)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/3 "2008-11-29T10:11:08Z")
**Well, how long does it usually take to buy more ice?** ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/4 "2008-11-29T10:13:46Z")
Why are you naked? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/5 "2008-11-29T11:33:55Z")
**Did you not read the invite?** ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/6 "2008-11-29T14:23:22Z")
**Was it written in English?** ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/7 "2008-11-29T14:25:03Z")
Aren’t all invitations to the White House written in English? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/8 "2008-11-29T15:02:07Z")
**Is this really the White House?** ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/9 "2008-11-29T15:11:34Z")
**Can’t you see Naked President Bush right there?** ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/10 "2008-11-29T15:13:04Z")
You mean the fat bald guy? ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/11 "2008-11-29T15:16:27Z")
Isn’t that Clive Anderson? ---
**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:** [November 29, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/12 "2008-11-29T15:21:14Z")
Isn’t Colin Mochrie the bald guy? _aside:_ We play this all the time at our house–we’ve kept question sequences going for hours. ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/13 "2008-11-29T15:24:20Z")
**Who invited him?** SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/14 "2008-11-29T16:45:14Z")
Aren’t you disqualified now for answering your own question? ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/15 "2008-11-29T16:49:57Z")
Who put you in charge? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/16 "2008-11-29T16:53:54Z")
**Can you direct me to the punch bowl?** ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/17 "2008-11-29T17:20:48Z")
Haven’t you seen that play by Tom Stoppard? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/18 "2008-11-29T17:23:56Z")
**Are you flirting with me?** ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/19 "2008-11-29T17:32:08Z")
**Do you want me to be flirting with you?** ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/20 "2008-11-29T19:04:26Z")
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