# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/441 "2008-12-19T19:47:06Z")
Will you ask me nicely? ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/442 "2008-12-19T22:14:28Z")
Don’t you have to earn niceness? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/443 "2008-12-19T22:42:58Z")
I thought that was respect? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/444 "2008-12-19T23:15:32Z")
Wasn’t that by Aretha Franklin? ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/445 "2008-12-19T23:31:40Z")
Do you think it was? ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/446 "2008-12-19T23:40:02Z")
Am i supposed to believe it wasn’t? ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/447 "2008-12-20T00:21:06Z")
Where is she anyway? ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/448 "2008-12-20T01:00:29Z")
Am i supposed to lie? ---
**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:** [December 20, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/449 "2008-12-20T01:07:19Z")
Shall I check the rules? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/450 "2008-12-20T01:27:02Z")
She still lives in the Detroit area, doesn’t she? ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/451 "2008-12-20T01:32:47Z")
Doesn’t she live in the West Side Arms, just above Mrs. O’Leary and her dog Spottiwots? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/452 "2008-12-20T03:06:55Z")
Am I the only person who doesn’t know who that is? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/453 "2008-12-20T03:36:36Z")
Is she still alive? ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/454 "2008-12-20T04:02:11Z")
Does she still take her pills? ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/455 "2008-12-20T04:44:16Z")
Why, are you afraid there won’t be enough left for you? ---
**Author:** ![timbicile59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@timbicile59](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timbicile59)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/456 "2008-12-20T05:10:31Z")
What do you mean by lives? ---
**Author:** ![TheVioletCreep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TheVioletCreep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheVioletCreep)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/457 "2008-12-20T05:10:34Z")
Don’t you know I only need seventeen? ---
**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:** [December 20, 2008, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/458 "2008-12-20T10:36:45Z")
Can anyone make oblique Janis Ian references? It’s a good song, but really? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/459 "2008-12-20T14:53:20Z")
Why would anyone think Janis Ian had any good songs? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-game/474911/460 "2008-12-20T15:32:56Z")
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