Rhetorical Question Blunder/Quotes

"Stephen Fry: And to General Ignorance, where we ask Alan Davies...is this a rhetorical question? Alan Davies: (hesitantly) No. Stephen Fry: Quite right."
 * awkward pause*
 * another pause*

- QI

"Clive Anderson: What's the point of rhetorical questions?"

- QI

"Reg: And what have [the Romans] ever given us in return? Xerxes: ...The aqueduct? Reg: What? Xerxes: The aqueduct. Reg: Oh yeah, yeah they gave us that. Yeah. That's true. Masked Commando: And the sanitation! Reg: All right... But apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? Xerxes: ...Brought peace. Reg: Oh, peace... Shut up!"
 * Much later**

- Life of Brian

"Mona Simpson: [singing] How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him a man? Homer: Seven. Lisa: No, dad, it's a rhetorical question. Homer: Rhetorical eh? Eight. Lisa: Dad, do you even know what "rhetorical" means? Homer: Do I know what "rhetorical" means?"

- The Simpsons, "Mother Simpson"

"Hobbes: I thought that question was rhetorical. Calvin: The other way, though!"

- Calvin and Hobbes