Quiz Phrases

Phrases

• A big ask
• A child is an island of curiosity surrounded by a sea of question marks (Shell advertising slogan)
• A loaded question
• Acid test
• Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer
• Ask after
• Ask and you shall receive
• Ask around
• Ask for the moon
• Ask me another
• Ask no odds
• Ask no questions and hear no lies
• Ask not for whom the bell tolls it tolls for thee
• Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country
• Ask out
• Ask the Man who Owns One (Packard advertising slogan)
• Beg the question
• Bernie, the bolt (A catchphrase from The Golden Shot)
• Call into question
• Can I have a 'p' please, bob (A catchphrase from Blockbusters)
• Don't ask me
• Don't be vague, ask for Haig (Haig Scotch advertising slogan)
• Don't get vexed, ask Teletext (Teletext advertising slogan)
• Don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars (line from the movie Now, Voyager)
• Double blind test
• Dryest gin in town. Ask any Martini (Seagram's Gin advertising slogan)
• Duck the question
• Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask (David Reuben book)
• Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask (Woody Allen movie)
• Frequently asked question
• Funny you should ask
• Have you any last requests? (humorous question asked as though a person was about to be killed)

• I ask you
• I've started so I'll finish (A catchphrase from Mastermind)
• If you ask me
• If you have to ask the price you can't afford it (Rolls Royce slogan)
• Is that your final answer? (A catchphrase from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?)
• Just a question of time
• Leading question
• Litmus test
• Open the box (A catchphrase from Take Your Pick)
• Out of the question
• Phone a friend (A catchphrase from Who Wants to be a Millionaire)
• Play softball (A baseball expression meaning to ask easy questions)
• Pop the question
• Put to the test
• Shoot first, ask questions later
• Tastes so good cats ask for it by name (Meow Mix Cat food advertising slogan)
• Test bed
• Test of faith
• Test the water
• Test tube baby
• The Final Countdown (song by the Swedish band Europe)
• The answer's yes. Now what's the question? (Unipart advertising slogan)
• The sixty-four thousand dollar question
• There are two sides to every question
• To be or not to be: that is the question (from a Hamlet by Shakespeare)
• Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty? (ABBA lyric)
• Who lives in a house like this? (A catchphrase from Through the Keyhole)
• Why ask why? Try Bud Dry (Budweiser Earl advertising slogan)
• Without question
• You are the weakest link, goodbye (A catchphrase from The Weakest Link)
• You gotta ask yourself, do I feel lucky, well do ya punk? (Dirty Harry)
• Your starter for ten (A catchphrase from University Challenge)