Questions Only
Pre-1988 (UK TV debut); origin earlier in Chicago/London training
Also known as Only Questions, Questions
Two players perform a scene in which every line of dialogue must be phrased as a question; a player who makes a statement is buzzed out and replaced.
Known for
- Subverts the standard improv rule that questions are lazy — here they are the engine.
- Replacement player takes over the outgoing performer's character to preserve scene continuity.
- Good questions should still advance information, not wimp out; rhetorical questions or 'Are you kidding me?' usually read as weak.
- Featured in nearly every season of Whose Line (UK and US).
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