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dsrtaoNo, actually -- is there a name for the specific type of question which poses as a request for esoteric information, but would not have been asked if the obvious answer was correct, and is actually designed as a conversation piece?
E.g.: Which has more hotel rooms - NYC or all of India?
This question is unlikely to come up in casual conversation, and if someone leads with it, it is because the obvious answer -- India, because India has many big cities, NYC is just one of the largest -- is wrong.
It's a standard conversational gambit, and there ought to be a name for it.
E.g.: Which has more hotel rooms - NYC or all of India?
This question is unlikely to come up in casual conversation, and if someone leads with it, it is because the obvious answer -- India, because India has many big cities, NYC is just one of the largest -- is wrong.
It's a standard conversational gambit, and there ought to be a name for it.
