"peculiar question" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used when asking a strange or odd question that is, at least on the surface, unique or unusual. For example: "What a peculiar question - why do you ask?".
Nadoolman had a peculiar question, he told Yabusaki after introducing himself.
But this still leaves open — indeed, forces — a peculiar question: What does it mean to say that a great writer can't write?
There's also the peculiar question about his decision to flee to Hong Kong, which is, after all, part of the most heavily monitored country on earth.
Mr. Koch died three days later, and among his many legacies is now a peculiar question for Ms. Quinn: how to utilize an endorsement by a popular and influential advocate who also happens to be deceased.
"There are many things we have to work out," says Lori. "It's really a peculiar question".
A year later, with the launch of the Facebook Connect part of the platform, it posed another peculiar question: If we let people log in elsewhere with their Facebook account and bring along their interests and social graphs, could any website become "social"?
A brief selection of peculiar questions recently presented to the courts.
The New Yorker, October 1, 1938 P. 73 A brief selection of peculiar questions recently presented to the courts.
By Joseph P. Pollard The New Yorker, May 6 , 1939P. 74 A brief selection of peculiar questions recently presented to the courts.
The New Yorker, May 6 , 1939P. 74 A brief selection of peculiar questions recently presented to the courts.
There were moments when Maddow made each candidate pick a blank envelope and ask a handful of random peculiar questions.
