Sentence examples for surprise question from inspiring English sources

One is the "surprise" question: Would I be surprised if this patient is dead within a year?

The surprise question hinted at support for getting rid of Mr. Hussein, but also pointed to the public debate over why the United States is singling out Iraq when the region has so many repressive governments.

The surprise question ("Would you be surprised if this patient died in the next 12 months?") is a tool to assist in prognostication.

A surprise question?

Bill Maher handed Chris Dodd a smoking fatty during the HuffPost/Yahoo /Slate Candidate Mashup, asking a surprise question about legalizing marijuana.

After a series of moderately engaging moments, Lauer sprang his surprise question, perhaps overstepping his bounds as moderator in the process.

There were no surprise questions, but there were plenty of intelligent questions and they got to respond at length.

For example, in one standing gag, known as the "Mac Attack," Mr. Fugelsang peppers Mr. McEnroe with surprise questions designed to set him off.

Looks like Dad has met his match!Michael Mamas' daughter, Jaya, goes off script with surprise questions in this delightful daughter/father interview.

Once a student had read the complete set of pieces, she was given a surprise six-question quiz, with questions concerning both recollection and inference.

Eventually, to our mutual surprise, a question detains his interest.