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"Why ask?" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it whenever you want to express surprise about something or to emphasize that you think the person asking you a question should already know the answer. Example: Why ask? You know the answer.
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Why ask for trouble?
Why ask him?
Why? "Ask Naver".
Why ask for the moon?
Why ask this question?" he said.
Why ask it of a novelist?
Yet why ask that particular question?
Never think Why?, ask yourself Why not?".
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Why? asks the interviewer.
"Labiaplasty, why?" asked my vagina.
"Why?" asks his friend.
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