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Why do you ask?

This is often called a "counter-question" and is used as a device to avoid answering a question.

("There are questions that should be answered with a counter-question." ~Buddha)

Example: Am I smart?

I don't know. Are you?

Alternate Reasons (excuses):

Sometimes a question has to be answered with a question because there's not enough information in the original question for it to be answered.

Sometimes a question is asked in response to a question to direct the mind of the asker in a direction that they just might think for themselves.

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