• Fettered monster questions visitor. He asks "Are lambs still being produced?" or the like; i.e. is nature still normal? He must remain fettered till he hears that nature's laws no longer hold. A1074.3
• Fly punished for failing to answer question: is speechless, buzzes and associates with foul things. (Cf. A2426.3.3, A2433.5.2.) A2239.2
• Tabu: questioning supernatural wife. C31.4.1
• Tabu: questioning supernatural husband. C32.2
• Tabu: asking questions. C410
• All questions to be answered, "I don't know". A youth is so advised by his horse. C495.1
• All questions to be answered "Thanks". Youth is so advised by old woman helper. C495.3
• The one compulsory question. Percival must ask the meaning of the strange sights he sees; else the Fisher King will not be healed. C651
• Tabu: to rest sitting or lying until answer to certain question is learned. C735.2.9
• Mirror answers questions. (Cf. D1163, D1323.1.) D1311.2
• Moon (stars) answers questions. D1311.6.1
• Magic cloud answers questions. (Cf. D901.) D1311.6.2
• Sun answers questions. (Cf. D1291.1.) D1311.6.3
• Coconut shell answers questions. Sinks for yes, floats for no. (Cf. D985.1.) D1311.9
• Dead lover sets tasks. If girl does not perform them (or answer his questions) he will carry her off. E212
• Questions to dead are dangerous. E545.5
• Demon occupies oracular artificial head and gives responses to questions. F415
• Dwarfs give riddles and questions to mortals. F451.5.15
• Wise man answers all questions. F645.1
• Dumbness cured by question. F954.2

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• ATU 1833 The Clergyman's Rhetorical Question Misunderstood (previously Application of the Sermon)
• ATU 2011 'Where Have you Been, Goose' Facetious questions and answers built upon the anatomy of an animal
• ATU 2043 'Where is the Warehouse' (previously A game, song, or rhyme composed of questions and answers that lead to the next question
• ATU 922 The Shepherd Substituting for the Clergyman Answers the King's Questions