| Text | Length |
| Show curiosity | 14 |
| Cross-examine | 13 |
| Grill | 5 |
| Set the price at | 16 |
| Put it to | 9 |
| Appeal to | 9 |
| Try to get some answers | 23 |
| One way to learn | 16 |
| "Thought you'd never ___" | 39 |
| Seek to learn | 13 |
| Seek answers | 12 |
| Put to | 6 |
| Look for answers | 16 |
| Try to find out | 15 |
| Suggest, as a price | 19 |
| Stop wondering, perhaps | 23 |
| Solicit responses | 17 |
| Show some curiosity | 19 |
| Pump | 4 |
| Name a price | 12 |
| Inquire about | 13 |
| Be curious | 10 |
| Try to get an answer | 20 |
| Start of a J.F.K. quote | 23 |
| Seek information | 16 |
| Seek clarification | 18 |
| Pose questions | 14 |
| Interview | 9 |
| "Try me!" | 19 |
| "I'll tell you anything" | 38 |
| "Don't ___" | 25 |
| Want to know | 12 |
| Want as a price | 15 |
| Use the reference desk | 22 |
| Set a price | 11 |
| Seek info | 9 |
| Seek enlightenment | 18 |
| Seek an answer | 14 |
| Seek a response from | 20 |
| Request permission, e.g. | 24 |
| Request of | 10 |
| Put in a request | 16 |
| Present a poser | 15 |
| Pose, as a question | 19 |
| Pose a poser | 12 |
| One way to stop wondering | 25 |
| One way to get directions | 25 |
| Make an appeal | 14 |
| Make a request | 14 |
| It doesn't hurt to do it | 28 |
| Find out (about) | 16 |
| Do some grilling | 16 |
| Conduct an interview | 20 |
| Catechize | 9 |
| Beg a favor | 11 |
| "... ___ what you can do for your country" | 52 |
| "___ not what your country . . . " | 44 |
| "___ me if I care" | 28 |
| "___ a stupid question ..." | 37 |
| ''Shoot!'' | 26 |
| What to do if you don't see what you want | 45 |
| Use one of the five W's | 27 |
| Stop wondering | 14 |
| Set the price | 13 |
| Say "What?" | 21 |
| Say "May I?" | 22 |
| Require (of) | 12 |
| Request permission | 18 |
| Pump, in a way | 14 |
| Pump or grill | 13 |
| Propose marriage, e.g. | 22 |
| Propose as a price | 18 |
| Press (for) | 11 |
| Pre-receipt advice, as the homily goes | 38 |
| Pose posers | 11 |
| Pose a riddle | 13 |
| Pose a query | 12 |
| Pop the question, e.g. | 22 |
| Opposite of bid | 15 |
| One way to get what you want | 28 |
| One way to get some answers | 27 |
| Make inquiry | 12 |
| Make an inquiry | 15 |
| Interpellate | 12 |
| Inquire aloud | 13 |
| Grill, maybe | 12 |
| Exhibit curiosity | 17 |
| Emulate Socrates | 16 |
| Don't ___, don't tell (former law) | 42 |
| Be a good journalist | 20 |
| "What would you like to know?" | 40 |
| "That's all I ___" | 32 |
| "Just __" | 19 |
| "Just _____" | 22 |
| "I'm open to questions" | 37 |
| "Go ahead, shoot!" | 28 |
| "Fire away" | 21 |
| "Fawlty Towers" airer | 31 |
| "Don't __" | 24 |
| "Don't __!" | 25 |
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