History Main / IsTheAnswerToThisQuestionYes

* In the '90s ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon, when asked if she's ready to fight alongside the X-Men, Jubilee answered, "Does a mall gal love chili fries?"

* In the comic strip ''Nancy and Hugo'', Nancy is inquiring whether Hugo finds her pretty. He responds with, "Does a leopard have spots?" She takes it as a yes; turns out he was doing biology homework.

'''Jim:''' Well, you learn something new everyday.

** In the Shakespearian ScriptFic short story "The Trials of Tara" by Creator/PaulCornell, one Taran uses "Is the Archimandrite's hat not silly?" As viewers of "The Androids of Tara" will know, [[http://www.stanley115.freeserve.co.uk/images/st--5d19.jpg yes, it is]].

A rhetorical question used in place of "yes" when "yes" is the obvious answer to a given question. The standard form is "Is the sky blue?" with common variants including "Is the Pope Catholic?" or "Does a bear shit in the woods?". Bonus points if [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder someone then points out a relevant exception to the obvious statement]]. A deviant form is to mix two such questions but still pretending the answer is "yes", like "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"

A rhetorical question used in place of "yes" when "yes" is the obvious answer to a given question. The standard form is "Is the sky blue?" with common variants including "Is the Pope Catholic?" or "Does a bear shit in the woods?". Bonus points if [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder someone then points out a relevant exception to the obvious statement]].

* In ''This Boy's Life'', Tobias Wolff uses the variants "Is a bear Catholic?" and "Does the Pope shit in the woods?"

** Susan uses "Does a bear poo in the woods?" in ''Literature/ThiefOfTime'', with a footnote explaining that [[NotInFrontOfTheKid that's what teaching primary school does to you]]. Unfortunately, she asks a former Auditor, who are very LiteralMinded, and the conversation gets derailed.

** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQFFyKthv_s DVD version]] of "The One With the Cheap Wedding Dress", Ross and Joey scare off the woman they're competing over by revealing each other's embarrassing secrets. Not wanting to waste the restraunt table Ross asks Joey if he's hungry and Joey replies with "does a bear shit in the woods?"

* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' had a cartoon in which one bear asks another: "Is the Pope catholic? Does a bear... well I know you do, Angelo." It couldn't be run in newspapers, so no GettingCrapPastTheRadar here.

* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8462437/chapters/26004327 This Gonna Be Good]]'' Harriet Potter plans to visit Neville's home in time to catch the anticipated altercation between his mother and grandmother.

* In ''Series/TheMiddleman'', comic geek Wendy Watson asks "Does ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo kick ass?" Yes. Yes it does.

* In one ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' story, Jughead asks Reggie if he likes money. Reggie replies, "Is there snow at the North Pole?"

* ''Film/LittleGiants'': When Becky asks Kevin if his daughter likes Junior, Kevin asks if [[Franchise/ArchieComics Veronica likes Archie]].

* Sonic in ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' makes use of this: "Is grass green? Is water wet? Do bears hibernate?". In one instance, Sonic was cut off just before the word "hibernate", which makes one wonder if that time they meant to evoke [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a different question involving bears]].

*** "Do mimes make even less sense when you can’t see them?"

* ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'':

** Susan uses "Does a bear poo in the woods?" in ''Discworld/ThiefOfTime'', with a footnote explaining that [[NotInFrontOfTheKid that's what teaching primary school does to you]]. Unfortunately, she asks a former Auditor, who are very LiteralMinded, and the conversation gets derailed.

* The ''Literature/{{Foundation}}'' prequels used "Is the Emperor fat?"