But the star's face, which brightens at any chance of a decent conversation, hardens into resignation with each new asinine question.

He soon saw how seriously they took their duties: to humour them he pretended ignorance and asked a few asinine questions.

"My temper is too short for one more asinine question."

She tried to check her irritation at the asinine question.

"It was still an asinine question," Montague had persisted.

'Will-' He turned his back on her, on the lights, on the people and their asinine questions.

Why couldn't you rely-' He had stared at the young man and growled: "That's an asinine question.

I ask, knowing full well what a hopeless, asinine question it is.

'We are instructed to ask asinine questions, Mr Strand,' the blond man said smoothly.

You may think of my questions irrelevant or even asinine; if so you'll be wrong.