According to several sources, questions are to socialize, research, inform, or challenge. There is a list of the types of questions you can look up. You can find the types of questions listed at this site. Http://www.rhetoric.byu.edu.
One such technique is known for the rapid-fire questions toward the intended target. The goal is to overwhelm both the target and the people listening. The answer to these questions requires a complex reply. An example you may have witnessed goes by, "Gish Gallop."
The Gish Gallop (rapid-fire) is a technique that overwhelms the intended target with as many arguments or questions as possible. The effectiveness of these techniques cannot be understated. The reason is that they hope you will blindly accept what they say. They hope you will not take the time to verify that the information is (1) accurate or (2) relevant.
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