Rhetorical question

A Rhetorical Question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is

asked in order to make a point, rather than to elicit an answer.[1] Though classically
stated as a proper question, such a rhetorical device may be posed declaratively by
implying a question, and therefore may not always require a question mark when
written. Though a rhetorical question does not require a direct answer, in many cases
it may be intended to start a discussion or at least draw an acknowledgement that the
listener understands the intended message.
A common example is the question "Can't you do anything right?" This
question, when posed, is intended not to ask about the listener's abilities, but rather
to insinuate a lack of the listener's abilities.
Although sometimes amusing and even humorous, rhetorical questions are
rarely meant for pure, comedic effect.

Rhetorical questions as metaphors

One common form is where a rhetorical question is used as a metaphor for a
question already asked. There are more examples that may be found in the
song Maria from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The Sound of Music,
in which the How do you solve a problem like Maria? is repeatedly answered with
another question: How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?, How do you keep a
wave upon the sand? and How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand? These
responses may be taken as asserting that "the problem of Maria" cannot be solved;
and furthermore the choice of cloud, wave and moonbeam as metaphors for Maria
give insight into her character and the nature of the problem.
In the vernacular, this form of rhetorical question is most often seen
as rhetorical affirmation, where the certainty or obviousness of the answer to a
question is expressed by asking another, often humorous, question for which the
answer is equally obvious; popular examples include "Does a bear shit in the
woods?" Is the sky blue? and Is the Pope Catholic?

http://rhetoric.byu.edu/figures/R/rhetorical%20questions.htm
http://www.whitesmoke.com/question-mark-usage#rhe