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Are questions ending in は polite or plain?

As the first answer points out, all of your examples are already polite, but it's because the use of honorific prefixes. As I originally wrote in that first answer's comments, another situation where ...
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Are questions ending in は polite or plain?

This is already polite because of the use the prefix お. This is similar to お[名前]{なまえ}は or お[誕生日]{たんじょうび}は. "What's your name?", "When is your birthday?" ご[出身]{しゅっしん}は ("where ...
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