Answer:
What asks but never answers?
I fly away as soon as you set me loose. People around you may slowly move away once they sense my presence.
What goes up and down, but does not move?
Good memory, skin like the sea. A great beast I am, yet vermin frightens me. What am I?
I have a frame but no picture. I have poles but not standing up
They are many and one, they wave and they drum, Used to cover a state, they go with you everywhere.