I'm with you man. Your line of reasoning, as I espoused earlier, is the only one that makes sense. We are responsible and that is completely independent of anything said in the coaches' meeting.
So why ask the questions. Get in. Get out. Get done.
If you have been instructed to ask a particular set of questions and it is important to your evaluation, then do so. I would recommend doing it just like a ploliceman does for the Miranda rights, read them off of a card. (let everyone know just how important it is that you get every word correct.) Appologize
and "Get done."