what about sb, what is sb like?

[joham]

I ran across the following question:

---_______?
---He's hard-working.
Two of the most likely choices are:
A. What about our new headmaster B. What is our new headmaster like?
The given answer is B. But I would think A is also fine, since it can be used to introduce sb/sth into a conversation.

What do you think of this question?

Thank you very much.

 

[Delmobile]

As a colloquialism, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it, in my opinion, although of course B is more clearly the "correct" answer. "How 'bout them dogs?" is the accepted, if ungrammatical, rallying cry for one of our state universities (the University of Georgia Bulldogs).

Was there a question mark following A in the original?