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Gonna jump in here so you teach your kid right:
Cue, pronounced "Q," is the spelling for "time to go on stage or say your line " or in this case, "time to look confused."
Qué is pronounced "K" and is basically Spanish for what, although "por qué?" is "Why?"
I know that because of the old joke about the lady crying at her husband's coffin "Por qué, por qué?" And the coffin opened and said "Butter." But the reference is too old.
Anyway Queue is the last one, it's English English, pronounced "Q" and means people standing in a line, just as all the silent letters are.
I thought queue came from French
Originally, yes.
But in present usage Americans say "line" while Brits say "queue."
I'm not sure about other Anglophone places.
There's a few spellings I apparently have blind spot for. That is definitely one of them.