I think it's a very valid question, contrary to what other's have said. It's basically "How can you have interesting and useful answers to questions that are not interesting, if the number of upvotes is an indicator of the interest level?". It might also be: "How am I supposed to boost my reputation when nobody upvotes my questions, even if the answers get upvoted?". 

Should the question upvotes be calculated based on the votes given to the answers?  It seems to some extent, intentional or not, if you want to get rep, you do it by answering questions, not asking them.