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Well, you won’t get a straight answer to [“Is Jon Snow dead?”](http://time.com/3920690/game-of-thrones-recap-mothers-mercy-season-5-episode-10/) from Siri, Apple’s voice-command feature for iPhones. Actress Kerry Washington [tweeted](https://twitter.com/kerrywashington/status/719322667409649664) a screenshot of one of the robot’s cheeky answers to this question on Sunday night. Siri’s answer references Ghost, Jon Snow’s [direwolf pup](http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Ghost). If asked again, she might respond with other references from the show—or even joke about computers. > [](https://twitter.com/kerrywashington/status/719322667409649664) Siri has been known for her sassy responses to jokey or existential questions like “What is zero divided by zero?” and “Are you real?”. 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