--- title: How Siri Answers Is Jon Snow Dead description: Siri responds to Is Jon Snow Dead. canonical: https://time.com/4289719/siri-is-jon-snow-dead-game-of-thrones/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-11T21:24:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:39.602Z og:title: Here's How Siri Answers 'Is Jon Snow Dead?' og:description: Siri responds to Is Jon Snow Dead. og:url: https://time.com/4289719/siri-is-jon-snow-dead-game-of-thrones/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Siri Answers 'Is Jon Snow Dead?' twitter:description: Siri responds to Is Jon Snow Dead. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's How Siri Answers 'Is Jon Snow Dead?'  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 11, 2016 9:24 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 11, 2016 9:24 PM CUT Trying to catch up on HBO’s [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4251540/game-of-thrones-season-6-trailer-analysis-breakdown/ "undefined")before the sixth season premieres April 24? 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/ "undefined") from Siri, Apple’s voice-command feature for iPhones. Actress Kerry Washington [tweeted](https://twitter.com/kerrywashington/status/719322667409649664 "undefined") 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 "undefined"). 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?”. For more, see [Time.com’s round-up of her funniest quips](http://time.com/4153312/siri-iphone-tricks-tips-jokes/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined").    ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4289719/siri-is-jon-snow-dead-game-of-thrones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4289719/siri-is-jon-snow-dead-game-of-thrones/"},"headline":"Here's How Siri Answers 'Is Jon Snow Dead?'","datePublished":"2016-04-11T21:24:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:39.602Z","description":"Still sassy","url":"https://time.com/4289719/siri-is-jon-snow-dead-game-of-thrones/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Technology"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4289719/siri-is-jon-snow-dead-game-of-thrones/","name":"Here's How Siri Answers 'Is Jon Snow Dead?'"}}]}] ```