--- title: Neil Gorsuch Was Stumped by Reddit's Duck-Horse Question description: Neil Gorsuch failed to answer whether he would rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck during his confirmation hearing canonical: https://time.com/4708665/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-jeff-flake-horse-duck-reddit/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-21T22:41:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:57:40.861Z article:section: Politics og:title: Neil Gorsuch Asked If He'd Rather Fight Horse-Sized Duck or 100 Duck-Sized Horses og:description: The Supreme Court nominee wasn't expecting that question og:url: https://time.com/4708665/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-jeff-flake-horse-duck-reddit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75c75acf3e6faa1f/6988bf552dce01f42a9ecb8d/gettyimages-633344768.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch Meets Senators On Capitol Hill og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Neil Gorsuch Asked If He'd Rather Fight Horse-Sized Duck or 100 Duck-Sized Horses twitter:description: The Supreme Court nominee wasn't expecting that question twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75c75acf3e6faa1f/6988bf552dce01f42a9ecb8d/gettyimages-633344768.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Senator Asked Neil Gorsuch If He'd Rather Fight a Horse-Sized Duck or 100 Duck-Sized Horses by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 21, 2017 10:41 PM UTC  Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch looks on as Senate Judiciary chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks to reporters before their meeting on Capitol Hill, February 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch looks on as Senate Judiciary chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks to reporters before their meeting on Capitol Hill, February 1, 2017 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 21, 2017 10:41 PM UTC Supreme Court nominee [Neil Gorsuch](http://time.com/4708192/neil-gorsuch-confirmation-maternity-leave-dissertation/) failed to answer the very important question of whether he would rather fight 100 duck-sized horses or one horse-sized duck during his [confirmation hearing](http://time.com/4707901/neil-gorsuch-confirmation-roe-wade/) on Tuesday. The question, asked by Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake on behalf of his teenage son, is typically debated on [Reddit AMAs](https://www.reddit.com/r/tabled/comments/1199av/table%5Fwould%5Fyou%5Frather%5Ffight%5F100%5Fducksized%5Fhorses/), something Gorsuch, who appeared surprised, was not aware of. “I’m very rarely at a loss for words,” Gorsuch said in response. The [question](https://www.reddit.com/r/tabled/comments/1199av/table%5Fwould%5Fyou%5Frather%5Ffight%5F100%5Fducksized%5Fhorses/) has been previously put forth to several notable figures, including former presidential candidate Gary Johnson (horse-sized duck), the writer Nicholas Kristof (horse-sized duck) and the journalist Natalie Morales (100 duck-sized horses). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4708665/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-jeff-flake-horse-duck-reddit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4708665/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-jeff-flake-horse-duck-reddit/"},"headline":"A Senator Asked Neil Gorsuch If He'd Rather Fight a Horse-Sized Duck or 100 Duck-Sized Horses","datePublished":"2017-03-21T22:41:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:57:40.861Z","description":"He wasn't expecting that question","url":"https://time.com/4708665/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-jeff-flake-horse-duck-reddit/","keywords":["Supreme Court","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75c75acf3e6faa1f/6988bf552dce01f42a9ecb8d/gettyimages-633344768.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75c75acf3e6faa1f/6988bf552dce01f42a9ecb8d/gettyimages-633344768.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch Meets Senators On Capitol Hill","caption":"Supreme Court Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch Meets Senators On Capitol Hill","creditText":"Drew Angerer—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/supreme-court/","name":"Supreme Court"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4708665/neil-gorsuch-supreme-court-jeff-flake-horse-duck-reddit/","name":"A Senator Asked Neil Gorsuch If He'd Rather Fight a Horse-Sized Duck or 100 Duck-Sized Horses"}}]}] ```