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Figure 5-10. Cortana comes programmed to answer hundreds of weird and offbeat queries, including
“Roll the dice” (left), which is great when you’re playing a board game and can’t find the dice, and
“Do you like dogs?” (right). You have to hear her delivery on that one.

Note

The list here won’t ruin the fun, because Cortana has several different comebacks to many of these
questions.

You: “Who’s your daddy?” Cortana: “Technically speaking, that’d be Bill
Gates. No big deal.”

You: “Open the pod bay doors, Hal.” Cortana: “Dave, this conversation can
serve no purpose anymore.”

You: “May the force be with you.” Cortana (British accent): “The force is

with you, young Skywalker, but you are not a Jedi yet.”

You: “Knock knock.” Cortana: “Knock knock. Who’s there? A little old
lady. A little old lady who? I didn’t know you could yodel!”

You: “Roll the dice.” Cortana: “Nine.” (She generates a random roll—and

displays a matching pair of dice—each time.)