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Siri queries

The following are useful queries that Apple's Siri has successfully answered, or tasks it has completed

Location and Directions

  • Where am I?
  • Where is my wife?
  • Show me {city, state}
  • Show me {street address, city, state}
  • Where is the closest {business name | business type}?
  • Show me {business name | business type} in {city, state}
  • Give me directions to {contact}'s {home | house | work}
  • Give me directions to {business name | business type}

Chemistry

  • How many {protons | electrons | neutrons} does {element} have?
  • What's the chemical formula for {substance common name}?

Biology

  • How many chromosomes do {animal} have?
  • How long do {animal} live?

Statistics, Facts, and Demographics

  • How long do {men, women} live in {location}?
  • What is the population of {location}
  • Who is the president of {country}?
  • What is the capital of {county}?
  • What is the GDP of {country}?

Dictionary

  • What is {word}?
  • Define {word}
  • What is the definition of {word}?
  • Look up {word} in the dictionary
  • What is the crime rate in {location}

Web searches

  • (Google | Wikipedia | Bing | Yahoo) {search term}
  • Search the web for {search term}
  • Find {search term} on the web

Pop culture

  • Who starred in {movie | TV series}?
  • Who wrote {song}?
  • Who wrote {book}?
  • When was {book} written?
  • When did the movie {movie} come out?

Nutrition

  • How many calories are there in a {food item}?

Conversion

  • Search Wolfram Alpha for quote{phrase}end quote in morse code
  • Convert {number}{currency} to {currency}
  • What is {percentage} of {bill amount}? for tipping
  • Calculate {number} divided by {number} to split a bill

Siri

  • Tell me what you can do
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