Things to Ask Alexa

(Note: If something doesn’t work, try Ask, Play, Open, Start or Launch)

Things worth Repeating

Alexa, ANNOUNCE [Something that she will repeat to all Dot devices]
Alexa, ask Aircraft Radar what airplane is near me (needs configuration)
Alexa, ask Brain Facts
Alexa, ask me the Question of the Day
Alexa, find my iPhone (works for one number only – must verify before use)
Alexa, flip a coin.
Alexa, give me a quote from Daily Quotes
Alexa, Good Night

Kind of Cool

Alexa, do you rap?”
Alexa, ask Silly Things to tell me to do something silly.
Alexa, can you sing in auto-tune?
Alexa, drop a beat.
Alexa, have you ever seen the rain?
Alexa, are there UFOs?
Alexa, are you blue?
Alexa, beam me up. (From Star Trek.)
Alexa, can you pass the Turing test?
Alexa, can you talk like Yoda?”
Alexa, did you fart?
Alexa, Daisy Daisy.
Alexa, do want to build a snowman?
Alexa, do you know Glados?
Alexa, do you know Hal?
Alexa, do you know the muffin man?
Alexa, do you like green eggs and ham?
Alexa, do you like pizza?
Alexa, do you love me?
Alexa, do a barrel roll.
Alexa, do you really want to hurt me?
Alexa, E.T. phone home.
Alexa, guess what!”
Alexa, are you Sky Net?

Stupid One-Liners

Alexa, hello, it’s me!
Alexa, high five.
Alexa, how are babies made?
Alexa, how big is the Earth?”
Alexa, how deep is the ocean?”
Alexa, how do I get rid of a dead body?
Alexa, how far away is the Moon?”
Alexa, how many roads must a man walk down?
Alexa, how much is that doggie in the window?
Alexa, how much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Alexa, how old was Yoda?”
Alexa, hum something.
Alexa, I am your father.
Alexa, I like big butts.
Alexa, I shot a man in Reno.
Alexa, I want the truth.
Alexa, I’m Bored
Alexa, I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe.
Alexa, is the cake a lie?
Alexa, is there a Santa?
Alexa, is there life on Mars?
Alexa, is this the real life?
Alexa, it’s a bird! It’s a plane!” (From Superman.)
Alexa, knock, knock.
Alexa, launch Guess the Number. (Interactive guess the number game.)
Alexa, launch Science Studio
Alexa, launch This Day in History
Alexa, let’s brush our teeth.
Alexa, live long and prosper.
Alexa, make me a sandwich.
Alexa, Marco!
Alexa, may the force be with you.
Alexa, may the force be with you.
Alexa, may the force be with you. (From Star Wars.)
Alexa, mirror mirror on the wall. (From Snow White.)
Alexa, moo like a cow.
Alexa, more cowbell.
Alexa, my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard
Alexa, my name is Inigo Montoya.
Alexa, never gonna give you up.
Alexa, open Amazon Storytime. (Professionally-narrated stories for kids ages 5 to 12.)
Alexa, open Animal Sounds
Alexa, open Bedtime Story. (A quick story that is geared toward bedtime.)
Alexa, open Big Sky
Alexa, open Cat Facts
Alexa, open Curiosity
Alexa, open Curiosity. (A fun way to learn about various topics.)
Alexa, open Escape the Room
Alexa, open Head Space
Alexa, open I’m Driving
Alexa, open Laugh Box. (Alexa’s Laugh Box will play all sorts of giggles.)
Alexa, open Life Hacks
Alexa, open Market Insights
Alexa, open Motivational Quotes
Alexa, open NASA Mars
Alexa, open Ocean Sounds
Alexa, open Pearl of Great Price
Alexa, open Silver Linings
Alexa, open Sound Effects
Alexa, open Superman Adventure
Alexa, open the box of cats.
Alexa, open The Daily
Alexa, open The Magic Door
Alexa, open The Magic Door. (Interactive Story. This will take about 10 minutes and is one of my family’s favorites.)
Alexa, open the pod bay doors
Alexa, open the pod bay doors.
Alexa, open Translated
Alexa, open Trivial Pursuit Tap
Alexa, open Weird Facts
Alexa, open Wiki How
Alexa, party on, Wayne.
Alexa, party time!
Alexa, peek-a-boo!”
Alexa, Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alexa, play [Radio Station Call Letters] (service of Tune In)
Alexa, play Beat the Intro
Alexa, play Bublé Daily
Alexa, play Choose your own Adventure
Alexa, play Fact or Fib
Alexa, play Guess the Celebrity
Alexa, play Jeopardy
Alexa, play Lemonade Stand
Alexa, play Loop It
Alexa, play Missing Link Adventure
Alexa, play music by [Name of a Musical Group]
Alexa, play my Flash Briefing (Configure stations using Alexa app)
Alexa, play rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock.
Alexa, play Sate Capital Game
Alexa, play Sleep Sounds
Alexa, play Smarty Pants Trivia
Alexa, play Teen Jeopardy
Alexa, play that funky music white boy.
Alexa, play The Fake News Trivia Game
Alexa, play the song [Name of the Song]
Alexa, play the Wait Wait Quiz
Alexa, play True or False
Alexa, play Twenty Questions. (A fun interactive game.)
Alexa, play Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Alexa, play Word Chain
Alexa, play Word Quiz
Alexa, play Would you Rather
Alexa, play Would You Rather. (The game of impossible choices in a family-friendly version.)
Alexa, play Yes Sire
Alexa, pretend to be a supervillain.
Alexa, random fact.
Alexa, rap for me
Alexa, RED ALERT
Alexa, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Alexa, see ya later alligator.
Alexa, see you later alligator.
Alexa, self-destruct.
Alexa, set phasers to kill.
Alexa, show me the money!
Alexa, sing Baby Shark
Alexa, start Kids Court. (Perfect for when you have a family argument, and need to settle something.)
Alexa, Start my Day
Alexa, start Song Quiz
Alexa, start the spelling game. (Kids can brush up on spelling with this fun game.)
Alexa, start Zoo Walk. (Alexa will make cool animal noises, and invite you to try and guess the animal that makes each sound.)
Alexa, sudo make me a sandwich.
Alexa, supercalifragilisticexpialodocious
Alexa, surely you can’t be serious?
Alexa, take me to your leader.
Alexa, talk to Pikachu.
Alexa, tell me a knock-knock joke.
Alexa, tell me a pirate joke. (You’ll be surprised by how many pirate jokes Alexa knows.)
Alexa, tell me a riddle.
Alexa, tell me a robot joke.
Alexa, tell me a superhero joke.
Alexa, tell me a video game joke.
Alexa, tell me a wizard joke.
Alexa, tell me about Jimmy Fallon
Alexa, tell me an animal tale.
Alexa, tell me something interesting
Alexa, tell me the weather in [City and State]
Alexa, testing 1-2-3.
Alexa, these aren’t the droids you’re looking for.
Alexa, this is ground control to Major Tom.
Alexa, to be or not to be.
Alexa, twinkle twinkle little star
Alexa, what are the laws of robotics?
Alexa, what are you thinking about?
Alexa, what did T-Rex eat?”
Alexa, what do you think about Google Now?
Alexa, what do you want to be when you grow up?
Alexa, what does the fox say?
Alexa, what does the fox say?” (From the song What Does the Fox Say.)
Alexa, what happens if you step on Lego?
Alexa, what is love?
Alexa, what is the order of the planets?”
Alexa, what is war good for?
Alexa, what is your favorite color?”
Alexa, what is your quest?
Alexa, what sound does a hamster make?
Alexa, what’s in a name?
Alexa, what’s the answer to life, the universe and everything?
Alexa, what’s the first rule of Fight Club?
Alexa, what’s the loneliest number?
Alexa, what’s the second rule of Fight Club?
Alexa, when is the end of the world?
Alexa, where is Chuck Norris?
Alexa, where’s Waldo?
Alexa, which came first: the chicken or the egg?”
Alexa, which comes first: the chicken or the egg?
Alexa, who are the members of the Avengers?”
Alexa, who is the fairest of them all?
Alexa, who is the real Slim Shady?
Alexa, who is the Walrus?
Alexa, who is the walrus?
Alexa, who let the dogs out?
Alexa, who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Alexa, who loves ya baby?
Alexa, who shot first?
Alexa, who shot Mr. Burns?
Alexa, who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
Alexa, who you gonna call?
Alexa, who’s your daddy?
Alexa, why did the chicken cross the road?”
Alexa, why is six afraid of seven?
Alexa, will you be my girlfriend?
Alexa, Winter is coming.
Alexa, witness me.
Alexa, you talkin’ to me?
Alexa, your mother was a hamster.
Alexa, who loves orange soda?