How to Use Peter Answers: 8 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow (2024)

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   Visit Peter Answers. There you'll see two text boxes: "Petition" and "Question."^[1]

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   Ask someone for a question. This is what you'll ask Peter.^[2]

   • If you already know the answer, proceed to the next step.
   • If it's a question you don't know the answer to, you can ask them for the answer, telling them that if they say the question and answer out loud, Peter will hear them with his psychic powers. If you don't know the answer, you won't be able to follow the next step, and Peter will answer with a very generic statement like "You shall not doubt of me at all, keep trusting on me and soon I'll answer." In other words, the trick won't work!

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   In the petition box, press . and then type the answer. Pressing the period key will clue the site into the fact that you're typing the secret answer, causing each letter you type to appear as part of the phrase, “Peter, please answer the following question.” Since, for this example, the question will be “Why is wikiHow the best website?”, we will now type, “.Because it is a group effort” into the petition box.^[3]

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   Press . repeatedly until you reach a logical break in the automated question. In our example, the secret response only takes us as far as “Peter, please answer the foll”; to get the phrase to say “Peter, please answer the foll

   owing

   ,” simply press the period key five more times. The extra periods will not appear in your secret answer.

   • Note that the full question reads “Peter, please answer the following question” – though you're welcome to stop anywhere that makes sense before that.
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   Press: to move the cursor to the question box. This is essential because it signals your secret answer is done. Moreover, without the colon, you will not be able to proceed to the question box.

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   Type the question normally.^[4]

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   Press? to submit the question. You may have to agree to a liability release before you can move to the next step.

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   Watch for Peter's answer. He should display the response that you typed. If your audience doesn't know that you typed in the answer, they will be flabbergasted. You can probably keep them amazed for quite a while as long as they don't start paying close attention to what your fingers are typing.^[5]

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• Peter will accept and display answers that are longer than the petition phrase, but it will be pretty obvious something is up if you continue to type after the screen displays the entire petition phrase. Nothing more will show up once you've reached the end of the phrase.

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• You can also tell your viewers to stare at the screen so that they can correct any spelling errors that you might make.

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• Peter is only as accurate as you are, so if you enter a typo, Peter will answer with a typo, and people will get suspicious pretty quickly. If you think you made a mistake, you can backspace and start again at any point. If you delete all of what you entered, press Clear and start over; remember to enter a period again to signal to Peter that you're entering the answer. (Note that deleting everything you entered is not a good idea because people will wonder why you're erasing a perfectly good petition.)

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