The correct question is usually not, What works?
The tissue in question is usually in the brain.
Our answer to this question is usually "Anything!" And that is the short answer.
The second question is usually: how many students dropped, or were kicked off, the course?
The first question is usually something like, Are you a Jihadist from East or North Africa?
This question is usually a warning; some things will be off-limits.
The best answer to this question is usually glib (something like, "Electability — yes, I'm for it").
This question is usually related to the availability of skills and knowledge to overcome the technical problems involved.
The question is usually functional, like "how does nature adhere" or "how does nature create colour through pigments".
Insisting on an answer to this sort of question is usually a mistake: Phillips's best poems offer impressions, not epigrams.
The question is usually applied to foreign affairs, where the president is routinely criticised for trashing traditional alliances.
