I love it -- the question posed is one which is very old and was considered a "wise" thing to understand .
Full scale, basic flight school had to impress on the student the fact that attitude influenced airspeed.
After all , the main requirement for being a pilot was that the student could afford it.
Piloting a full scale aircraft became a skill you bought - not a talent one was born with.
Many "trick" questions evolved.
Most were pretty much an annoyance.
My favorite was , " do flaps add lift?"