Reminds me of a physics professor that opened the semester leaning heavily on a door sill and asking students to estimate the force of his pressing action?Force = Mass x Acceleration
The Acceleration involved is about 9.8m/S (1g) The mass involved is a bit more complicated requiring knowledge of the mass of the professor and the angle of the lean. It's a pretty cute vector problem that is solvable with some thought.
It's not a trick, not a joke, and not a vector problem.
The formula F = MA is correct.
Irregardless of Mass ... given zero Acceleration the force is zero.
It might be interesting to try the question out on whiz kids you know.