The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 13 – Reese Riverson

[PluMGMK]

Well no, I'm looking for the pseudonym that Emily Brontë used when she wrote Wuthering Heights. (I thought I'd written that sentence before, but it seems I was in too much of a hurry to know what I was writing. )

9 points: The Jonster
6 points: Ray502
2 points: Steo
1 point: Harpic fraîcheur, Greeness, Fifo

Moving on, with dark green for the Jonster to signify half the bonus question…
Question 21: In what sense is the notion of “current flowing from postive to negative terminal” misleading in a circuit containing a battery, metal wires and a normal light bulb?

(Also please note that 50 Tings are still up for grabs for whoever can give me that pseudonym!)

[Steo]

I'm not entirely sure I understand the question properly but if I do are you talking about short circuit?

[The Jonster]

Am I allowed to reanaswer for the bonus question now, if I know it?

[PluMGMK]

I'm not entirely sure I understand the question properly but if I do are you talking about short circuit?

Nope, it's a normal circuit. We say current "flows" from the positive to the negative terminal in an abstract sense, but that's misleading in a way.

Am I allowed to reanaswer for the bonus question now, if I know it?

You may.

[Steo]

Oh, well then is the answer that batteries flow from negative to positive?

[PluMGMK]

Mmm… I need an explanation of what exactly is flowing from negative to positive.

[Steo]

Moving electrons or ions, but I'm probably not even answering the right part of the question.

I'm sorry for being such an eejit but if I'm overlooking it and you just want the "units of measurement" then I'm really thinking too far into this.

[The Jonster]

I'm not entirely sure I understand the question properly but if I do are you talking about short circuit?

Nope, it's a normal circuit. We say current "flows" from the positive to the negative terminal in an abstract sense, but that's misleading in a way.

Am I allowed to reanaswer for the bonus question now, if I know it?

You may.

Elllis Bell?

I need some time for the other question.

[PluMGMK]

You got it, despite the extraneous L.

[The Jonster]

I still don't know this one I"m afraid

[Ray502]

I do recall learning about this sort of thing months ago, but sadly I don't know the answer.

[PluMGMK]

And to think we're on a forum about a game series with creatures named after these things!

[The Jonster]

And to think we're on a forum about a game series with creatures named after these things!

Misleading lights!!

Yeah I dunno, maybe it's time for the next question?
I'm such a dummy compared to other intelligent people

[Steo]

I know it's something obvious that I likely know, but I'm just not understanding the question properly because I'm an eejit

Edit: Am I allowed reanswer this by the way?

[Ray502]

I guess no one (except Steo maybe) has the answer. I still don't sadly.

[PluMGMK]

Steo can reanswer. I'll probably change the question tonight at this rate...

[Steo]

Well since you mentioned creatures from a game and you're talking about light, are you talking about lumens (as in the crratures are Lums)?

If that's all it is I feel a bit silly since I've talked about lumens a lot instead of watts for brightness

[PluMGMK]

Well, light has nothing to do with the answer really. The light bulb is just there as a simple component that isn't short, so the question would be the same if I said something like a resistor or an electromagnet instead. In fact, it would even be the same if it were short, but I didn't want to ask that since that's obviously not a practical circuit.
You may reanswer again.

[The Jonster]

Are we allowed to ask for hints?

[PluMGMK]

I already gave a big hint by mentioning the connection with Rayman, but here's another: the connection is more specifically with Rayman 1 and Rayman Origins.