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Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 10:32 pm
by 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. :oops2:)

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!)

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 11:08 pm
by Steo
I'm not entirely sure I understand the question properly but if I do are you talking about short circuit?

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 11:12 pm
by The Jonster
Am I allowed to reanaswer for the bonus question now, if I know it?

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:59 am
by PluMGMK
Steo wrote: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.
The Jonster wrote:Am I allowed to reanaswer for the bonus question now, if I know it?
You may. :P

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:26 pm
by Steo
Oh, well then is the answer that batteries flow from negative to positive?

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:33 pm
by PluMGMK
Mmm… I need an explanation of what exactly is flowing from negative to positive.

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:48 pm
by Steo
Moving electrons or ions, but I'm probably not even answering the right part of the question. :oops2:

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.

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 12:51 pm
by The Jonster
PluMGMK wrote:
Steo wrote: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.
The Jonster wrote:Am I allowed to reanaswer for the bonus question now, if I know it?
You may. :P
Elllis Bell?

I need some time for the other question.

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 2:02 pm
by PluMGMK
You got it, despite the extraneous L. :fou:

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 2:06 pm
by The Jonster
I still don't know this one I"m afraid :oops2:

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:55 am
by Ray502
I do recall learning about this sort of thing months ago, but sadly I don't know the answer. :oops:

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 6:45 am
by PluMGMK
And to think we're on a forum about a game series with creatures named after these things! :P

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:18 pm
by The Jonster
PluMGMK wrote:And to think we're on a forum about a game series with creatures named after these things! :P
Misleading lights!! :oops2: :confus:

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

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 9:30 pm
by 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 :lol:

Edit: Am I allowed reanswer this by the way?

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 3:07 am
by Ray502
I guess no one (except Steo maybe) has the answer. I still don't sadly.

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 6:31 am
by PluMGMK
Steo can reanswer. I'll probably change the question tonight at this rate...

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 12:10 pm
by 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 :fou2:

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2018 8:38 pm
by 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.

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 8:48 pm
by The Jonster
Are we allowed to ask for hints? :)

Re: The Teensies' General Knowledge Quiz – Season 1

Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2018 11:57 pm
by 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. :P