Important Trivia Question
The question is this:
Who invented electricity?
For the record, there is only one correct answer, and there is no debating it.
The person who buzzes in first and answers the question correctly wins five hundred bazillion Trivia Geek points.
* Update * Don't you people know? Haven't you heard that Muddy Waters invented 'lectricity? Yer all a buncha heathens.(Well, except for Matt and Rick, that is, since they were the only ones to get it right).
By the way, you need to own this CD. You really do.
Nobody invented electricity - it was discovered.
Iff'n I don't get the trivia geek points, I surely manage half a dozen pedantic prick points.
Wrong!
Next guess!
God?
Otherwise the answer is Ben Franklin, who discovered it...
Sir Humphrey Davy?
Nobody invented electricity.
It just is.
(But "Who" invented "Tommy")
Dowingba beat me to my first answer. Ampere? Volta?
Tesla!
Actually, the only correct undebateable answer is "No". Who didn't invent electricity.
Man. You guys are so lame.
Come on now. Who invented electricity?
No.
You're pissing us off Esmay!!!!
Uh ... I have to say God. Or ... Supreme Being Who Knows All Things ... whatever.
Captain Beefheart! With an able assist from Ry Cooder.
Um, since this is Dean's World--
Dean Esmay?
YOU GUYS SUCK!!!!
Who invented electricity??????
William Gilbert? Although I think he'd more accurately be called the inventor of magnetism.
How about Charles Du Fay? He's the one who invented the word "electricty".
My last choice would be Stephen Gray, who discovered that electricity could flow.
Al Gore?
Come on guys. He's from the Delta.
You must know it!
Bob Dole?
He's from Delta? I thought they had a mandatory retirement age.
Muddy Waters?
Well, according to Landover Baptist, it was Allen Carson. ;-)
Muddy Waters
Oh that ws guessed already
I thought I'd cheat on this so I googled - "invented electricity" - and the number two hit was Jamie Lee Curtis NUDE!!!. Sounds good to me.
Well, this a lot like saying who invented oxygen.
Thomas Edison had a lot to do with the discovery of ways to harness electricty and utilized it. But you can look back to Egyptians using batteries to electroplate jewelry.
Dean must have gotten out his video tape of "Crossroads" again The movie was a rehash of the karatie kid but the Scene at the end with the duel between Steven Vie and Ry Cooder was worth the price of a copy at the closeout bin.
Thor. Zeus. Perun. Hiiaka.
All of the above are right. But I'm surprised no one has mentioned Galvani.
good job dean I'm proud of your little electricity was invented game.
The first scientific study of electricity did not appear until 1600, when William Gilbert published research that used the word "electric" to mean what happens when things are rubbed together.
But you're obviously going for something else. I'm stumped
Muddy Waters is the obvious answer Dean was looking for. I liked my answer of "No" much better, personally.
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That said,
- Delta? But not necessarily our delta--directing the search to ancient Egypt...or China?
- Is this anything like "How long is a Chinese name?
- Is it really who invented the name electricity?
Nota bene: For anyone so inclined, I give a 4 star recommendation to the recent book "Empires of Light"
I vote for Pikachu.
The first answer was the correct one. It's not possible to invent something which exists naturally.
The person who normally gets credit is Edison but he did NOT invent electricity.
Nope. The real question is why did they invent it!?
The answer is obvious: Kathy Bates.
Dean is just trying to piss us all off. He's sitting at his computer right now laughing his face off.
No, he's writing me a check for five hundred bazillion Trivia Geek Points, and signing it "Ben Franklin's the Devil!"
I am going to guess the Sumerians.
http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_11.htm
"I am going to guess the Sumerians.
http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_11.htm"
Looks like something they'd us in present day iraq.
electricity existed from the beginning of the universe, once there were electrons and protons, BLAM! there was electricity. It was a shocking moment!
I'm not sure if Dean is being sadistic or he forgot to give the answer before he fell asleep.
Answer is : Muddy Waters
Geek Points awarded to Matt.
is it Al gore? *Andrew says not satisfied with Rosemary's answer*
Sorry, but it really was discovered. It's like asking who invented atoms.
An answer like "Muddy Waters" warrants an explanation, no?
What?
Is that who invented electricity, or an accurate summary of this whole thread?
What no geek points for mentioning Crossroads?
How about this for double secrete probation geek points. The guy who invented electricity was really Charlie Christian, Muddy just popularized it.
You win your double secret probation geek points, Rick. You can collect them at the front office.
And Mike, Ben Franklin IS the devil!!!!
As for those of you who don'believe that Muddy Waters invented electricity, just go buy this CD, and you will be enlightened. If you have a soul, anyway.