It doesn't help you, of course, but if anyone else gets that response, it should be considered a brightly lit and vigorously waving red flag (with no diagonal white stripe, either).
It's perfectly acceptable, of course, for an instructor or other mentor to look at you like you've just asked whether purple or green tastes better with peanut buttered ostrich shoelaces. Some of the questions that can be generated can sound downright confusingly strange, especially if something was lost in translation somewhere. Still, even questions that elicit a head tilt, an eye roll, and a sighed chuckle should be respected, as they indicate a person is thinking and attempting to learn.
Curiosity should never be discouraged, and *especially* not in someone working toward leadership roles. Misunderstandings and misconceptions may take effort to correct or explain, but that's part and parcel to being in leadership or instructing.
(Note, of course, that there is a time and place for curiosity-induced questions, from SB or otherwhere. It may be that such questions may sometimes be beyond the scope of the class or class session, but while an instructor may put off a discussion until after class, they should never fault the questioner for asking or decline to discuss the question.)
