20 Questions - 6 Score and Akker - Multiball Madness

[BrianBaru]

Samuel Colt

[Hanging Rook]

William Tecumseh Sherman?

Nope... Was the tank named after him or something along those lines?

a tank, a necktie but I chose him for the Sherman statement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shermanesque_statement

[Hanging Rook]

Benedict Arnold?

[Hanging Rook]

Benedict Arnold?

Sry he was already guessed

[Octavious]

Robert Fulton

Nope...

[Octavious]

Samuel Colt

Alas, no

[BrianBaru]

John Chapman "Johnny Appleseed"

[BrianBaru]

Samuel Wilson "Uncle Sam"

[damo666]

I like both those answers

[Octavious]

John Chapman "Johnny Appleseed"

Nope

[Octavious]

Samuel Wilson "Uncle Sam"

And no

[Octavious]

I like both those answers

I confess I'd never heard of John Chapman, and had no idea Uncle Sam was a real person

Every day's a school day

[Jamiet99uk]

How many questions / guesses left?

[Octavious]

As far as guesses go, I'm implementing the honor system. Four free guesses each, correct guesses don't count, additional guesses are classed as questions.

Players keep their own tally. If you suspect a rival player has exceeded their tally you can shop them in and have their name struck from the leader board.

19 questions have been asked, but as an additional question was awarded the tally is effectively 18. One more question and we will be in the "use up free guesses" period, which will last approximately 24 hours. Then it will be final question and guesses before you give up and JECE takes the win

[Jamiet99uk]

Person A
1. Real Human
2. Not involved in sport
3. Dead
4. Not a musician
5. Had a college degree
6. Man
7. Not born in Europe
8. Not associated with the performing arts
9. Died before 1st January 2000
10. Not known for involvement in philosophy or religion
11. Held a military or government position
12. Died before 1900
13. US citizen for part of life
14. Fought in war of liberty or independence or civil war or a rebellion
15. Political Prisoner
16. Did not fight on US side in American War of Independence
17. Died a natural death
18. Did not write a major work of literature

Person B
1. Real Human
2. Not involved in sport
3. Dead
4. Not a musician
5. Probably did not have a college degree
6. Man
7. Not born in Europe
8. Not associated with the performing arts
9. Died before 1st January 2000
10. Not primarily known for involvement in philosophy or religion although did have involvement
11. Held a military or government position
12. Died before 1900
13. US citizen for part of life
14. Fought in war of liberty or independence or civil war or a rebellion
15. Not a Political Prisoner [although sort of]
16. Did fight on US side in American War of Independence
17. Died a natural death
18. Did not write a major work of literature

Person C (solved):
Edward A. Murphy Jr[JECE]

Person D (solved):
Sweet Fanny Adams [Damo]

19. Not all of them have a surname beginning with the letter A. (This answer is no longer of much use to us since C had a surname not beginning with A).

Not:
Benjamin Franklin, Charlotte Corday, John Jay [han-shahhanshah]
George Washington, John Hancock, John Quincy Adams, Benedict Arnold [damo]
Nathan Hale, J.Gordon Bennett [Jamie]
Marie Antionette, Aaron Burr, Anne Boleyn [Trigfea63]
Andrew Johnson [Spartaculous]
Benedict Arnold [JECE]
Ambrose Burnside, William T. Sherman, Benedict Arnold [hanging rook]
Robert Fulton, Samuel Colt, John "appleseed" Chapman, Samuel Wilson [BrianBaru]

BrianBaru and Damo have used up their free guesses.

[Jamiet99uk]

Question: Did they serve as President, Vice-President, or a member of the Cabinet in the United States or any other country?

[Octavious]

We're in that exciting time before the last question when spare free guesses can be used up! (I say exciting time, but frankly it's always struck me as a weak spot in the format)

The 20th and final question will be allowed in a little over 24 hours, after 22:00 BST

[han-shahanshah]

I believe Jamie’s question remains unanswered.

[Octavious]

Question: Did they serve as President, Vice-President, or a member of the Cabinet in the United States or any other country?

A) I don't believe so (easy to trip up over the details when it comes to foreign governments I don't properly understand) , but I'll be generous and say he was a member of Congress and was an active member of various committees

B) No. He was involved in politics, but not at the highest levels

[Octavious]

I believe Jamie’s question remains unanswered.

It takes time to research answers properly, and I was torn between competing priorities (rubber duck had floated out of reach and was being somewhat irritating, and there was the age old debate of read or soak that needed resolving)