Jesse day 19

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1. In Greek legend, Polynices and (exactly) six others comprised a group of champions who attacked a rival city of Argos to deprive Polynices's brother Eteocles of kingship. This group is known by what name, which is also the title of an Aeschylean tragedy that chronicles the event?
Correct Answer: SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
Your Answer: Aeschylean Globetrotters
Points Assigned: 3

Never heard of it.

2. A series of didactic compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach from the 1740s famously exemplifies the "art" of what formal compositional technique?
Correct Answer: FUGUE
Your Answer: Fugue
Points Assigned: 1

My parents had the art of the fugue on record. It is pretty amazing. 

3. John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry, is an important figure in the history of what sport?
Correct Answer: BOXING
Your Answer: Tennis
Points Assigned: 2

I had no idea. 

4. Fino, Manzanilla, and Amontillado are varieties of what Spanish fortified wine made from grapes grown near the town of Jerez de la Frontera, from which the wine takes its name?
Correct Answer: SHERRY
Your Answer: Sherry
Points Assigned: 0

Spanish fortified wine = Sherry

5. Who served as president of the political federation known as the United Arab Republic, a 1958-61 union between Egypt and Syria, for its entire three-year existence?
Correct Answer: GAMAL ABDEL NASSER
Your Answer: Nasser
Points Assigned: 1

This was a guess, but did not think that Assad could be right. 

6. What was the name of the supergroup formed by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 to record the now-ubiquitous holiday song "Do They Know It's Christmas?"
Correct Answer: BAND AID
Your Answer: Band Aid
Points Assigned: 2

Almost put Live Aid