Q1: Of the 1588 Battle of Gravelines: this fleet?

The crrect Answer is: the Spanish Armada

Q2: In a 1901 sci fi romance, Wells told a tale of "the first men in" this heavenly body, where
they meet the Selenites?

The crrect Answer is: the Moon

Q3: This -ism named for a legendary soldier devoted to Napoleon can mean the belief that
one's gender is superior?

The crrect Answer is: chauvinism

Q4: This ballad says, "I had hoped you'd see my face & that you be reminded that for me it
isn't over / Never mind I'll find..."?

The crrect Answer is: "Someone Like You"

Q5: Before they were glazed or jelly, their first mention in print, by Washington Irving, said
they were fried in hog's oil?

The crrect Answer is: doughnuts

Q6: Last name of Glasgow's Sir Thomas, who made a company with the notion that poorer
folks should be able to enjoy tea?

The crrect Answer is: Lipton

Q7: Before flytrap; after blonde?

The crrect Answer is: Venus

Q8: Playing Michael Corleone, this actor said, "I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my
heart. You broke my heart!"?
 The crrect Answer is: Al Pacino

Q9: The "live" variety of this tree never loses its leaves?

The crrect Answer is: the oak

Q10: Puttering about with peas, this monk laid the foundation for modern genetics?

The crrect Answer is: (Gregor) Mendel

Q11: Meaning to leap or burst "forth", it's also the name of famous astronaut Ride?

The crrect Answer is: sally

Q12: Called Sagarmatha in Nepali, it's this peak to us?

The crrect Answer is: Mount Everest

Q13: From 1901 to 1904 William Howard Taft served as governor-general of this former
Spanish possession?

The crrect Answer is: the Philippines

Q14: In a 1975 film this actor was just great as "The Great Waldo Pepper"?

The crrect Answer is: Robert Redford

Q15: The "peace", introduced in 1945, is one of the most famous hybrid tea varieties of this
flower?

The crrect Answer is: a rose