Short Mystery - Random Trivia Questions

Our last mystery quiz had longer answers than I'm accustomed to asking about. Before I added multiple-choice questions to my PalmPilot game Triv, the answers were limited to ten characters, and I even needed to widen the entry field by a few pixels to fit WASHINGTON when I released a U.S. Presidents module.

This week, the answers will be shorter and the hidden theme shorter still.

Short Mystery Questions

• Q1) What sci-fi author was born as James Oliver Rigney, Jr. and is best known for The Wheel of Time series?
• Q2) Who founded the Black Entertainment Television network in 1980?
• Q3) What singer had the hit "Super Freak" in 1981 and suffered a stroke in 1998 caused by "rock 'n' roll neck"?
• Q4) What American founded a ballet dance company with Gerald Arpino in New York City in 1956?
• Q5) What actor played Gomez Addams in movies in both 1991 and 1993?
• Q6) What Major League Baseball starting pitcher struck out the most batters per nine innings in a season?
• Q7) What author won a Booker Prize in 1975 for Heat and Dust and Academy Awards for the screenplays of A Room with a View and Howards End?
• Q8) What singer hit it big with her self-titled 1979 album, reaching #4 on the Billboard 100 with the single "Chuck E.'s in Love"?
• Q9) What boxer captured a unanimous decision over John Ruiz to claim the WBA heavyweight title on March 1, 2003?
• Q10) What Kentucky Representative and Senator was Martin Van Buren's Vice President?
• Q11) What decathlete became the first African-American athlete to carry the U.S. flag at the Olympic opening ceremonies in 1960?
• Q12) What golf course architect designed or reworked almost 500 courses, including Spyglass Hill at Pebble Beach and Hazeltine National?