Mystery Theme #LP9 by PolinskyL

Of the five original members of N.W.A., who was the first to die?

What 21st-century holiday movie starred Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick?

What character is portrayed by Kathryn Erbe on Law & Order: Criminal Intent?

Love Is Strong was the first single released off what Rolling Stones album?

What one word goes into both of the blanks in this description of a medieval method of capital punishment? "Firstly, the delinquent is placed belly down, bound to a board, and dragged by a horse to the place of execution. The _____ is then slammed two times on each arm, one blow above the elbow, the other below. Then, each leg gets the same treatment, above and below the knees. The final ninth blow is given at the middle of the spine, so that it breaks. Then, the broken body is woven onto the ______. The criminal is then to be left dying "afloat" on it, and be left to rot." Note: the same one word fills both blanks. The answer is one word.One. Word.

Until Commander E W Andrew OBE retired in 1990, he was the last official one of what in the Royal Navy? He held a title which had been in use since 1040, which can also refer to one of a ship's senior crewmen, and is not pronounced all that similarly to how it's written.

Despite what its English name would suggest, what fish with a two-word name is shockingly not a member of the order Anguilliformes but a knifefish?

Church and Dwight is a manufacturer of many household products, including Pepsodent, Trojan condoms and OxiClean. What is its most iconic brand, which is represented on the corporate logo and which can be spelled out as the name of a onetime Director and shareholder of the company? (It may be noted that the brand was introduced several decades before said shareholder, who was not affiliated with C&D until late in life, was born.)

The majority of New York City's water comes from the Catskills and what other upstate mountain range?

A flexible baton round is a less lethal shotgun shell more commonly known by what generic name?

Between 1968 and 2002, no movies of what genre won the Oscar for Best Picture?

One of the first movies written and produced by Mel Brooks was based on what classic 1928 satirical book written by two Odessan authors? Its title could double as the mystery theme linking itself to the other answers.