Mystery Theme #LP13 by PolinskyL

What 1992 movie, for which Neil Jordan won an Oscar, has a key plot point which (a) very much calls for a spoiler alert and (b) was a lot more shocking 23 years ago than it probably would be today?

Jack Dorsey is currently the CEO of Twitter as well as what other company, which recently had its IPO?

Barack Obama's ~130x use of what voting option, at times perhaps to sidestep controversial yea-or-nay votes in the Illinois legislature, was briefly an issue in the 2008 Presidential campaign?

The exploits of Gerri Blank, a 46-year-old high school student at Flatpoint High, were chronicled in what TV show?

What fact-filled publication began its life as a spinoff of a radio trivia/comedy show, and was published for more than half a century before partnering with Time magazine, until the internet [shakes fist at internet] made its continued publication uneconomical in 2013. It lives on as a somewhat obscure website that's part of Sandbox Networks, which is part of Family Education Network, which is part of Pearson.

The University of Queensland in Australia is home to what is believed to be the longest-running continuous scientific experiment in the world. In 1927, a sealed funnel was filled with a substance that was allowed to harden for about three years. The seal was then removed, and nine drops have fallen since. Most commonly bitumen or asphalt, what is the more generic name of the substance, which is more viscous than tar and (roughly) 230 billion times more viscous than water.

Two players were the Major Leagues' Rookie of the Year before the award was split into AL and NL categories. One was Jackie Robinson - who was the other? A shortstop nicknamed "The Swamp Fox", he played for six teams and managed four (or five - depends how you count); he won the World Series with the Giants in 1954 and then another as the manager of the 1974 A's.

What sportscaster, who currently hosts morning editions of SportsCenter, had the job of delivering the news of Stuart Scott's passing on-air? She previously worked at NBC Sports and on the Early Show at CBS, but never as a meteorologist.

The story of the French double murderer Pierre Lacenaire, who was executed in 1836, is said to have been among the inspirations for Raskolnikov, the main character in what novel?

What Kinks song from "a long time ago" (1968, actually) languished in relative obscurity until its use in a 2004 HP ad? In 2008, it also gave its name to a Kinks retrospective box set.

The preparation of LNG requires temperatures below 160 degrees Celsius. What does the G in "LNG" stand for?

If you've gone 11/11 on the previous questions, you'll surely have no trouble working out the theme to go to 12/12. What is the common theme that links the previous answers?