Enigmatic Theme #2 by KonkelT

In 1976 and 2013, films based on a certain author’s first published novel featured Sissy Spacek and Chloë Grace Moretz, respectively, in what title role?

"Lost my partner/ What'll I do?" and “I'll get another one / Prettier than you” (or variations thereof) are lyrics found in what popular children’s song that originated as accompaniment to an American partner-stealing dance of the 1840s?

"Yes, wonderful things!" was the reply given by what man on November 26, 1922, when asked, “Can you see anything?”

What financial firm, which announced In November 2007 that it would write-down $8.4 billion in losses associated with the national housing crisis, was acquired by Bank of American in January 2009?

What 1985 film saw Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito reprise their roles from a film released the previous year?

Frei Otto, the designer of Olympic Stadium in Munich, is the most recent recipient of what architecture prize that is sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation? (Other past winners include Philip Johnson, I.M. Pei, Renzo Piano, and Zaha Hadid.)

In the 1992 film White Men Can’t Jump, what actress played a character who wins on Jeopardy! thanks in part to her knowledge of "Foods That Begin With the Letter Q"?

What current head of state served as his nation’s Minister of the Armed Forces from 1959 to 2008 before becoming its President in 2008?

Born Eric Marlon Bishop, what Academy Award-winning actor has won two Grammy Awards for his collaborations with Kanye West and T-Pain?

What American dancer died in Nice, France, in 1927, when her silk scarf became entangled around the open-spoked wheels and rear axle of the car in which she was a passenger, breaking her neck?

What hurler, nicknamed “The Big Train,” recorded 3,508 strikeouts in his career, a mark that stood for more than 55 years until Nolan Ryan, Steve Carlton, and Gaylord Perry all surpassed it in 1983?

As suggested by the answers to questions 1-11, what is the theme of this quiz?