Part of the challenge of a mystery theme is figuring out the theme…
1] What popular Christmas carol includes the line "city sidewalks, busy sidewalks"?
2] What retailer, with headquarters in Minnesota, uses red and white circles to make up it's logo?
3] Who is the narrator in Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird?
4] Invented in China over 1000 years ago, what substance is typically a mix of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur?
5] What two word phrase refers to a statement that is intended to alert someone that the content they're about to see/discuss may be disturbing?
6] If Sigmund Freud had a Don Rafael or Montecristo in his hand, what would he be holding?
7] What Disney character serves as King Triton's Chief of Staff and as Royal Court Composer?
8] In the Mary Tyler Moore show, which actor portrayed Lou Grant?
9] What company uses the tagline: "Pleasure you want. Protection you trust"
10] What’s the theme of this round?
*SPOILERS ANSWER BELOW SPOILERS*
1] Silver Bells
2] Target
3] Scout
4] Gunpowder
5] Trigger warning
6] Cigar
7] Sebastian
8] Ed Asner
9] Trojan
10] Each answer contains a real or fictional horse, or is the key word in a horse phrase
Commentary
The horses and who they belong to
Silver > Lone Ranger
Target > Annie Oakley
Scout > Tonto
Gunpowder > Ichabod Crane
Trigger > Roy Rogers
Cigar is a famous racing thoroughbread
Lil Sebastian is from Parks and Recreation
Ed > Mr. Ed
Trojan > Trojan horse
I think 4-6 is where most would pick up on the mystery here. Trigger may, well, trigger a lot of people to think horse right away. If that’s the case, and they can identify that one of their previous answers is a horse, they’ve likely cracked it. I’d say Trojan is the most obvious connection and it’s possible you could suss out the theme just from that answer.
#6 has a nice Freud clue. The rest of the batch is pretty much straight down the middle without too much flair in the questions.