instruction:
Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.
question:
What is the French name for the English Channel?
answer:
channel


question:
Food writer and critic Egon Ronay, who died in 2010, was born in what country, which offers a food related pun?
answer:
egon ronay


question:
Who has won Best Leading Actor Oscars for his roles in 'Milk' and 'Mystic River'?
answer:

mystic river