Given an open-ended topic (movie name, a persons name, an event, sports, etc) generate a simple trivia-type question.

brixworth
In which English county are the towns of Daventry and Brixworth?

siege of paris
Which army besieged Paris from 18 September 1870 for 4 months?

the cruel sea

The writer of the book The Cruel Sea was born in Rodney Street, Liverpool. What was his name?