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

the carpet people
Who wrote 'The Carpet People', 'Hogfather', 'The Last Continent', 'Men At Arms', and 'Mote'?

ash ketchum
Which popular animated characters, first seen in 1996 include many different characters including ones called Ash Ketchum, Tracy Sketchit and Gar Oak?

edward vii

Edward VII was the only British monarch to have been born and died at which royal residence?