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

confessions of a dangerous mind
Which George directed the 2002 film Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind?

the history of the decline and fall of the roman empire
Who wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire between 1772 and 1787 (published from 1776 to 1789) in 6 volumes?

crimean war

Who served in the Crimean War (1854 - 56), was responsible for suppressing the Taiping rebellion in China in 1860, was governor of the Sudan 1877 - 79, and died there?