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

SOLUTION: Darfur, scene of mass genocide over the last few years, is part of which African country?

PROBLEM: clarice starling

SOLUTION: Who played Clarice Starling in the film Hannibal?

PROBLEM: blues

SOLUTION:
Which American vocalist (described by the British newspaper The Guardian as one of the greatest voices of her generation) whose repertoire included jazz, blues, folk, gospel and pop, was unknown outside Washington, D.C., until after she died of melanoma in 1996?