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

charles george gordon
Which city was the site of the dervish rebellion and the death of the British General Gordon in 1885?

bruce forsyth
You get nothing for a pair was a Bruce Forsyth catchphrase in which programme?

carabiner

In what sport would one use a carabiner and a piton?