TASK DEFINITION: Given an trivia question precisely answer the question with a word/phrase/name. External resources such as Wikipedia could be used to obtain the facts.
PROBLEM: January 18, 1936 saw the death of what English writer and youngest recipient of the Nobel prize in Literature, responsible for such classics as The Jungle Book, The Man Who Would Be King, Gunga Din, and If?

SOLUTION: rudyard kipling

PROBLEM: In the Shakespeare play 'Macbeth', which character carries Macbeth's head on stage?

SOLUTION: macduff

PROBLEM: Which boat builder invented the hovercraft in 1956?

SOLUTION:
christopher cockerell