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

bowler hat
Billycock, Wideawake, Gibus and Mitre all types of what?

cape
Which is the only cape in Scotland?

battle of asculum

The Battle of Asculum took place in 279 BC between the Romans and the Greeks in which the Romans lost 6,000 men, while the Greeks lost 3,500, including many of their officers. Who commanded the 'victorious' Greeks?