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?

bill paxton
Which 1995 'Space' move starred Tom Hanks; Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon?

doug roberts

Who plays architect Doug Roberts in the 1974 film 'Towering Inferno'?