Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.

[Q]: July 1938 saw the first ascent of the North Face of which Alpine mountain?
[A]: alps


[Q]: The Battle of Poltava in 1709 was a victory by Peter the Great over which state?
[A]: battle of poltava


[Q]: 'The Castle of Otranto' often called the first gothic novel, was written in 1764 by whom?
[A]:
the castle of otranto