Given a factoid/trivia type question, generate the topic of the question. The topic is the entity the question talks about.
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Question: Who was the father of Edward the Elder, the Anglo-Saxon King from 899 to 924?

Answer: edward the elder

Question: Food writer and critic Egon Ronay, who died in 2010, was born in what country, which offers a food related pun?

Answer: egon ronay

Question: Which actor played dodgy author Mel Hutchwright in Coronation Street?

Answer:
mel hutchwright