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: Karen O is the lead singer with which band that made a breakthrough in this decade Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Coldplay, Kings of Leon, The Killers?

SOLUTION: yeah yeah yeahs

PROBLEM: Born in Scranton, PA on Nov 20, 1942, current Vice President Joe Biden spent 36 years as a senator from which state?

SOLUTION:
delaware