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?

church of the savior on blood
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, built on the site of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II, is in which Russian city?

dombey and son
Who wrote 'Dombey and Son'?