All I want is the answer to one simple question.

I wanted to talk to you about a simple question of fact.

Since when wouldn't an old friend answer a simple question?

She looked away, then back, as if not sure how to answer even a simple question.

All she had to do was put herself in their place and ask a simple question.

The simple question of how much information has already been lost is difficult to answer.

I should like to put two very simple questions to him.

"Have you still no idea of how to answer even simple questions?"

The girl looked at her for a moment, as she seemed to have to think hard about the answer to this simple question.

For him it was a simple question of black or white.