Simply answer the questions to the best of your ability.
He would simply answer "It's not difficult if you know how."
The boy answered simply that he wanted her to think him bad for a change.
Most of them answered simply that they saw no hope.
There was no way in which the question could be simply answered.
I'll ask questions and you simply answer with whatever comes to mind.
Sir, I think your question can be answered quite simply.
That is essentially how you get your points across and not simply answer the reporter's questions.
I looked up at him, lifting my head, and answered simply.
Yet he answered simply enough, "I should like to go a little way, at least, until they leave me behind.