| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | answer a question | ответить на вопрос (misha-brest) |
| Makarov. | answer a question | отвечать на вопрос |
| gen. | answer a question | отвечать на вопрос (smb.'s inquiries, smb.'s remark, etc., и т.д.) |
| Makarov. | answer a question someone's remark | отвечать на чьё-либо замечание |
| Makarov. | answer a question someone's remark | отвечать на вопрос |
| gen. | answer a question with a question | ответить вопросом на вопрос (This method of answering questions with questions, in order to let the questioner realize that he can find the answer by reasoning (Socrates would say that the answer was in him all along), is called maieutics (the related adjective being maieutic).  stack exchange Dominator_Salvator) |
| Makarov. | that was a rather leaden attempt to answer a question | это была вялая попытка ответить на вопрос |