pointed, probing, searching
He became embarrassed when a journalist asked him pointed questions about his finances.

awkward, difficult, embarrassing, tricky | personal | academic, hypothetical, rhetorical | leading, loaded
The judge told him not to ask the witness leading questions.

good, pertinent, relevant | simple | daft, inane, silly, stupid | direct, straight
I wanted to find out how old he was without asking him a direct question.

exam, multiple choice, quiz, test

ask (sb) | have
Have any of the audience got questions for our speaker?

address, put
I''d like to put a question to the first speaker.

bombard sb with, fire
The children bombarded us with questions. | The interview panel fired questions at me from all angles.

frame, phrase
I need to phrase my question rather carefully.

face | answer, reply to, respond to | do (used only about written questions)
I couldn''t do Question 6.

field
The chairperson fielded technical questions that she could not answer herself.

evade, parry
He skilfully parried all the interviewer''s most probing questions.

~ about
She refused to answer questions about her private life.

~ as to
Don''t be afraid to ask questions as to why things are done in the way they are.

~ concerning/regarding/relating to
The former minister faced questions concerning his role in the affair.

burning, challenging, controversial, difficult, unanswerable, vexed
We come now to the vexed question of pension rights.

crucial, fundamental, important, key | delicate, sensitive | economic, ethical, political, etc.

bring up, pose, raise
The new play poses some challenging questions.

consider, discuss, examine | address, deal with, face, tackle | answer, decide, find a solution to | come to

arise | remain unanswered
Only one question remains unanswered.

~ about
fundamental questions about the nature of our society

~ for
one of the crucial questions for the jury

~ of
questions of national security Now it''s just a question of getting the wording of the statement right.

come into | call into
It does call into question the decision to send troops into the area.

be open to
The government''s handling of the whole affair remains open to question.

beyond ~
Her loyalty is beyond question.

in ~
His sincerity is not in question.

without ~
It was, without question, the worst day of my life.

~ about
There is no question about her enthusiasm for the job.

~ as to
I did have some questions as to his motive in coming.

closely, further

about
She was closely questioned about her whereabouts on the night of the murder.

in connection with
A man is being questioned in connection with the robbery.

on
He was questioned on his role in the affair.