to throw a softball question
くだらない問題、簡単な問題とかを言うそうです。野球好きなアメリカ人だからかな。対義語はhardball questionみたい。
meaning: the question that is easy to answer
ex: He asked what movie she likes in the meeting. I guess he intend to icebreak but it wasn't good timing. What a softball question!