The answer would appear to be, no one at all.

The answer appears to be down, and not very far.

The answer to all of these questions would appear to be yes.

Finally, after 19 months, the answer appears to be yes.

On the surface the answer would appear to be yes.

The answer to both questions appears to be: Not much.

The answer to this question, at least so far, appears to be no.

The simple answer appears to be another question: How much does he have?

The answer, in this case, appears to be the other end of the earth.

But my poor old friend's answer appears to me completely to meet it.