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Consider this sentence:
If you asked me this question some decades ago, I might answer “Yes or perhaps”
I guess it's wrong and the correct must be:
if you would have asked me this question some decades ago, I might have answered “Yes or perhaps”
What about:
Had you asked me this question some decades ago, I might have answered “Yes or perhaps”
It's about a situation that didn't happen in the past and now one express possibilities. Which ones are correct and why?
The last construction seems to be okay (one that has used the 3rd conditional):
[If you had /Had you] asked me this question some decades ago, I [would/could/might] have answered.
PS: I assume that “Yes or perhaps” is not any part of your example-sentences.
"It's about a situation that didn't happen in the past and now one express possibilities. Am I right?" --Yes, it often expresses a feeling of regret of the speaker.
