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Answers to quiz on the basics

The questions and answers below assume that you are in the very early stages of the game, possibly even the first month. If you get any wrong look back at the page on basics to discover your faulty reasoning.

In the hands below,

1. Specify how many points they have.
2. Decide whether you would open the bidding and if so, what your bid would be.
3. Suppose you are responder, partner having opened one heart, second player passing. What do you bid?

(1) 14 points (with the option of adding two more for the length in hearts and spades.) You should open the bidding with one spade. As responder, you certainly want to play in hearts. How many, will depend on what you know about the scoring and whether you know that with this combined count, four hearts should be on and that's game.

(2) 11 points. You should not open on this hand as you don't have 12 points. You should respond to partner's opening bid of one heart with one spade.

(3) 12 points (plus a possible one for the fifth diamond). You should open one diamond--length before strength. You should respond one spade to partner's one heart.

(4) 5 points. You should neither open nor respond here.

(5) 6 points. You cannot open but should respond one no-trump to partner's one heart. You don't have the eight points you need for a bid of two clubs.

(6)13 points. You should open one spade. (Later you will find that this is the perfect hand for opening one no-trump.) You respond one spade to partner's one heart.                         Top of page

Answer to quiz on opening one no-trump

The question was:--'In the hands below, indicate whether or not you would open one no-trump. If the answer is no, choose the correct opening bid.'

 (1) Yes     (2)  Yes    (3)   No. Open 1H here.

(4) No Two doubletons. Open 1H.

(5) No. Too strong. Open 1D and rebid no-trumps.

(6)    No. You have a singleton. Open 1H.             Top of page

Answers to quiz on opening bids on balanced hands with more than 14 points

In case you've forgotten, the question was 'In the six hands below, indicate your opening bid.'

(1) 1H      (2)  1S       (3)   1C   

(4)1H    (5)    1 H   (6)  Sorry about this one. I couldn't resist trying to catch you out. This one is unbalanced, of course, and your opening bid should be 1C. The hand is not strong enough to open 1H and rebid clubs at the three level.               Top of page

Answer to quiz on unexciting unbalanced hands

The question, in case you'd forgotten was 'In the six hands below, state your opening bid (if you would make one) and outline your thinking in respect of your rebid'.

(1)  1H (rule of 19)Your rebid could be 2H or 2C.

(2)  No. You can't bid.

(3)  1 H. You are strong enough to rebid 3C if necessary.

(4)  1C. Unlike (3) above, you aren't strong enough to rebid 3C over 2D if you were to open 1H.

(5)  1S. You would expect to make a jump rebid in hearts (3H). This is a strong hand.

(6)  1S. You might risk no-trumps if partner bids any of clubs, diamonds or hearts.         Top of page

Answers to quiz on opening bids with hands of 4-4-4-1 shape.

In case you've forgotten, the question was 'Give your opening bid (if any) on the hands below and outline your thoughts on your rebid.'

(1)  1C. Rebid 1H if you get the expected 1D from partner. Support partner if she bids hearts or spades. If she bids 1NT, leave it.

(2)   1D. Rebid clubs if she gives you 1H. Support spades and leave her in 1NT.

(3)   Pass. This is a rotten hand.

(4)   1H. Support spades or diamonds and bid diamonds if you hear clubs. If she bids 1NT, I would bid my diamonds.

(5)   Your diamonds are not worth bidding. Open 1C. Over 1H, bid your spades.

(6)   1H. Support spades or diamonds and bid diamonds if you hear clubs. Downgrade the king of clubs. It may be worthless.   Top . 

Answers to quiz on rebids

In case you've forgotten, the question was 'In all the hands below, you have opened one heart, partner has responded one spade and the question is---what is your rebid? You have no part-score and the kindly opponents do not intervene.'

(1)  2D    (2)   3D. This hand really qualifies for an opening two bid, but if you decided to open one heart, the least you can do to get partner excited is to jump rebid.   (3)  1NT.

(4)  2S   (5)   3NT   (6)   3H.                       Top of page