| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 07 05:53AM -0700 On 7/5/20 1:49 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > to "make the contract" and is often diagrammed in the "south" > position in books or articles about the game. What is this > player called, or what is his partner called? Name *either one*. declarer > 2. Bridge is derived from a simpler game that Edmond Hoyle famously > wrote about in 1742. Variants of that game are still played > today. Name it. whist > turn plays one card from his hand, and one of those cards beats > the others. Then again each player in turn plays one card from > his hand, and so on. What is one of these rounds of cards called? trick > 4. In the game of hearts, on most deals, 1 point is scored against > you for each what? Be sufficiently specific. card in the heart suit that you take > 5. Name the type of poker where each player is dealt his own > individual set of cards, some face down and the others face up > -- as seen, for example, in the movie "The Cincinnati Kid". stud > 6. What is the term for the face-down cards used in <answer 5> > poker as well as in forms of the game such as Texas Hold'em? hole cards > 7. In poker, what does it mean to "check"? Be sufficiently specific. to keep in the betting but not bet additional money > 8. You can buy a deck of poker cards or a deck of bridge cards. > Both decks contain the same 52 cards plus jokers, so what is > the difference between them? width (bridge cards are narrower to make it easier to hold 13 at once) > most commonly used. One of those names is that of an American > casino owner. Please give the *other* common name, the one most > often used in reference books, which has a Canadian connection. Klondike > 10. "Fifteen two, fifteen four, pair is six, and one for his nobs > is seven." Name the game. cribbage > Each answer in this round is a word beginning with the letters GEO. > 1. This is a hollow concretionary or nodular stone, its inside > surface often lined with crystals. geode > 2. This field of study deals with the exact measurement of the > Earth or large parts of it, traditionally by surveying, now > often by satellites. geometry > 3. What term is used for the ancient theory that the Earth is > stationary with all the planets (including the Sun and Moon) > moving around it? geocentric > 4. In math, a doubling series such as 3, 6, 12, 24 is an example > of what type of progression? geometric > 5. This word refers to the nominal figure formed by sea level > over the entire Earth -- you may think of it as the shape that > the planet would have if the entire surface was liquid. geoid > 6. Satellites are often placed in this type of orbit in order to > remain constantly over one spot on the Earth's equator. geostationary > 7. This mathematical term refers to the shortest path between two > points. In Euclidean geometry it's a straight line; in spherical > geometry, it's part of a great circle. geodesic > 8. This giant edible clam, weighing up to 12 pounds, is found on > the West Coast, especially in Puget Sound. Its name, from the > Indian language there, is suggestive of a type of bird. geoduck > 9. What is it called when someone desires to eat clay, chalk, > or earth, perhaps because of a vitamin deficiency? geophagy -- Dan Tilque |
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