106 - Hand Evaluation Quiz

This quiz is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of vulnerability, part-game, game and slam scoring. As you become better in competitive situations these factors become increasingly important to giving your partnership winning scores.

Vulnerability versus non vulnerability; game, part-game, slam or grand slam; whether you or the opposition can bid and make these contracts; the likelihood of pushing the opponents to overbid; the wisdom of sacrifice bidding. All these should be controlled by careful evaluation of these factors for every hand. Eight questions with answers provided.

1. There is a points advantage for your partnership to be in game if you don't make your contract.

True

False

2. Being in slam rather than game gives you no advantage if you make 12 tricks...

False

True

3. There is only 1 trick difference between game in a minor suit and a small slam

False

True

4. If only the opposition are vulnerable and you go light in your contract...

It doesn't affect the score

It doubles the points you give the opposition

5. It's usually better to make a sacrifice bid when...

Your partnership is vulnerable and the opposition are not-vulnerable and are in game

Your partnership is not-vulnerable and the opposition are vulnerable and are in game

Your partnership is vulnerable and you will only go 2 tricks light, the opposition are in part-game

Everyone is vulnerable

6. Your partnership is in part-game, vulnerable and go light...

It doesn't matter because your vulnerability doesn't make any difference to their score

It doubles the points that the opposition score off you

7. The points required to bid a small slam in either a suit or NoTrumps

Are the same =33 points

Are different with suit slams requiring less because of their ruffing potential

8. To bid a Grand Slam in a suit you should have...

At least 3 of the 4 Aces

Controls in all the suits

An eight card trump suit fit or longer

All of the above

Quiz - General Knowledge