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 "Update" by Marti Ronemus

Several months ago in our ongoing quest to expand ALL knowledge, not just bridge, we informed our Faithful Readers about some strange personal collections. Those said Faithful Readers have sent me several more I'm eager to share. They seem to want to remain anonymous, but you know who you are. Thank you.

DO NOT DISTURB SIGNS. Ranier Weichert has managed to gather 11,570 from 188 countries. One is 106 years old, from the General Brock Hotel in Canada.

FAST FOOD TOYS. Percival Lugue has 14,500 of them, and says he won't stop until his collection is complete. May he live long and prosper.

BACK SCRATCHERS. An unnamed doctor in North Carolina has over 80,000, every one different.

I saved the best for last. FOSSILIZED POOP. George Frandsen, the Indiana Jones of Poop, has 1277 prehistoric fossilized poops. Wanna bet his wife makes him keep them in the garage?

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 5
♥ Q J 10 8 6 4
♦ K 10 9 8
♣ K 2 		 
Q: 1 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♠Dbl4♠
?


 Your choice:
A: 5♥: The vulnerability makes it very tempting to double for penalty, and if we chose that, we demand credit. 5♥, however, is more than reasonable. East is weak and chock-full of Spades. Pard should have a lovely hand. Should the opponents sacrifice at 5♠, we'll double and squash 'em like bugs.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 8 4
♥ A K Q 10 8 7 4 3
♦ 4
♣ A 		 
Q: 2 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
?--


 Your choice:
A: 2♣: Yes, yes, yes. We only have 13 HCP. Irrelevant. We have 9 tricks. If we open 1♥, Pard could pass. If we open 4♥, we could miss slam. Opening 2♣ ensures we tell our story. Pard will know we've got 8-1/2 tricks in hand and game is forced. Where we go from there, who knows, but at least we're off on the right foot.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ K Q 5
♥ 8 2
♦ A 10 9 4 2
♣ K 9 7 		 
Q: 3 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
1♦1♠DblPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 1 No-trump: We don't have any other bid. We have stoppers in the opponent's suit and no real support for Pard's. We certainly don't want to play in a seven-card Club fit.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ A K Q 9 8
♥ A K Q 10
♦ Q J
♣ 7 2 		 
Q: 4 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♦PassPass
DblPass1♠Pass
?


 Your choice:
A: 4♠: We are adding this hand to our collection of winners. Pard is bidding at gunpoint, true, but West is so weak he couldn't even respond to Pard's opening bid. We don't think Pard is broke, and we barely need one trick from him. Let's go for broke.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ A K J 10 9 7
♥ J 6
♦ A 5 4
♣ 3 2 		 
Q: 5 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♥PassPass
?


 Your choice:
A: 2♠: Our jump in the balancing seat is a strong bid, showing a solid six-card suit and a nice opening bid. It is NOT preemptive.

We've collected a nice score on the quiz. Let's move on to our hand.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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