"By-Stander Awareness Month" by Marti Ronemus

Today's observance challenges us to rate ourselves on our involvement in life. Do we sit on the sidelines watching the world go by or do we jump in with both feet, affecting events. I'll let you do your own moralizing about this one.

BUT!! From a bridge standpoint, winners find a way to get in the action. They do NOT let events pass them by, and will try almost any trick to make their voices heard, as we'll see in today's quiz.

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ 6 3
♥ K Q J 9
♦ A 9 8 7
♣ 4 3 2

Q: 1 - South wants to play, too. Your bid?

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♣	1♠
?

A: Double: We love that Negative Double for responders. It promises (cross your heart and hope to die) at least four of the other major, and usually tolerance for the fourth suit. Point count? Most agree that as responder, a ND can be as little as a nice 6 pts.

Your result so far:

Open Question

Question 2

Your Hand
♠ 3 2
♥ K Q 9 4
♦ K J 8 5
♣ 7 5 4

Q: 2 - And now? South...

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♣	1♥
?

A: 1 No-trump: What could be better? 6-9/10 pts, and showing Heart stoppers. You can join the action with this hand.

Your result so far:

Open Question

Question 3

Your Hand
♠ 5 3 2
♥ K Q J 3 2
♦ 5 2
♣ J 4 3

Q: 3 - South tries again:

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♦	1♠
?

A: Double: We'd love to bid our Hearts, but that would promise 10-plus pts. Our best choice is our pal, the Negative Double.

Your result so far:

Open Question

Question 4

Your Hand
♠ K Q J 8 2
♥ K 5 4
♦ 9 4
♣ J 5 4

Q: 4 - South tries again:

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♥	2♦
?

A: 2♠: This time we've got the point count to get involved at the two-level... and the five-card suit our bid promises.

Your result so far:

Open Question

Question 5

Your Hand
♠ 5 3 2
♥ K J 4 2
♦ 10 4 3
♣ Q 7 4

Q: 5 - South:

South	West	North	East
-	-	1♣	1♥
?

A: Pass: Sigh, we have to sit this one out. We can't Negative Double. We can't bid No-trump (although some might) with a hand this weak. We can't really support Pard's Clubs. We're going to have to be a bystander this time.

BUT!! We've got a hand coming up. Ready?

Your result so far:

Open Question

Play this Hand

Now that you've bid five hands, let's see how your play goes.

Overall Results

Your results: out of Average:

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