"Veterinarians in Danger" by Marti Ronemus

In our "surprising facts" category: Veterinary medicine is one of the most dangerous professions, not for deaths, but for emergency room visits and accidents. Who knew?

My father was a vet, and he was always coming home with bruises, cuts, bandages, stitches. Once he was badly savaged by a Dachshund.

Stop that laughing immediately. Danger lurks in the most surprising places.

That episode was a lot like when a beginning bridge player takes down an expert, right? Let's work on our bidding so we become Dangerous Doxies also. This time, we're going to look at the same bidding sequence with five very different hands.

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ A Q J 9 3
♥ 3 2
♦ 8 7
♣ J 10 5 2

Q: 1 - South:

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♦
?

A: 1♠: While we only have 8 pts, we have a lovely suit we'd be proud to have Pard lead, and since it's the highest suit, we make life a little trickier for the opponents.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

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

Q: 2 - South:

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♦
?

A: Pass: We've got the same 8 pts, but this is isn't even vicious enough to fear. We're better off passing, no?

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ 10 9
♥ 3 2
♦ A Q J 9 8 2
♣ 6 5 4

Q: 3 -

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♣
?

A: 2♦: This is a perfect Weak Jump Overcall. We can sell this one.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ K J 10 9 8 4 3
♥ 4
♦ Q 8 7
♣ 8 5

Q: 4 - South:

South	West	North	East
3♠	p	4♣	p
?

A: 4♠: Pard's bid is forcing, darn it. We can't pass. We really have nothing else to say, so we will rebid our suit.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ K J 6
♥ A J 7 4 3
♦ A 6 5
♣ Q 4

Q: 5 - South:

South	West	North	East
-	1♠	p	2♣
?

A: Pass: Bridge is a game of tricks, not points. You've got probably the most points of anyone at the table, but your suit is ratty and your Spade honors are in front of the Spade bidder. AND!! Did you do the math? If your Pard has more than a stray Queen, we'll be surprised. Interestingly, this hand is just a little toy dog, even with all its points, than some of the small hands we've seen in this quiz.

Ready for our hand?

Your result so far:

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

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