Quiz - Major Suit Openers

Describe what's going on with the following bidding. Indicate reasonable point count and distributions for the bids made. Test yourself before looking at the answers.

N

S

N

S

N

S

A.

1©

2©

3©

4©

P

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

S

N

S

B.

1©

2§

2¨

2©

4©

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

S

C.

1ª

1NT*

2ª

P

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

D.

2©*

4ª

P

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

S

N

E.

2©*

2NT*

3§ *

3NT

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

S

N

F.

1ª

1NT*

2§ *

2ª

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

G.

1©

3©

P

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

S N

H.

1ª

3ª

3NT*

4ª P

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

I.

1©

2ª

P

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

S N S

J.

1ª

2©*

3©

4NT 5© 6©

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

S N S

K.

1ª

1NT*

2§ *

3§ 3NT P

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

S N

L.

1©

1ª

1NT

2NT P

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

S N

M.

2ª

2NT*

3§

3NT P

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________

 

N

S

N

S N S

N.

1ª

4§*

4NT

5© 6ª P

Opener

Responder

Distribution

Count

Distribution

Count

_________

_______

_____________

________


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