Card Games Mixture Trivia

1. What is the point value of each red 3, the highest-scoring single card, melded by a team in Canasta?

From Quiz What's the Score?

Answer: 100

The coveted red 3 awards the player or team that melds it 100 points. If one player or team manages to make melds with all four red 3s in the deck, points are doubled and a staggering 800 total points are awarded. Each joker melded awards 50 points, 2s and aces award 20 points, and the remaining cards only grant 5 (black 3-7) or 10 (8-K) points.

From Quiz Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy

Answer: Apples to Apples

In Apples to Apples, a player who acts as judge places a "description" card containing an adjective in the middle of the table and players must match it with one of their own "thing" cards containing a noun. The response judged to be the best match wins the round. The popularity of this rather innocent and wholesome game inspired the creators of Cards Against Humanity to create a card-matching game that was neither innocent nor wholesome. In the latter game, the communal card is a black card containing a phrase or sentence with a blank. Players must match it with a white card from their hand, which contains a random word or phrase, quite often of a bizarre or outrageous nature. The player acting as judge for that round then decides which answer is the funniest, based on whatever criteria they like. This game is designed to transgress social norms, and the results can be either shockingly offensive or utterly hilarious, depending on your point of view.

From Quiz Games With No Standards

Answer: Cards Against Humanity

Launched in 2011 after a strong Kickstarter campaign, Cards Against Humanity grew to become a millennial favourite over the decade, building itself around the simple premise of receiving a question (or a FITB) where the goal is to pick the funniest card for the person leading the round. Most of the option cards are clearly offensive though some are relatively innocuous; all you need to do is play to the card reader's warped sense of humour. The game creators are known for their game concept, releasing new expansions consistently to refresh the game, but also for their marketing. Over the years, the company has taken donations to buy a private island and dig a hole (a literal money pit). They've also intentionally raised priced during Black Friday (only to sell MORE copies than usual as a result) and mail paying customers cow dung. People asked for it.

From Quiz Just Help Me to Understand

Answer: Spades

Spades and hearts are major suits and the other two are minor suits. From high to low they go spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs and if a player wants to bid diamonds after someone else bids hearts, they need to go up a level - two diamonds over one heart for example. I understand that the various bids communicate facts about one's hand to one's partner, and that the winning bid decides which suit (if any) is trump and how many tricks the bidder thinks they can win. What I don't understand is how it is actually done!

From Quiz Cards from Around the World

Answer: London

Whist's origins can be traced to a party of players at the Crown Coffee House in the late 1720's. Edmond Hoyle, the famous writer of card game rules and strategy books is believed to have been included in this group who devised the game. Many variants have been developed and at one time it was said to be the most popular card game in the world. Though its popularity has faded a bit, giving way in part to its "child" bridge, it is still played regularly.

From Quiz Life Lessons From A Card Game

Answer: Ten of Diamonds

Cassino was a particular favorite of my family. It is a game that can be played with two, three or four players. The object of the game is to collect specific cards that have point value. Four cards are dealt "up" in the middle of the field and players take turns matching "up" cards or creating "builds" of cards. For example an "up" three plus a player's two can be "building" a five for the player to take the turn. Each of the aces and the two of spades are worth one point each. The player with the most cards at the end of the round receives three points and the player with the most spades receives one point. However, the ten of diamonds is worth two points, making it a highly coveted card. Cassino is an example of a game that teaches basic math and basic life lessons. Some cards are more valuable than others for no reason other than capriciousness. Cassino also teaches that life is not always fair. A "build" can be altered or taken by an opponent. For example, you place an ace on a nine and state that you are "building" tens. You eagerly await your next turn when you will scoop up your "build" with the ten of diamonds, and claim three points. However, instead your opponent smiles says thank you, and takes your build before your next turn with another ten.

From Quiz What Card Game is It?

Answer: Clock

The cards are dealt out into the shape of a clock face-down, with cards in the middle as well, so you end up with 13 piles of four cards. The aim of the game is to move all the cards into 13 different piles--all four aces into the one o'clock position and then so on around, with Jacks becoming 11 o'clock and Queens 12 o'clock. The four Kings end up in the middle of the clock face. If all the Kings end up in the middle before all cards play, you lose. If all the cards end up in the right place before the four Kings are in the middle, you win.

From Quiz On deck: a history of playing cards

Answer: China

There are written historical records going back to the 9th Century in China (The Tang Dynasty), where members of royalty played what was known as the "leaf game". Some sources suggest that early playing cards were also used as currency (in other words, trading cards).

From Quiz Jokers Wild

Answer: Hearts

While the object of the game is to avoid points, if you collect all the points in one hand, it is known as "shooting the moon" and everyone else gets points while you get zero.

From Quiz Suit You Sir!

Answer: China

Playing cards are said to have been around as early as the 9th century in China. It is thought that the Chinese first developed and used these cards as a secondary currency - the cards being similar in appearance to the paper money of the time. People would often play with them and the victor would take the cards as a prize. In comparison to today's European decks, the Chinese playing cards were very different in appearance. Nevertheless, there were some obvious similarities. One such similarity was the use of suits - the Chinese first used three suits (coins, strings of coins, and myriads of strings of coins) in their Kwan Pa'i playing cards. A fourth suit, in the form of tens of myriads of strings of coins, was later added when the Lut Chi playing cards were developed. These suits show that there was a clear hierarchical order of suit importance - an aspect still seen in the card games of today (e.g. bridge).

From Quiz Name the Card Game

Answer: Hearts

If you love to play hearts, you are not alone, it is the favorite card game of President Bill Clinton. The object of the game of Hearts is pretty basic, avoid taking any tricks that contain hearts, which are worth one point each, and to strenuously avoid taking a trick containing the queen of spades, which is worth 13 lousy points. In Hearts, points are bad. 'Shooting the moon' involves taking *all* the hearts *and* the queen of spades. If you are skillful enough to do so, it is worth your while. A successful shooting of the moon takes 26 points off your score, or alternatively adds 26 points to everyone else's scores.

From Quiz Card Game Grab Bag

Answer: Speed

In Speed, the players do not take turns - physical speed and alertness are required to play faster than your opponent. By being first to play all your stockpile cards you can reduce the number of cards you have in the next deal. By being successful for several deals you can eventually get rid of all your cards, thereby winning the game and taking all the glory. Remember, if you want to play this game use old cards because they can get very battered. It is quite complicated to play but I am sure that there are Web sites that could give you the whole layout of the game.

From Quiz So, You Think You Know Your Playing Cards?

Answer: 12

The King, Queen, and Jack of each suit are counted. Aces don't count as face cards.

From Quiz What a Card!

Answer: Queen

Some countries, like France, have a "Dame" or "Donna" instead of a Queen.

From Quiz A Small Test of Cards

Answer: 52

From Quiz Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy

Answer: Crabs Adjust Humidity

The game's logo shows a crab turning a dial with its claw. This game was essentially an expansion pack for Cards Against Humanity that used the same kinds of black and white cards, and five volumes were produced. All five volumes could be purchased in a single "Omniclaw Edition." The makers of this game openly acknowledged that it was unauthorized and that it was completely unaffiliated with the company that produced Cards Against Humanity. What sort of legal status this gave the game, I don't know. In 2020, the Crabs Adjust Humidity website stated that the game is no longer available, giving the dates "2013-2019."

From Quiz Games With No Standards

Answer: Boss Monster

Boss Monster is equal parts card game and dungeon builder. You start the game by drawing a monster card and you attempt to construct a dungeon of up to five rooms to complicate things for the heroes who plan on looting your rooms and causing you harm. At the same time, you need to harm other players by affecting their dungeon in various ways. The winner ends up being the player who can accumulate the most kills without dying. A sequel, Boss Monster 2: The Next Level, released in 2015, expanding the original game.

From Quiz Just Help Me to Understand

Answer: The hand is worth zero points.

Nineteen is an impossible score using the standard cribbage counting system, and has come to mean "No score" colloquially. A perfect hand totals 29 points, and some cribbage boards are produced in the shape of that number.

From Quiz Cards from Around the World

Answer: Ecuador/Morocco

Variations between the two games are noteworthy but playing and scoring are similar. Cuarenta means 40 in Spanish which is a significant scoring threshold and also the number of cards used. Cuarenta uses the standard 52 card deck with the 8's 9's and 10's removed whereas Ronda uses the 40 card Spanish deck. Before cards are played there is a declarative stage where certain card combos (common element but the viable combos are different in the two games) must be declared immediately if held and this may end up advantageous to the other player or team.

From Quiz Life Lessons From A Card Game

Answer: The players turn up cards of equal value

War is a simple game that has even made its way into casinos across the US. Players are an even number of cards. If there are two players, each player gets 26 cards; if there are three players each player gets 17 cards (the two of clubs is removed). The players turn over a random card and the highest card played "captures" the other player's lower card. If the players turn up the same card, then a "war" is declared. Each player lays out three cards face down and a fourth face up. Again the highest card takes all the "spoils". If the players again turn up cards of equal value, then the hostilities continue until a winner is achieved. The game ends when one player ends the war by capturing all of the cards of the other. Like real war, the card game is often mind-numbing and pointless, and is decided by randomness. While not an official variant, I have played a version of the game called "Helen of Troy" where a special war is called whenever a King takes an opponent's Queen.

From Quiz What Card Game is It?

Answer: Newmarket

Newmarket is a game played and enjoyed for small stakes, loosely based on horse racing. Two decks of cards are required and 3-8 people can play at any one time.

From Quiz A Collection of Card Games

Answer: All other players gain 26 points.

Normally, the Queen of Spades is worth 13 points and hearts are worth one point. However, if a player collects the Queen of Spades and all hearts, then all other players gain 26 points while the player with those cards gains no points. This is called shooting the moon. In some versions of the game, the player with the cards subtracts 26 points from his or her score while everybody else has their score unaffected.

From Quiz On deck: a history of playing cards

Answer: Their use in gambling

Between 1377-1392, references to playing cards were widespread across Europe (most notably Italy, France, Spain and Switzerland). Several countries banned playing cards (albeit for short periods of time) because of their link to gambling activity.

From Quiz Jokers Wild

Answer: queen of spades

In hearts, you try to avoid points. Each heart is worth one point and the queen of spades is worth thirteen.

From Quiz Card Shark

Answer: Split

12 is a poor number for Blackjack, so you should split the sixes. Although sixes are still poor cards and you now have two bets, you could always hit a two, three, four or five. If you do hit tens with the sixes you will have to stand and hope the dealer busts, which is quite likely with a four starting card.

From Quiz Name the Card Game

Answer: Take the number of tricks bid

In Oh Hell, also known as Oh Jerusalem, Screw Your Neighbor and Mormon Bridge, each player is dealt the maximum number of cards (for example 12 with four players and a regular 52-card deck). Players then proceed to estimate how many tricks they will take with their hand, and each player must take that exact number of tricks to maximize their score. Each subsequent hand sees one less card dealt per player, until each is dealt only one card. The game can then be reversed, with each player dealt an additional card per hand back up to the maximum. Dealing can proceed in an opposite fashion as well, with one card dealt to each player at first, up to the maximum number of cards. Lots of fun!

From Quiz Card Game Grab Bag

Answer: Top Trumps

Top Trumps can be in different variations such as cars, soccer players, and even film characters.

From Quiz So, You Think You Know Your Playing Cards?

Answer: 2

The Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts are both facing sideways, and are nicknamed one-eyed jacks since only one eye is visible.

From Quiz What a Card!

Answer: Diamonds

The other pairs are hearts/cups, clubs/wands and spades/swords.

From Quiz A Small Test of Cards

Answer: 13

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