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Scoring in Cribbage Trivia Quiz

Cribbage is a great game. I give you a hand of 4 cards, plus the up card, and you give me the points scored in cribbage.

A multiple-choice quiz by bsquared. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
bsquared

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
27,899

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2581

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Question 1 of 10

1. KC, QC, 2H, 2D. Turned up 6S

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Question 2 of 10

2. 5C, JC, QH, 4D. Turned up 7S

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Question 3 of 10

3. AC, 2H, 3D, 6S. Turned up KH

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Question 4 of 10

4. 6C, 3C, 2C, 5C turned up a 8H

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Question 5 of 10

5. 5C, JD, 6S, 9D turned up a 2D.

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Question 6 of 10

6. QC, 4S, 2C, 2D turned up - 3H

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Question 7 of 10

7. 10C, QC, QD, 5C turned up - JD (don't count 2 points for turning up the jack).

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Question 8 of 10

8. 5C, 5H, 5D, JS turned up QS.

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Question 9 of 10

9. KC, QC, 9S, 7S turned up a 4H.

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Question 10 of 10

10. 2S, 3S, 4S, 5S turned up 6S.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. KC, QC, 2H, 2D. Turned up 6S

Answer: 2

Two points for a pair.

2. 5C, JC, QH, 4D. Turned up 7S

Answer: 4

Two points for each 15 JC-5C, QH - 5C

3. AC, 2H, 3D, 6S. Turned up KH

Answer: 5

3 points for the run A, 2, 3 and 2 points for a 15 of K, 2, 3.

4. 6C, 3C, 2C, 5C turned up a 8H

Answer: 6

4 points for the flush (all cards the same suit), and 2 points for the 15 of 8, 2, 5.

5. 5C, JD, 6S, 9D turned up a 2D.

Answer: 5

2 points each for the 15s of 5, J and 6, 9 for a total of four, plus one point for the 'nob' (jack of the same suit as the turned up card).

6. QC, 4S, 2C, 2D turned up - 3H

Answer: 12

2 points for the pair 2c, 2d; 2 points apiece for the 15s of QC, 2C, 3H and QC, 2D, 3H; and 3 points apiece for the two runs of 2C, 3H, 4S and 2D, 3H, 4S: This makes our total 2+2+2+3+3=12.

7. 10C, QC, QD, 5C turned up - JD (don't count 2 points for turning up the jack).

Answer: 16

2 points for the pair of queens; 2 points apiece for the 4 15s of 10C, 5C and QC, 5C and QD, 5C and JD, 5C; 3 points apiece for the runs of 10C, JD, QC and 10C, JD, QD: This is a total of 2+8+6=16.

8. 5C, 5H, 5D, JS turned up QS.

Answer: 21

6 points for 3 of a kind; 2 points each for 7 15s; 1 point for the jack of the same suit. Our total is 6+14+1 = 21. Wow, what a great hand!

9. KC, QC, 9S, 7S turned up a 4H.

Answer: 0

Ouch! No points, also colloquially called a "nineteen" since 19 is an impossible hand score to get.

10. 2S, 3S, 4S, 5S turned up 6S.

Answer: 14

5 points for the flush; 5 for the run; 2 points apiece for the 15s of 2, 3, 4, 6 and 4, 5, 6 for a grand total of 5+5+4 = 14.

Source: Author bsquared

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