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It Takes Two, Babe Trivia Quiz


Are you tired of playing Solitaire? Do you have a friend you can play cards with? Well I can help you. This quiz is about card games that can be played by two people.

A multiple-choice quiz by deputygary. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
deputygary
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
317,258
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
7247
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. There is a very simple two-player card game that involves each player having half the deck. The first player turns over the top card followed by the opponent. Higher card takes both. In the case of a tie each lays one card face down (some rules say lay three cards face down) and the next card face up. Higher of the two face up cards takes all six (or ten). The game is over when one player has no more cards. What game is this? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. There is a two-player card game in which each player plays as fast as he or she can - there are no turns. They draw from stock piles, their hand and the draw pile. The game is over when one player's stock pile cards are gone. This is quite a fast-paced game and the name makes it sound like it would be a favorite of llamas. What is the disgusting-sounding name of this game? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. My Tomorrowland friend Stew showed me a game where the object is to match either the suit or the number of the face up card. If you cannot match either, you draw cards until you can play. (She also said you have to drink a Fosters beer for every card you draw but I'm not sure that is an official rule.) Eights are wild. If you have an eight you can play that at any time. When you do, you also can name a different suit to be played. What game is this that ends when one player has no more cards in their hand? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Any two people can sit down together and play most two-handed card games. Consider this scenario: a pirate queen and a cowboy sit down to a game requiring two card decks. The object is to get rid of all the cards in your pay-off pile by playing on one of the center stacks. This is a cutthroat game in that you can stymie your opponent by playing a card from your hand or side stack that matches their top pay-off pile card. What game are our two dissimilar companions playing? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. There is an old English card game for two in which each player gets seven cards (six in some versions.) Four points can be won each hand: one each for capturing the highest trump card, the lowest trump card, the Jack of trumps and the highest face value count in captured cards. The winner is the first to score seven points. What is the name of this game? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. My Welsh friend baban (the nice one) told me about a two-player card game in which the terms "carte blanche," "sequences" and "quatorzes and trios" are used. Because of her accent I had a hard time understanding her and did not quite catch the name of the game. What I could make out sounded French in origin. What game was she describing to me? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Card games are of four basic types. Shedding games have as the objective the shedding of all your cards. Capturing games involve either capturing or avoiding capturing cards. Matching games require players to combine cards in certain ways. Finally comparing card games are about comparing two cards. German Whist is a variation of the classic game of Whist adapted for two players. As such, what type of game is German Whist? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. My friend Jabber took a trip to Las Vegas and caught the gambling bug. This goes to show it is always the shy, quiet schoolteachers you least suspect who go to Las Vegas and come back as rabid card sharks. When she returned she introduced me to Pai Gow Poker. Sometimes neither the dealer nor the player wins and no money changes hands. What is this situation called? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Clendatherat told me about a card game he and his wife played on their wedding night. I don't know why he was playing cards on his wedding night but he evidently made up for it later on. He has like five kids now. At any rate, I was surprised to hear he played a two-handed version of bridge. Which of the following is a name for two-handed bridge? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Two wacky twins, who we will refer to as Giz and Squish, were playing a two-player card game involving a board and pegs. The pegs were used to mark points scored on the hands. The game is generally played to 121. In the game I watched Giz won by almost 60 points and stated: "I call that an animal of di-stink-tion." "What is that?" Squish asked. "A skunk," Giz answered. What card game involves a board and pegs in this manner? Hint



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1. There is a very simple two-player card game that involves each player having half the deck. The first player turns over the top card followed by the opponent. Higher card takes both. In the case of a tie each lays one card face down (some rules say lay three cards face down) and the next card face up. Higher of the two face up cards takes all six (or ten). The game is over when one player has no more cards. What game is this?

Answer: War

War is a very simple card game. It is so simple, in fact, that people have decided to complicate it so there are many variations of the game now, including a game where players get to pick the card to lay out of a hand, a game where a two wins, a game where getting a six in the face down cards of a tie wins, a game where winning a King entitles you to five extra cards from your opponent but winning a Queen requires you to give your opponent five extra cards, and a game where you can exchange a face down card you won for another card.

There is even a version played in casinos, for money, where you win or lose your bet on each hand. In case of a tie you can put up an identical bet on the tie-breaker or forfeit half your bet and not play the tie-breaker.
2. There is a two-player card game in which each player plays as fast as he or she can - there are no turns. They draw from stock piles, their hand and the draw pile. The game is over when one player's stock pile cards are gone. This is quite a fast-paced game and the name makes it sound like it would be a favorite of llamas. What is the disgusting-sounding name of this game?

Answer: Spit

If you play Spit, it is recommended that you use old cards. The game can get spirited. Also, clear your calendar. It is technically possible for the game to go on forever.
3. My Tomorrowland friend Stew showed me a game where the object is to match either the suit or the number of the face up card. If you cannot match either, you draw cards until you can play. (She also said you have to drink a Fosters beer for every card you draw but I'm not sure that is an official rule.) Eights are wild. If you have an eight you can play that at any time. When you do, you also can name a different suit to be played. What game is this that ends when one player has no more cards in their hand?

Answer: Crazy Eights

The game is also known as Swedish Rummy, Switch or Rockaway. It can actually be played by up to seven players, although it becomes cumbersome when that many play. Believe it or not there was actually a Crazy Eights World Championship Tournament in 2008.
There is no truth to the rumor that authorities are thinking of changing the name to the more politically-correct "Reality Challenged Eights."
4. Any two people can sit down together and play most two-handed card games. Consider this scenario: a pirate queen and a cowboy sit down to a game requiring two card decks. The object is to get rid of all the cards in your pay-off pile by playing on one of the center stacks. This is a cutthroat game in that you can stymie your opponent by playing a card from your hand or side stack that matches their top pay-off pile card. What game are our two dissimilar companions playing?

Answer: Spite and Malice

Spite and Malice is also known as Cat and Mouse. The Mattel game Skip-Bo is based upon Spite and Malice.
In our fictitious scenario above, Pirate Queen Anne Bonney's ship was attacked by a passing warship and the decking was heavily damaged. Rawhide the cowboy looked out and said wryly: "Y'all ain't playin' with a full deck. Heh heh."
5. There is an old English card game for two in which each player gets seven cards (six in some versions.) Four points can be won each hand: one each for capturing the highest trump card, the lowest trump card, the Jack of trumps and the highest face value count in captured cards. The winner is the first to score seven points. What is the name of this game?

Answer: Seven Up

Seven Up is a variation of the English game All Fours. It seems the English can be territorial--both West Yorkshire and Lancashire have their own versions. And because people cannot seem to leave a good thing alone, there is an offshoot game called All Fives.
6. My Welsh friend baban (the nice one) told me about a two-player card game in which the terms "carte blanche," "sequences" and "quatorzes and trios" are used. Because of her accent I had a hard time understanding her and did not quite catch the name of the game. What I could make out sounded French in origin. What game was she describing to me?

Answer: Piquet

Piquet is a point-scoring game that some believe originated in France in the 1500s but may actually have come from Spain.
Carte Blanche means a player has no face cards in their hand. Carte Blanche is worth ten points.
A sequence is a run of at least three cards of the same suit. A sequence can be worth up to eighteen points.
Quatorze refers to having four cards that are ten or higher and trio refers to having three of these cards. A quatorze is worth fourteen points and a trio is worth three.
I hope this little explanation "piqueted" your interest in this legendary game.
7. Card games are of four basic types. Shedding games have as the objective the shedding of all your cards. Capturing games involve either capturing or avoiding capturing cards. Matching games require players to combine cards in certain ways. Finally comparing card games are about comparing two cards. German Whist is a variation of the classic game of Whist adapted for two players. As such, what type of game is German Whist?

Answer: Capturing

There are two stages to German Whist. In the first stage each player is dealt thirteen cards. A trick is won by the higher card in the suit lead, or by a trump if the opponent does not have any cards in the suit lead. Each hand is replenished after each trick.

The trick taker gets the top card from the draw pile, which is exposed and the other person gets the next card, which is unexposed. Therefore the strategy is to not use a good card to get a mediocre or poor card from the draw pile. When the draw pile is exhausted the second stage begins in which players try to take tricks from the thirteen cards in their hands. Cyberhen, who is from England, claims German Whist was invented in England, not Germany, and she has never been known to be wrong.
8. My friend Jabber took a trip to Las Vegas and caught the gambling bug. This goes to show it is always the shy, quiet schoolteachers you least suspect who go to Las Vegas and come back as rabid card sharks. When she returned she introduced me to Pai Gow Poker. Sometimes neither the dealer nor the player wins and no money changes hands. What is this situation called?

Answer: Push

Although up to seven can play, I'll discuss Pai Gow Poker for two with me as the dealer. Jabber places a bet. Then we each get seven cards. She arranges hers into two hands--one with two cards and the other with five. The five card hand has to be better than the two card hand. Standard poker hand ranking applies except the A-2-3-4-5 straight is ranked between the Ace high straight and the King high straight. I turn my cards over and make a two-card hand and a five-card hand then she turns her two hands over. If both my hands beat both hers, or if one of mine beats hers and the other ties hers, I win the stake. If both her hands beat mine, she wins the stake. For all other results the game is a push and no money changes hands. Pai Gow Poker is a good game to play in a casino if you are just interested in wasting time until the shops open.

Not only does the dealer reshuffle for each hand, but there are a lot of pushes so you do not lose your money as fast.
9. Clendatherat told me about a card game he and his wife played on their wedding night. I don't know why he was playing cards on his wedding night but he evidently made up for it later on. He has like five kids now. At any rate, I was surprised to hear he played a two-handed version of bridge. Which of the following is a name for two-handed bridge?

Answer: Honeymoon Bridge

Honeymoon Bridge requires a good memory. Each player is dealt thirteen cards. These are played at No Trump. The winner of each trick draws the top card of the stock pile and the other person draws the next card. When the stock pile is used up, the players start bidding with the thirteen cards left in their hands. A person with a good memory will know exactly what cards their opponent has.
Duplicate Bridge is an actual bridge variation; the other two names are made up. In Duplicate Bridge several tables play the exact same hands. The partners who do the best in the session are the winners.
Interesting fact about Clendatherat: he used to be a submariner and played a lot of bridge on those long voyages. He refers to those days as so much bridge under the water.
10. Two wacky twins, who we will refer to as Giz and Squish, were playing a two-player card game involving a board and pegs. The pegs were used to mark points scored on the hands. The game is generally played to 121. In the game I watched Giz won by almost 60 points and stated: "I call that an animal of di-stink-tion." "What is that?" Squish asked. "A skunk," Giz answered. What card game involves a board and pegs in this manner?

Answer: Cribbage

Cribbage was invented by John Suckling, an English poet from the early 17th Century who wrote "Ballad Upon a Wedding." Never heard of it? Neither have I. Suckling, like Ben Johnson, was one of the Cavalier poets. These were poets who supported King Charles I in the Civil War. He supposedly devised Cribbage from the centuries old game Noddy, so he also has that going for him.
Source: Author deputygary

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