Name the Card Game Trivia Quiz

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.

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!

Answer: Euchre

In the 19th century, Euchre was hugely popular in the United States, essentially being considered the national card game. Since that time, Bridge has eclipsed Euchre in popularity, but it still remains a widely played game, especially in the Midwest and Northeast (and in Ontario, Canada).

Answer: False

Quite the opposite, actually. Using a standard 52-card deck, each player is dealt seven or eight cards. The top card from the discard pile is then laid face up. The player who goes first must then lay a card down that either matches the suit or number of the card face up. Play proceeds this way until one person sheds all his/her cards.

The eights are considered wild cards that can be laid down at any time, with the card-layer announcing the suit of their choice. If on a player's turn they are unable to match the face up card, they must draw until they are able to do so.

Answer: Gin Rummy

In Gin Rummy, the 'upcard' is simply the top card in the discard pile. To 'knock' is to end the round, announcing the runs and sets in one's hand. The 'deadwood' in each player's hand are the cards that are not matched in sets or runs. The points for each deadwood card are added to the score of the knocking player *if* that player has gone gin.

Answer: Pinochle

The term 'pinochle' refers to the combination of a queen of spades and a jack of diamonds, a point-scoring combination during the meld round. Other examples of meld include a round of aces in each suit, marriages of kings and queens in the same suit and a run of every card in a single suit.

After presenting meld, play proceeds in tricks, with the trump suit having been declared by the winning bidder.

Answer: Primero

Solitaire is referred to as 'Patience' in British English. There are literally dozens of different forms of Solitaire, including both Klondike and FreeCell that frequently come with Microsoft Windows. Primero was a gambling game from the 16th century that has essentially become extinct.

Answer: Slapjack

Slapjack is a very simple variation of the game Egyptian War (or Egyptian Rat Race). To make the game more interesting, other signals may be used to signify the laying down of different face cards. For example, when a queen is laid down, the first person to clap their hands wins the discard pile.

Answer: Cribbage

While a rare 29 is possibly attainable, several lesser point scores are not possible, including a 19, 25, 26 or 27. In jest, when players make a zero score for a hand, they may claim a score of '19'.
The peg reference in the question refers to the small peg pieces used on a cribbage board to calculate the score for each player. Usually, play is to 121.

Answer: Cassino

The winner in a game of Cassino is the first person to reach the score of 21. Cards are taken in tricks, with value placed the following: high number of cards, higher number of spades, aces, big cassino (namely, the 10 of diamonds) and little cassino (aka the two of spades). This game is great fun, especially for two players, I highly recommend it.

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