CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
THOUGH IT’S NAMED FOR ANOTHER PLAYER, GEORGE RAPÉE ACTUALLY INVENTED THIS CONVENTION, OFTEN THE FIRST ONE TAUGHT TO BEGINNING PLAYERS
WHAT IS STAYMAN?
INDUCTED IN 1964, HE WAS KNOWN AS “MR. BRIDGE” FOR POPULARIZING THE GAME
WHO IS CHARLES GOREN?
ORGANIZED IN 1956, THIS ITALIAN TEAM DOMINATED THE BRIDGE WORLD FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, INCLUDING TEN CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES IN THE BERMUDA BOWL
WHO IS THE BLUE TEAM?
THIS SYSTEM IS STANDARD IN BRITISH TOURNAMENT PLAY AND WIDELY USED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD
WHAT IS THE ACOL SYSTEM?
THIS WORD FROM YIDDISH MEANS A NON-PLAYING ONLOOKER
WHAT IS A KIBITZER?
A SIX-SESSION BOARD-A-MATCH TEAM EVENT, IT WAS KNOWN UNTIL 1965 AS THE NORTH AMERICAN OPEN TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP
WHAT IS THE REISINGER BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS?
NAMED AFTER A U.S. STATE, THIS CONVENTION WAS ACTUALLY DEVELOPED INDEPENDENTLY BY DAVID CARTER OF ST. LOUIS AND OLLE WILLNER OF SWEDEN
WHAT IS THE TEXAS CONVENTION?
INDUCTED IN 1995, SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN ADMITTED TO THE ACBL HALL OF FAME
WHO IS HELEN SOBEL SMITH?
ORGANIZED IN 1968, THIS TEAM WON THEIR FIRST NABC TITLE IN 1969 AND INCLUDED FAMOUS FACES SUCH AS BOB HAMMAN & BOBBY WOLFF
WHO ARE THE (DALLAS) ACES?
A BIDDING METHOD IN WHICH THE LONG SUIT IS USUALLY BID ON THE SECOND ROUND
WHAT IS THE CANAPÉ SYSTEM?
RING RING! IT’S A FOUR LETTER TERM FOR ANY BID, DOUBLE, REDOUBLE, OR PASS
WHAT IS A CALL?
A FOUR-SESSION NABC+ PAIR EVENT WITH TWO QUALIFYING SESSIONS AND TWO FINALS, IT HAS AN ENTRY RESTRICTION IN ITS NAME
WHAT IS THE NAIL LIFE MASTER PAIRS?
VICTOR MITCHELL NAMED THIS CONVENTION AFTER HIS PARTNER IN A STROKE OF “REVERSE”LOGIC
WHAT IS NAMYATS?
INDUCTED IN 2017 & 2018, THIS PAIR DOMINATED BRIDGE FROM THE 1980’S TO 2020
WHO ARE JEFF MECKSTROTH & ERIC RODWELL?
ORGANIZED IN 1970 AND SPONSORED BY C.C. WEI, THIS TEAM USED A SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY MANY TEAMS SINCE
WHO IS THE PRECISION TEAM?
A DETAILED SYSTEM FORMULATED BY THE ACES WITH THE AID OF A COMPUTER FOR RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTATION
WHAT IS THE ACES SCIENTIFIC SYSTEM?
ALSO A MULTI-SPORT TERM, IT’S THE WINNING OF ALL 13 TRICKS BY THE DECLARER
WHAT IS A GRAND SLAM?
A FOUR-SESSION NABC+ EVENT THAT CONSISTS OF TWO QUALIFYING AND TWO FINALS, IT WASFORMERLY KNOWN AS THE MEN’S BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS
WHAT IS THE MITCHELL OPEN BOARD-A-MATCH TEAMS?
THE JORDAN CONVENTION WAS CREATED BY THIS NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST
WHO IS ALAN TRUSCOTT?
INDUCTED IN 2009, SHE CHAIRED THE GOODWILL COMMITTEE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS
WHO IS AILEEN OSOFSKY?
SHARING ITS NAME WITH A MAGAZINE, THIS TEAM WAS MOST NOTABLE COMPRISED OF ELY & JO CULBERTSON, VON ZEDTWITZ, AND LIGHTNER
WHO IS THE BRIDGE WORLD TEAM?
A FORM OF THE PRECISION CLUB SYSTEM IN WHICH ROMAN ASKING BIDS (ALPHA THROUGH OMEGA) ARE USED
WHAT IS THE ADVANCED PRECISION?
AN OVERBID MADE NECESSARY BY OPPOSING ACTION; A SCIENTIST MIGHT MEASURE IT USING PASCALS
WHAT IS A PRESSURE BID?
A SIX-SESSION NABC+ TEAM EVENT WITH SCORING BY IMPs CONVERTED TO VICTORY POINTS
WHAT IS THE KEOHANE NORTH AMERICAN SWISS TEAMS?
REJECTED FOR PUBLICATION BY BRIDGE WORLD MAGAZINE IN 1933, THIS SLAM EXPLORATION BIDEASILY BECAME POPULAR WORLDWIDE
WHAT IS THE BLACKWOOD CONVENTION?
INDUCTED IN 1965 & 1997, THIS PAIR WAS THE FIRST FATHER-SON COMBINATION ELECTED TO THE ACBL HALL OF FAME
WHO ARE OSWALD JACOBY AND JAMES JACOBY?
THIS TEAM WAS NAMED AFTER THE FIRST MANUFACTURER OF FOUR-COLORED CARDS
WHO IS THE BID-RITE TEAM?
MASTERPOINT LEGEND BARRY NEVER PLAYED THIS OBSOLETE SYSTEM, ALSO KNOWN AS COMMONSENSE, WHERE THE FULL POINT-COUNT VALUE OF THE HAND WAS BID IMMEDIATELY
WHAT IS THE CRANE SYSTEM?
THIS VICIOUS-SOUNDING TERM CAN REFER TO A GAME OF BRIDGE OR POOL CONTESTED BY THREE PLAYERS
WHAT IS CUTTHROAT?
THIS SIX-SESSION NABC+ PAIR EVENT IS CONTESTED FOR THE CAVENDISH TROPHY, NOT A TALL BOY OF PABST
WHAT IS THE KAPLAN BLUE RIBBON PAIRS?