Bridge, whist, hearts, spades, and related trick-taking games.
Test your knowledge with these top questions!
In pinochle, players score a "meld" by doing what?
Meld points come from cards held together, while trick points come from cards won during play.
In partnership pinochle, which team chooses the trump suit?
The winning bidders must meet their bid using meld and trick points or suffer a scoring penalty.
A standard 48-card pinochle deck contains how many copies of each card?
A standard pinochle deck leaves out the twos through eights, keeping two copies of each nine through ace.
In pinochle, which queen pairs with the jack of diamonds for the game's namesake meld?
Holding two queens of spades and two jacks of diamonds makes a double pinochle.
In trick-taking games, what does it mean to follow suit?
Players must play a card of the led suit if they hold one.