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  "Ghost Story" by Marti Ronemus

Show biz people don't seem to be like the rest of us. Maybe that's why Hollywood is called La-La Land. Perhaps that is why I wasn't too surprised when I found some factlets about stars and their haunted abodes.

Joan Rivers, bless her soul, lived in a Guilded Age mansion and was haunted by the niece of J.P. Morgan. She made Joan's life miserable until she (Joan) hung a portrait of the lady and kept fresh flowers in front if it. Sting, the (IMHO, terrific) singer, lived with an unidentified ghost for quite a while. He grew to like it.

And, in one of life's little ironies, Dan Aykroyd, one of the stars of "Ghostbusters," lived in a house haunted by Mama Cass Elliot.

Personally, the only haunting in my life are the legion of ghosts of badly bid and played hands. We at Vu-Bridge want to help reduce the number of ghosts hiding in corners, and faithfully doing our quizzes and hands will help!

Question 1

  Your Hand
 A K J 4 3
 7 6 5 4 3 2
 K
 7
 
Q: 1 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1p
?


 Your choice:
A: 1: What a stinker of a hand, but no need for an exorcist. We'd love to skip the Hearts entirely and just bid the Spades, but no can do.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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Question 2

  Your Hand
 K Q 9
 K 10 6 5 4
 K 9 8 7
 2
 
Q: 2 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--11
1p1p
?


 Your choice:
A: 2 No-trump: A rebid by responder (that's us!) of 2 No-trump shows 10-12 pts, and in this case a stopper in the opponent's suit. Now that we've limited our hand, it's up to Pard.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 3

  Your Hand
 A 8 7 6
 K 7 6
 A J 4 3
 8 5
 
Q: 3 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
11Dblp
?


 Your choice:
A: 1: Pard's Negative Double is unlimited, showing four Spades and probably four-ish Clubs. We need to show Spade support, but just as importantly, we need to show our minimum opening hand. Once we do that, Pard can place the contract.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 4

  Your Hand
 9 5
 A K J 10 9 8
 J 5 4 3
 2
 
Q: 4 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--1p
1p2 No-trumpp
?


 Your choice:
A: 4: Pard opened the bidding and rebid 2 No-trump, which sort-of promises stoppers in the unbid suits. We don't want to play this anywhere but Hearts, do we? Our distribution is so attractive that we want game. Some might try to weasel out with a 3 bid, but not us card-carrying members of the Clint Eastwood School of Bidding.

Your result so far:
Open Question

Question 5

  Your Hand
 A 3 2
 Q J 9 8 7
 A 5 4 3
 7
 
Q: 5 - South:
SouthWestNorthEast
--12
?


 Your choice:
A: 4: This bid shows that we have GREAT trump support, shortness (singleton or void) in the opponent's suit which we are cuebidding. It's obviously game-force, and shows serious interest in slam.

Let's play a hand and see how our Ghost-busting is working out.

Your result so far:
Open Question

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