As our Faithful Readers know, we try to not only help you improve your game, but ensure that you have a daily tidbit to help your conversation sparkle. Here's today's gem.
Have you ever wondered why "clockwise" runs from right to left? Well, back in the mists of time when sundials were the timekeepers, the rotation of the earth moved the shadow from right to left. Naturally when clocks finally got hands, it only made sense for them to move from right to left.
What, you ask? Didn't clocks always have hands? No they did not. They chimed a bell. The word "clock," in fact, comes from medieval Latin "clocca," which means "bell."
And now it's "time" to get to work. Today's quiz is a little different. You're going to have to decide if the last bid in the sequence is forcing or not. Simple, no? No.
By the way, don't look for hands. There won't be any!! Just the bidding... which goes clockwise!
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