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'Trump' is a term used in which game?
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Answer: Option A — Bridge
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"Trump" is a term used in contract bridge (and in other card games). A trump is a card of the suit that has been chosen to rank above all the other suits for a particular hand. A card of the trump suit beats any card of the other suits.
How bridge works:
Contract bridge is a trick-taking card game played with a standard deck of 52 cards by four players in two partnerships (North-South and East-West).
Each hand has two phases:
The auction (bidding): players bid to decide the "contract", that is, how many tricks the winning side must take and which suit will be trumps (or "no trumps").
The play: the cards are played in tricks. The side that won the auction tries to make its contract, and the other side tries to defeat it.
The partner of the player who won the contract is called the "dummy". The dummy's cards are placed face up on the table and are played by the declarer.
Other bridge terms:
- Grand slam: a contract to win all 13 tricks.
- Small slam: a contract to win 12 tricks.
- Rubber: a set of games in rubber bridge, won by the first side to win two games.
- Declarer, defender, finesse, ruff (to play a trump card on a trick), overtrick and undertrick.
Bridge as a sport:
Bridge is recognised as a "mind sport". Its world body is the World Bridge Federation (WBF), founded in 1958.
The Bermuda Bowl (since 1950) is the world team championship.
Bridge was included in the Asian Games for the first time in 2018 (Jakarta-Palembang). India won a gold medal in the men's pair event through Pranab Bardhan (aged 60) and Shibhnath Sarkar, along with bronze medals.
The Bridge Federation of India governs the sport in India.
Why not the other options?
- ✗Chess uses terms such as checkmate, castling and en passant.
- ✗Billiards uses terms such as cannon, cue and break.
- ✗Polo uses terms such as chukker and mallet.
Quick tip
Remember: Trump, grand slam, rubber, dummy, no-trump, finesse = bridge (card game); bridge debuted at the 2018 Asian Games, where India won gold (Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar).
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