Here’s a quiz about what I call specialty bids, drawn from Internet play.

Driving home last week’s issue of bidding carefully to a minor-suit contract, I give you this OK Bridge hand.

Let’s face it: the least desirable game contract is five of a minor.

Here’s a suggested summer read: Barbara’s Bridge Tips by Barbara Seagram (Master Point Press).

“Do we hafta learn yet another obscure bidding convention?” people ask. No, but knowledge is power, and some of these bidding tools can help you.