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- Quack
- A contraction of queen and jack. Used in situations where it does not matter whether the queen or the jack is held or played, as well as to emphasize that it does not matter. The term generalizes to other equals, such as jack and ten. See Principle of restricted choice.
- Qualifying
- (Adjective) A session or sessions preliminary to the final of an event.
- Quantitative
- 1) Of a bid: A call based, usually, on high card points, rather than a feature such as fit or shortness. A raise from 1NT to 3NT based on a 4-3-3-3 hand with 10 HCP is a quantitative raise.
- 2) Of scoring: The method of scoring used in rubber bridge or in IMP events. The metric used is the number of points earned on each deal, perhaps adjusted by the IMP scale and victory points. In contrast, comparative scoring is based on the number of pairs that have been out-scored.
- Queen-ask
- In Key Card Blackwood, the cheapest bid over the response to 4NT, to ask responder for the trump queen.
- Quick tricks
- see honor tricks
- Quitted trick
- A trick whose cards have all been turned face down (duplicate bridge) and gathered in front of the trick's winner (rubber bridge). In rubber bridge, a player may inspect a quitted trick if his side has not yet led to the next trick. In duplicate bridge, a player may inspect a quitted trick only if told to do so by a director.
- Quotient
- Points won divided by the sum of points won and points lost, occasionally used to break a tie.
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