Where the Jack Reigns High Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cribbage

Cribbage or Crib is played with a standard 52-card pack. The object of the game is to reach 121 points by making scoring combinations such as a pair, three of a kind, four of a kind, etc. The game was originally for two players but can be played by up to four players.

Answer: Euchre

Euchre is played with a short deck of cards. Normally it is played by four players with a deck of 32 cards. The jack of trumps is called "right bower" and the jack of the same colour "left bower".

Answer: Klaberjass

The name comes from the Jack of clubs, which is the most important card of the game. It can be played by two to four players. The game is played with 32 cards (seven to ace) and it combines trick-taking with suit sequences. In the trump suit the jack is worth 20 points and the nine 14.

Answer: Belote

The game is played with a 32-card pack (ace to seven) and it is normally played with four people, although it can be played by two and three as well.
In the bidding a player can name any suit, or no trumps or all trumps.
Declarations (run of three, run of four, run of five, etc.) must be made during the first trick.
During the game the dominant suit must be followed and in case a player cannot follow suit he must play a trump.
Belote is the name for the combination of King and Queen in the trump hand.

Answer: Forty-fives

Forty-fives is normally played to 45 points, hence the name of the game.
The ace of hearts is always the third ranking trump card irrespective of the trump suit.
Any card of the trump suit beats and other card from a non-trump suit. In the absence of a trump card the best card from a non-trump suit wins the trick.

Answer: Pinochle

The game takes its name from the combination of queen of spades and jack of diamonds (each having one eye).
The game is played with 48 cards, two cards from each suit ( ace through to nine) and the points scored are a combination of the tricks taken and melds made. For example, a run of the trump suit (ace, ten, king, queen, jack) is worth 15 points and a double run both sequences ace, ten, king, queen, jack) is worth 150 points. The pinochle combination is worth 4 points.

Answer: Reversis

The game probably takes its name from the fact that you are trying to avoid taking tricks, rather than winning them. The game is played with 48 cards which is a full pack without the four tens and the ranking goes from ace high to 2 the lowest card.
Four penalty points are given for each ace, three for each king, two for each queen and 1 for each jack.
Anyone who dumps an ace or the jack of hearts (quinola) gets paid by the winner of the trick.

Answer: Sheepshead

The game is played with a 32-card pack and normally five players. There is a total of 120 points available and the winner must get at least 61. The trump suit is made up of 14 cards with the four queens being the strongest, followed by the four jacks and then the remaining diamonds from ace to seven.
Although the queens and the jacks are the strongest in trick as they are only worth 3 points and 2 points respectively. The aces are worth 11, the tens 10 and the king 4 points.

Answer: Skat

Skat is a German game for three players although four usually play! It uses a 32-card pack (Ace to seven) and the four jacks are always the four highest trump cards, with the jack of clubs having the highest ranking.
The winner of the bid declares the trump suit with a normal target of capturing 61 points.

Answer: Twenty-eight

This is a trick taking game played by four players and using a 32-card pack. The 32 cards used include all cards between seven and the ace. The game is played in partnerships and there are 28 points available in the game. Initially four cards are dealt to each player and after that the game enters the biding stage.

Here the players can bid for a minimum of 14 points and maximum of 28. This number signifies the number of points that the partnership is going to try to win. A player can opt not to make a bit by passing and after that doesn't take part in the bidding process.

The contract is awarded to the player with the highest bid, who then decides the trump suit.