Touti quiz: 15 questions to test your rules

• 1. How many cards does each player get? A) 8 · B) 10 · C) 12
• 2. Which wins, the Rey or the 3 of the same suit? A) The 3 · B) The Rey · C) Whichever was played first
• 3. How many card points are there in the deck? A) 100 · B) 130 · C) 120

• 4. What is the minimum bid? A) 60 · B) 70 · C) 80
• 5. Can you bid 85? A) No · B) Yes, if the previous bid was 75
• 6. You have passed. What can you still do during the auction? A) Bid again later · B) Nothing at all · C) Send your partner a signal, under certain conditions
• 7. All four players pass without a bid. What happens? A) The hand is cancelled and the deal passes to the next player · B) The dealer must take it at 70 · C) The last player takes it at 70

• 8. Who leads the first trick? A) The declarer · B) The dealer · C) The player after the dealer
• 9. You can't follow suit, your partner is winning the trick and you have trumps. What must you do? A) Discard freely · B) Trump · C) Either
• 10. The trick has already been trumped and you hold the suit led. What must you play? A) Any card of that suit · B) A higher card of that suit · C) A higher trump

• 11. How much is a Ghna in the trump suit worth? A) 20 · B) 40 · C) 60
• 12. Contract at 80. The declarer holds a Ghna in trumps and a Ghna in another suit. How many Ghna points count? A) 0 · B) 60 · C) 20
• 13. Who can declare a Ghna? A) Only the declaring team · B) Any player · C) Only the defenders
• 14. Contract at 100. The declaring team collects 104 points. What does it score? A) 104 · B) Both teams score their points · C) 100
• 15. Who can concede a hand? A) The defenders, if both of them agree · B) The declarer · C) Any player

• 1. B) 10. All 40 cards are dealt, 10 per player: a hand has 10 tricks.
• 2. A) The 3. The ranking is Ace, 3, Rey, Cabal, Sota, 7, 6, 5, 4, 2. See the Touti cards.
• 3. C) 120. Ace 11, 3 = 10, Rey 4, Cabal 3, Sota 2: 30 points per suit, 120 in total.
• 4. B) 70. Bidding goes from 70 to 230. See Touti bidding.
• 5. A) No. Bids go up in steps of 10: 70, 80, 90… Amounts like 75 or 85 don't exist.
• 6. C) A signal. A player who has passed can't bid again, but can send AS, COMPTE, +10 or PASS to their partner when it is the partner's turn, a bid has been made and an opponent is still in.
• 7. A) The hand is cancelled. Nobody scores, the deal passes to the next player and the cards are dealt again.
• 8. C) The player after the dealer. That player spoke first in the auction, and leads whoever the declarer is.
• 9. B) Trump. If you can't follow suit, trumping is compulsory, even if your partner is winning the trick.
• 10. A) Any card of that suit. Once the trick has been trumped, the obligation to play higher disappears; you only have to follow suit.
• 11. B) 40. +40 in trumps, +20 in another suit. See the Ghna.
• 12. C) 20. At 80, only one Ghna of 20 (not in trumps) counts; the +40 does not. It takes 90 for it to count.
• 13. A) Only the declaring team, after a trick won by the team, and declaring is optional.
• 14. C) 100. The team that wins the hand scores the bid amount, not the points it collected; the defenders score nothing. See how to score Touti.
• 15. A) The defenders, if both of them agree. The declaring team then takes the remaining cards and the last trick, and the hand is scored as usual.

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