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1. IMPs. N-S vul.                  4. IMPs. No one vul.
   S K6        W   N   E   S          S 543          W   N   E   S
   H A            3H   P   ?          H AJ982           1C  Dbl  ?
   D AKQ73                            D AJ1043
   C AJ875                            C -

2. IMPs. N-S vul.                  5. Matchpts. E-W vul.
   S AK98      W   N   E   S          S K63          W   N   E   S
   H Q82      2S   P  4S   P          H K10             1S   P  2C
   D J8764     P  4NT  P   ?          D A95          P  2S   P   ?
   C A                                C AK732

3. Matchpts. N-S vul.
   S Q5        W    N    E    S
   H Q1095         1D  2S(1) Dbl(2)  (1)Weak.
   D 54       3S    P    P   Dbl(3)  (2)Negative.
   C AQJ63     P   4D    P    ?      (3)Competitive.

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[解答]： jmc 提供

Directors: Henry Francis, Brent Manley, and Jody Latham.
Panel: Marty Bergen, August Boehm, Larry Cohen, Lynn Deas, Sue Picus,
       Fred Gitelman, Eddie Kantar, Betty Ann Kennedy, Richard Oshlag,
       Barry Rigal, and Dorothy Truscott.

1.     分數 票數   2.    分數 票數   4.     分數 票數
   5H   10    2       5D  10   11       1H   10   13
   4NT   9    3       6D   6    3      Redbl  6    1
   6H    8    3                         1D    1    0
   4D    7    1    3.    分數 票數
   4H    6    5      Pass 10   13    5.     分數 票數
   4C    2    0       4H   3    1       3S   10   11
   4S    1    0       5C   1    0       4NT   7    3

後四題的答案都相當明顯, 較具爭議的是第一題. 引述其評論如下:

.... Yes, we see that 4H got the most votes. But did it really? Nine panelists
decided to explore for slam -- they just chose different ways to seek the slam
goal. So it really came down to two choices -- try for slam or settle for game.
Clearly try for slam got the call. That's why 4H has been downgraded -- it was
the minority bid.

    The top rating was given to 5H because these bidders based their slam
aspiration on the quality of their partner's heart suit. Those who bid 4NT also
asked a question -- they planned to base their slam decision on the number of
key cards held by partner. 4D also was upgraded because it too was a slam
exploratory bid. 6H was rated somewhat lower because it was unilateral
decision to bid the slam.......