Trivia and other musings..

Have you ever noticed that a deck of playing cards (in its modern form) emulates a calendar? There are:

• 52 weeks in a year - 52 cards in a deck
• 13 weeks in each season - 13 cards in each suit
• 4 seasons in a year - 4 suits
• 12 months in a year - 12 court cards; and
• red cards represent day, black cards represent night.

Can you answer the following? Answers (& more trivia) next week...

1.   Where and when were playing cards invented?

2.   Why is bridge called bridge?

3.   What do the four suits in a pack of playing cards represent?