Trivia and other musings..

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early court card King James

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?