Belot rules quiz

How the quiz works

• There are 20 questions covering card ranking, points, playing obligations, declarations, belot, contra, hanging deals and the end of the game.
• After every answer you immediately see the correct one with a short explanation and a link to the guide on the topic.
• There is no time limit and nothing is saved – take it as many times as you like.

What to read next, by score

Where people go wrong most often

Three topics collect the most wrong answers. The first is trumping: the duty applies only when an opponent holds the trick, and if you cannot overtrump an opponent who has already trumped, you may play any card – undertrumping is not required.

The second is declarations. Fours of a kind and sequences are compared separately, so four queens and the opponents' quinte are both scored. The third is the hanging deal, which many confuse with a failed contract – on equal points the declarers do not lose everything, their points simply wait for the next hand.

Want every table on one sheet next to you? Print the Belot cheat sheet.

What if we play differently at home?

Belot is passed on from table to table and almost every group has something of its own – how points are rounded on the boundary, whether a contra stops the bidding, who cuts. The quiz does not say your custom is wrong. It checks the belot.bg rules, which is also how Belot Arena plays online.

If an answer looks strange to you, open the guide linked in the explanation – the rule is described there with an example, and it usually becomes clear where the difference comes from.

Practise the rules in a game

The table is the fastest teacher. In Belot Arena the cards you are not allowed to play are dimmed, and declarations and points are counted automatically – you see each rule in action without any argument.