Phew! So glad I've redeemed myself. I did know that contract bridge was a 1920s-era improvement on auction bridge.
Here's another quickie. Most suited to the Yanks, but the Brits have gone to Bedfordshire by now, haven't they?
Lobster Newberg is an extremely delicious dish made of lobster, cognac, sherry, cream, butter, eggs and cayenne pepper. Very healthy, too. In what famous New York restaurant was it created and after whom was it named?
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