RE:  problem C:   I DID mention the likelihood (?)   of north  showing up with 4=4=2=3  etc.  in myy long and passionate rant.   Many others seem to have that bad-news situation in the back of their mind 
   By the way,  the go-low  squad outnumbered the cue-invite  crowd  13 to 12  ( 10+3 low bids,  12 cue bids)  in a different month our contest scores might be flipped.  Maybe someone bribed the two doublers to testify  that they are in effect taking the high road?

A:   If our majors were flipped,  DOUble, then 4S over 4H might get 20+ votes. But here,  DOUble, then 5H over 4S surely won't come close to that.   The best way to recover from the underbid most uf us will be making here is for the opps  to somehow come up with a club raise,  so we can rebid 5D.   I am not counting on this, but...
                        --- Four Hearts---   anyway.


B:   I will bid my one card [other then their trump queen].  If partner isn't coming again with a heart rebid,  I would rather be somewhere else.   In fact I DO rather be someplace else!
                        --- Three Diamonds---


C:   Do we all realize that pard's 3 Spades will usually be a waffle?  What can an ordinary opening had lacking a spade card AND a heart suit do after all??  It's too early to get rowdy yet--just do what Hamman says for now.
                       ---Three Notrump---


D:   I have never shown a 5-card red suit after this auction, but.....Jim put a bee in my bonnet:: in hearts, I AM worth some tricks, more than usual COMPARED TO WHAT a crappy dummy this is for spades. we will not speak  of  dropping pard in 2 ,  ok?  ...This TRULY  a "misery preference"  to 2 spades--worse even than  most 6-to-9 with a doubleton trump   compared to the alternative of 2
                          ---Two Hearts---

E:   I know bidding 3   now is 'kitchen bridge' when not having 5+ length in diamonds,  but i don't see the harm.  If partner supports diamonds now, correcting to 4   cant be that bad, so the first-impulse rebid of 2NT is not needed with our 10xx club holding.    The panel will probably split between a spade raise and that automatic  rebid in NT, though . I know I am not changing to a spade raise this month--after all  north may have 6-4 majors and then we can't get to 4
                        ---Three Hearts---


F:  Tooo SIMPLE!   In no style I know of, or ever want to know of, does                                                             "1   (1 ) double 2 ; 3   (pass) THREE SPADES "   show five+ spades!  there is no need at all  for some mystery cue-bid if you agree with this.   This is a one-answer problem  or Bob's my uncle --  with the distant other answer being to drop pard in three diamonds --  scoring a minus 50.
                              ---Three Spades---
  P.S.  some rascal mentioned  tha  when playing "NEGATIVE FREE BID"  this 3 spade rebid does show a real suit.  Fine.  I HAVE heard of this convention--yes,  but do I WANT to hear of it--no.

G: Like "F" above, there is absolutely no need to look beyond the one obvious answer--in this case "double".   I can't believe they didn't present a second round of bidding and ask us what to call after some 7-bid auction.
                               ---Double---      madness

H:   

SOLUTIONS FOR Jock McQuade3 Bag End Hobbiton The Shire.
PROBLEM A: 2 Notrump
PROBLEM B: 3 Spades
PROBLEM C: 2 Clubs
PROBLEM D: Pass
PROBLEM E: 1 Diamond
PROBLEM F: 3 Spades
PROBLEM G: 3 Clubs --  What's troubling about  three clubs??  WE MAY PLAY IT THERE,  FOR A 18%
PROBLEM H: Spade 3--   lotta heart tens through dummy  from our gang;  yipes!

Thank you for participating in the Master Solvers Club contest.

CCR3 and Peuco will team with BLU--and somebody "from across the border"  for the late set.
Palych and I will be glad to  team with  Annwan and House  for the dawn patrol

RE:  problem C....A suprising sidebar in THIS 100 board simulation was that FINDING  our 4-4 heart fit was the most disasterous thing we could do almost every time one existed  (and stopping in 2 Hearts with a 4-3 fit also under-performed rather often as well).  No doubt, a second 100-board simulation will support the panel's landslide vote  for rebidding 2 , but the 2h rebid gave me the creeps and it still does.

CCR3 and Peuco  will join BLU..and  ("across the Border--Fleuretted"  for the SECOND contest;  thanks  you guys

EDIT by Curls: Thanks Blu and teamies, updated : )

Ahem!:  As I tried to indicate just upthread,  I dream than there will be might crashes of honors  on  possibly the first AND second  spade tricks--  so I will need both the 9 and 8 to push out decl's 3rd stopper  and draw his youngster  with  the remaining 8 + score our fifth one.     So I don't much care that partner will take this spot card  as 'an attacking lead'.   anyway  fat chance he will get in before I do,  and if he DOES,  the opps are almost set, even if we do no more in spades than  deny him his 4th card there