Bowling Etiquette
Bowling Terms
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Bowling Equipment
Bowling History
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What do you say if someone does or doesn't knock all the pins down?
What is cheer them on
What is be encouraging
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What is it called when all the pins are knocked down in one throw?
What is Strike
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How many pins are there?
What is 10
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What piece of equipment helps roll the ball down the lane?
What is a ramp
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The transition from nine to ten pins in 19th-century America was driven by Connecticut state legislators attempting to outlaw the game because of this vice.
A: gambling
B: cheating
A: What is gambling?
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What does the black line on the lane mean?
What is the line we do not cross (foul line)
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What is it called when you knock down all the remaining pins on your second throw?
What is spare
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What are the 2 most popular type of bowling games called?
What are candlepin bowling and tenpin bowling
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Why are bowling shoes different than regular shoes?
What is, they have a slippery sole/toe
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Introduced in 1936, this automated machine permanently replaced the traditional human pinboys who cleared and reset pins manually.
What is the automatic pinsetter?
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How many throws do you get in one turn?
What is 2 (except for a strike)
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What is it called when you have a gap in the pins?
What is a split
600
What is the highest possible bowling score by rolling all 12 consecutive strikes?
What is 300
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What helps the ball to roll down the lane?
What is oil
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In the 1840s, the first indoor bowling alley in the United States was established in this bustling city.
A: New York City?
B: Las Vegas
A: What is New York City?
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What do you do if someone on the lane next to is up bowling?
What is wait your turn
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What are three strikes in a row called?
What is Turkey
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What were the first bowling balls made out of?
What is wood
What is rock/stone
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The regulatory maximum number of holes a standard bowling ball is permitted to have.
What is 12
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This 16th-century religious reformer is credited with settling on nine as the ideal number of pins for a game of Kegelspiel.
Kegelspiel (often called Kegeln) is a traditional European nine-pin bowling game
A: Who is Martin Luther?
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If you and the bowler on the adjacent lane are both ready to step up to the approach at the exact same time, this person gets the right of way.
Who is the bowler on the right?
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The optimal, sweet-spot area between the headpin and the adjacent pin that bowlers aim for to strike.
What is the pocket?
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The county with the largest bowling alley in the world is?
What is Japan
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What is the heaviest a bowling ball can be?
What is 16 pounds
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In the 14th century, King Edward III famously banned bowling in this European country because it distracted his soldiers from practicing archery.
A: Germany
B: England
B: What is England