Bowling Basics
The object you roll down the lane?
Answer: What is a bowling ball.
This is the ability to keep your body steady and controlled during your bowling motion.
Answer: What is balance?
A standard game of bowling starts with this many pins set up on the lane.
Answer: What is ten pins?
Knocking down all 10 pins on your first roll
Answer: What is a strike.
A standard game of bowling uses this many pins.
Answer: What is 10?
The object you are trying to knock down?
Answer: What are bowling pins?
The force that slows the ball down?
Answer: What is Friction?
This round object has finger holes and is rolled down the lane towards the pins.
Answer: What is a bowling ball?
When you knock down all the pins in two rolls
swer: What is a spare?
Knocking down all 10 pins with your first roll is called this.
Answer: What is a strike?
The long path the ball rolls on called?
Answer: What is the lane?
This is why bowlers should stay behind the foul line-stepping onto the lane can get this substance on their shoes and affect their ability to bowl safely.
Answer: What is oil?
True or False: Every bowling ball has finger holes.
Answer: True
In a standard frame, a bowler usually gets this many chances to knock down the pins.
Answer: What is two rolls?
Knocking down all ten pins using two rolls in the same frame is called this.
Answer: What is a spare?
The traditional aiming point bowlers use to guide their ball towards the pins.
Answer: What are the Arrows
A bowling ball should be a comfortable weight for the bowler and is usually around this percentage of their body weight.
Answer: What is 10%
This is the traditional color of bowling pins
Answer: What is white?
Bowlers wear these special shoes to help them slide safely during their delivery.
Answer: What are bowling shoes?
This is the long path that the bowling ball travels on its way towards the pins.
Answer: What is the lane?
The point where bowlers stand behind before rolling?
Answer: What is the foul line.
This describes the physical features and shape of the bowling lane, including its surface, slope, and how they can affect the movement of the ball.
Answer: What is topography?
What sport uses a bowling ball and pins?
Answer: What is Bowling.
The right-handed strike pocket?
Answer: What is between the 1 and 3 pin
This is the area of the lane where the pins are located.
Answer: What is the pin deck?