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7-10. The 7 and 10 pins are the 2 pins that are farthest away from each other and are placed along the same horizontal line making it the hardest split to pick up.
| What is it called when you get a strike after your ball hits the left hand side of the head pin (for right-handers)? | Quick 'n Easy Bowling
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turkey. gobble gobble gobble
| Bowling a strike followed by a spare (or vice versa) in the entire game is called a _____ ? | Quick 'n Easy Bowling
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| The place just to the right of the head pin for a right hander is called the _________ ? | Quick 'n Easy Bowling
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YABA. YABA stands for Young American Bowling Alliance.
| A bowling lane is made of boards placed widthwise from gutter to gutter all the way to the end of the lane. How many boards comprised a lane in 2000? | Tough Bowling
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39. There are 39 boards-you don't count the 20th board twice. Surprisingly, these are used for targetting. To top things off, more advanced bowlers will designate a 'break point' which is usually a section of a board that's about 30-45 feet down the lane.
American Machine and Foundry. American Machinery and Foundry company was started in 1900. Exactly what they made, I have no clue. 'Always Means Fun!' was a slogan they adopted in 1997. AMF actually owned Harley Davidson for a while. The AMForce was a series of balls made by AMF-but that's not what AMF is short for.
| When I bowl a proper strike, how many pins does my ball actually touch? | Tough Bowling
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4. A right handed bowler's ball actually contacts the 1, 3, 5 and 9 pins (or in some instances the 8 pin). Left handers contact the 1, 2, 5 and 8 pin (or 9 pin). Theoretically, if I bowled a 300, I only hit 48 pins.
| Traditionally, when throwing a hook, as a ball travels down the lane, what is the proper sequence of events? | Tough Bowling
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The ball skids, hooks, then rolls.. The ball actually skids through the oil on the first part of the lane. As it starts hitting the 'drier' part of the lane, the ball begins to gain traction and rolls. As the ball gets to an even drier part of the lane, it creates even more friction, and starts to hook (the flip).
| What is the maximum number of holes I can have in a bowling ball? | Tough Bowling
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12. You're allowed one for each finger (and the thumb of course), a vent hole for each, a weight hole and a mill hole. Mill holes are more common for professional bowlers. This is where a bowling official would test the hardness of the ball. (ABC-WIBC Equipment Specifications Manual 2001, pg. 15)
| There are 3 parts of a bowling lane (not counting the approach). Which one does not belong? | Tough Bowling
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Pin Setter. The pin deck is where the pins are placed. The pines are the middle of the lanes, from the dovetail to the pin deck. The heads (which, traditionally are made of maple and are sometimes called the maples) are the area from the foul line to just beyond the arrows, commonly refered to as the dovetail.
| Which bowling ball company makes the 'Zone' series of bowling balls? | Basic Bowling
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| Which bowling ball company makes the 'El Nino' series of bowling balls? | Basic Bowling
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a league where the bowlers do not have any handicap..
| What must a bowler average a game to shoot a 700 series in three games? | Basic Bowling
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When a bowler intentionally bowls poorly to lower their average..
| Let's say that the first frame of a game you leave a 10-pin and you miss your spare, what would be the maximum score you would be able to bowl that certain game? | Basic Bowling
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| If the lane conditions were extremely dry, which type of ball would be best for you to use? | Basic Bowling
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| It is legal for the ball to bounce out of the channel (gutter) and back on to the lane to knock down a pin or pins? | Basic Bowling
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1909. It was also the same year as the Husted, Colorado, Train Wreck in August which killed dozens of passengers.
| Name one of the 2 game scores that are not possible in five-pin bowling? | Five-Pin Bowling
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1 . There are no pins that count as one so those two scores are impossible.
| True or False: the bowling balls in five-pin are smaller than the balls in ten-pin? | Five-Pin Bowling
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| If you bowl 11 strikes and your final ball leaves one pin what is your score? | Bowling In General
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