Obscure Bowling Facts

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1. What pin is commonly referred to as the "kingpin"? 10 pin 1 pin 5 pin 7 pin

2. Which split is known as "bedposts"? 4-6-7-10 7-10 6-7 4-10

3. What is the minimum number of balls required to complete a game of ten pins? 12 13 10 11

4. What is the minimum degree of tilt that a bowling pin needs to fall? 12.5 degrees 7.5 degrees 45 degrees 25 degrees

5. After your delivery, you leave the 6 and 7 pins, but they are still wobbling. When the pinsetter comes down to reset the pins, it knocks the six pin over. What would you shoot for your spare? 6 pin 6 and 7 pins 7 pin Nothing, you bowl the frame over

6. For a right handed bowler, the ball comes into contact with how many pins in a "Perfect Strike"? 5 3 6 4

7. Which of these splits has been determined by ABC, as the most unlikely to spare? 5-7-10 4-6 4-6-7-10 5-7

8. From the foul line to the head pin measures how many feet? 61 60 62 63

9. A new pin was introduced on the pro tour in the spring of 1998, that was heavier and would result in less strikes. What color were these pins? Red Green White Gold

10. Walter Ray Williams won his 5th PBA Bowler of the Year Award in 1998. He is also a champion at what? Won the 1992 Santa Anita Horse Championship Las Vegas Chess Tournament Horseshoe pitching NASCAR Celebrity Daytona 250 race