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Q: What is it called if you fail to knock down all of the pins on your turn?
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What is it called when you knock down all the pins?

In Bowling the term used when knock down all the pins is "Strike".


What is it called when you don't knock down any pins?

Gutter Ball


When you knock down 0 bowling pins?

That's called a "gutter ball".


When all bowling pins fall this is called a?

If a bowler knocks down all 10 pins on the first delivery, it is called a "strike". If it takes two deliveries to knock all the pins down, it is called a "spare". If there are pins still standing after two deliveries, it is called an "open".


In bowling what is the objective?

The objective of Bowling is to knock down and many pins as possible.


Why was the bowling ball made?

To knock down the pins.


How many bowling pins do you need to knock down to get a strike?

The minimum number of pins you would need to knock down to get a 260 would be 97: nine strikes in a row, followed by a 6-1 in the tenth frame. Obviously, it's not the number of total pins that matter, but the number of strikes in a row; it's possible to knock down the same 97 pins and yet only score a 97 game.


What is the point of the game in bowling?

To knock all the pins down.


How do you get strikes?

Strikes and spares are terms used in the game of bowling. A strike is when you knock all of the pins down in one shot. A spare is when you knock all of the pins down in two shots.


What is a spare and a strike in bowling?

a strike is all 10 pins knocked down in one try a spare is all 10 pins knocked down in two consecutive tries in the same frame.


What is a spare in bowling?

A Spare Is when you knock down some pins in the first try but in the next try you knock the rest down you get a spare


What happens when you knock 8 pins down on the first ball and only knock down 1 pin with the second ball?

you get a 9