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The objective of Bowling is to knock down and many pins as possible.
Bowling is called bowling because you have a bowling ball and the way that most people knock the pins over they bowl them over kind of like if you are in a busy shopping centre you might bowl over a little kid. that's my theory
You have to knock down ten pins in two tries to get a spare.
In many cases, the Professional Bowling Association will replace the pins with new pins during a major tournament, however it is not a requirement.
There are ten pins in ten pin bowling as that is the nature of that sport. In 5 pin bowling, there are 5 pins.
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Bowling pins last 12 to 24 months.
It was a reaction to the American No Fun League, also known as the Puritan Church. When bowling came to this continent, it was played as Ninepins - the way bowling is still played in Europe. The Puritans felt bowling, like any other recreational activity, took time away from prayer...so they passed a law in Massachusetts that No Person shall Bowl at Nine Pins. Naturally, the bowling alley proprietors realized bowling at other numbers of pins was still legal and added a tenth pin to the rack.
ten pins on a Bowling lane
When you say, "Their living room is a bowling alley," you are using a metaphor. However, if they have children and the children have bowling pins, a ball, and use it as a place bowl, then it is not a metaphor, but simply a name.
In the most common form of bowling in the US, ten pins are set up in a triangle.