Ladies and Gentlemen, put on your bowling shoes and fasten your wrist guards! Get ready to strike out any doubts and spare a moment for our ten-pin trivia bonanza. This isn’t just any regular quiz; it’s a ‘bowl-o-rama’ of questions that are sure to bowl you over! This is your chance to prove that you’re not just another pin in the crowd but the true kingpin of bowling knowledge. So, will you end up in the gutter or are you on a roll? Let’s bowl and know!
1. What is the maximum score one can get in a single game of bowling?
2. Who is considered the youngest person to bowl a perfect game?
3. What are the three holes in a typical bowling ball used for?
4. Which country is known for having the most bowling alleys per capita?
5. What is the world record for the most pins knocked down in one hour?
6. Who holds the world record for the most strikes in a minute?
7. How many bowling centers are there in the United States?
8. What are the dimensions of an official tenpin bowling lane?
9. Who holds the record for the most perfect games bowled in a career?
10. What is the weight of the heaviest legal bowling ball?
11. What is the most expensive bowling ball ever made?
12. What is the term for three strikes in a row in bowling?
13. How many rounds, or frames, are there in a standard game of bowling?
14. When was the first bowling tournament for women held?
15. What is the record for the highest combined score in a single bowling match?
16. Which U.S. president installed a bowling alley in the White House?
17. When was the first bowling alley established in the United States?
18. Who holds the record for the fastest 300 game in bowling?
19. What’s the weight of the lightest legal ball in tenpin bowling?
20. What is the name of the device that sets up the pins between frames?
21. What is the standard distance between each pin in a ten-pin bowling setup?
22. What is the diameter of a standard ten-pin bowling pin at its widest point?
23. In which country was nine-pin bowling banned in the 1830s, leading to the rise of ten-pin bowling?
24. What is the name of the formation of pins before any have been knocked down?
25. Which famous bowler was known as “Mr. Bowling”?
26. What is the name for a frame in which a player knocks down all ten pins, but it takes two throws to do so?
27. What does the ‘d’ represent in the bowling score notation X, /, -, and d?
28. Which film featuring a plot centered around a bowling league has achieved cult status?
29. What’s the term for a bowler who bowls with their left hand?
30. Who was the first bowler to earn over $100,000 in a single season?
31. What do you call the space on either side of the bowling lane?
32. When was the American Bowling Congress founded?
33. How many lanes does the largest bowling center in the world have?
34. What do you call the special shoes used while bowling?
35. What was the first bowling ball made of rubber called?
36. What is the term for getting strikes in all frames of a game, except the first and last frame?
37. In what year was the first perfect game of bowling aired on national television?
38. What unique substance are bowling lanes coated with to protect them and enhance gameplay?
39. What is the nickname given to the number 7 and 10 pins?
40. What is the standard width and height of a pin in ten-pin bowling?
41. What type of bowling is played on a lawn?
42. What’s the name of the American sitcom featuring a bowling alley owner?
43. What was the first company to produce automatic pinsetters?
44. How long is the approach area in a bowling alley?
45. What’s the name of the pin in the center of the pin deck?
46. What is a five-bagger in bowling?
47. When was the Women’s International Bowling Congress founded?
48. How many times did Don Carter, one of the greatest professional bowlers, win the Bowling’s Triple Crown?
49. Which country hosts the world’s oldest bowling green, still in use, that was first used in 1299?
50. Which finger holes are typically used when using a two-handed bowling approach?
51. What’s the term used when a bowler knocks down all the pins on their second ball of a frame?
52. What’s the term for a bowling score of exactly 200?
53. What is the name of the 2005 sports comedy film that tells the story of a star bowler with a prosthetic hand?
54. What was the name of the first rubber bowling ball, introduced in 1905?
55. What is the highest possible score in a game of five-pin bowling?
56. What’s the name of the organization that governs the rules for ten-pin bowling in the United States?
57. What is the name of the bowling event where teams from all over the world compete?
58. When was bowling included in the Pan American Games for the first time?
59. Who was the first female bowler to win 100 professional titles?
60. Which state has the most bowling alleys in the United States?
61. What’s the name of the specialized computer system that is used to handle scoring in bowling?
62. Who was the first player to win the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year in the same season?
63. What type of wood is traditionally used for making bowling lanes?
64. When was the first evidence of a game similar to bowling found, and where?
65. What is the common term for a game of bowling?
66. Which two countries share the record for the most Bowling World Cup wins?
67. Which bowler holds the record for the most career 300 games?
68. When were bowling shirts first introduced, becoming a distinctive part of bowlers’ attire?
69. What are the three major categories of bowling ball coverstock materials?
70. What is the rare feat of bowling called when a player bowls two consecutive 300 games?
71. Who was the first bowler to win the Super Slam (winning all five PBA major tournaments)?
72. In what year was bowling first televised?
73. When was the first electronic automatic scoring system for bowling introduced?
74. What is the name given to the line that separates the approach from the bowling lane?
75. What is the term used to describe the area of the lane between the foul line and the head pin?
76. Who is the youngest male to win a standard PBA Tour title?
77. Which Hollywood celebrity was renowned for his love of bowling and even had a bowling alley in his home?
78. What is the term for a bowling ball that is thrown without any curve or hook?
79. Who was the first African-American to be inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame?
80. What’s the term for hitting the headpin but failing to knock down all the pins?
81. What’s the maximum weight for a ten-pin bowling ball according to USBC regulations?
82. When was the first bowling newsletter, Bowling World, first published?
83. Who is the most successful female ten-pin bowler in history, having won 32 professional titles?
84. What is the diameter of a regulation bowling ball hole?
85. Which famous rapper owns a chain of bowling alleys named Lucky Strike Lanes?
86. What bowling alley holds the record for being the oldest in operation in the United States?
87. Who is the highest earning bowler in PBA history?
88. How many sanctioned perfect 300 games were bowled in the 1968-69 season, a record at that time?
89. What is the minimum number of pin falls required to score a spare in every frame of a ten-pin bowling game?
90. What’s the term for knocking down all ten pins in the first shot of a frame?
91. What material were bowling balls primarily made of before the introduction of rubber and polyester?
92. When did the PBA introduce the “exempt” tour season, meaning only a certain number of bowlers could compete in the next season’s tournaments?
93. What does the term ‘sandbagger’ refer to in bowling?
94. How many times has bowling been an official sport in the Summer Olympics?
95. What does a “turkey” refer to in bowling?
96. What is the term for the strategy of throwing the ball in an arc, rather than straight?
97. What is the youngest age a player has bowled a certified 300 game?
98. Which country won the first ever men’s World Tenpin Bowling Association World Championship in 1954?
99. What is the term used for a game of bowling in which no frames are open (all frames are strikes or spares)?
100. Which state hosts the United States Bowling Congress headquarters?
101. Which bowling term refers to a ball that initially moves away from the pocket then hooks back?
102. What’s the term used when a bowler knocks down all ten pins using both balls in a frame?
103. Who is known as the “Father of professional bowling” in the United States?
104. Who bowled the first 900 series (three consecutive 300 games) officially recognized by the United States Bowling Congress?
105. When was the first professional bowling tournament held?
106. What’s the term used for a series of three bowling games in league play?
107. Who was the first professional bowler to earn over $1 million in career earnings?
108. How many countries are members of the World Bowling, the international governing body for tenpin bowling?
109. How long is a standard bowling lane, from foul line to the head pin?
110. What is the maximum number of times a player can roll the ball in each frame of a ten-pin bowling game?
111. Who was the first woman inducted into the Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame?
112. How many consecutive strikes does a bowler need to score to get a “Wild Turkey”?
113. Which country is known for Candlepin Bowling, a variation of bowling popular in New England?
114. Who is the first female bowler to win a match against a male opponent on national television?
115. Which U.S. President installed a bowling alley in the White House?
116. What’s the name of the machine that sets and clears the bowling pins between throws?
117. Who is the first woman to roll a perfect game in a nationally televised event?
118. When was the first World Bowling Championships held?
119. Which country won the first Women’s World Tenpin Bowling Association World Championship in 1963?
120. What is the term used for a series of six strikes in a row in bowling?
121. What is the standard width of a bowling lane?
122. What is the official name of the pin used in five-pin bowling?
123. Who was the first bowler to earn over $2 million in career earnings?
124. What is the term for the area of a bowling lane where the pins are located?
125. Which bowling ball manufacturer introduced the first urethane coverstock bowling ball in the early 1980s?
126. How many PBA titles did bowling legend Earl Anthony win during his career?
127. Who is the first woman to win a PBA Tour title?
128. What’s the term used when a bowler bowls a spare after missing the first pin?
129. Which country hosted the first World Bowling Championships?
130. What was the brand of the first bowling ball that contained a weight block inside to help the ball hook?
131. Who was the first bowler to win a major PBA tournament with a two-handed delivery style?
132. How many bowling pins are used in a traditional game of ten-pin bowling?
133. What’s the maximum number of holes allowed in a bowling ball used in official USBC play?
134. Who was the first professional bowler to have a perfect game televised?
135. What is the ideal entry angle into the pocket for a strike ball, according to bowling researchers?
136. Who was the first left-handed bowler to win a PBA Tour title?
137. What’s the term used to describe a bowler who bowls both a 300 game and an 800 series within the same season?
138. Which country’s team won the first men’s team event at the World Tenpin Bowling Association World Championships in 1954?
139. Who is the oldest player to ever win a PBA Tour title?
140. How many leagues does the USBC currently sanction across the United States?
141. Who holds the record for most 300 games bowled in a single PBA season?
142. Who was the first bowler to surpass 60 official PBA titles?
143. What is the term for bowling three strikes in the last frame?
144. Which player has the most PBA Player of the Year awards?
145. When were women first allowed to compete in PBA events?
146. How many pins must be knocked down to score a “perfect” game in Canadian five-pin bowling?
147. How many bowling balls are typically used by professional bowlers in a tournament?
148. What is the average speed of a bowling ball thrown by a professional bowler?
149. Who was the first PBA bowler to convert a 7-10 split on television?
150. What is the distance between the foul line and the nearest pin in duckpin bowling?
151. How many ten-pin bowling world championships did Paeng Nepomuceno win during his career?
152. What’s the minimum age to become a member of the Professional Bowlers Association?
153. Who is the youngest bowler ever to win a PBA Tour title?
154. When did the first women’s bowling association, the Women’s National Bowling Association, form?
155. What is the record for most pins knocked down in a single hour by an individual bowler?
156. Who was the first woman to win the USBC Queens tournament three times?
157. How much did the most expensive bowling ball in the world cost as of 2021?
158. Who holds the record for most strikes bowled in a single PBA season?
159. What is the term for the technique where a bowler imparts high revolutions on the bowling ball by cupping the wrist or elbow?
160. Which country has the most bowling alleys per capita?
161. Who is the first professional bowler to bowl a 300 game on live national television?
162. What is the minimum weight of a regulation bowling ball in professional competition?
163. Which professional bowler holds the record for the most PBA Tour earnings in a single season?
164. When were the first bowling shoes with interchangeable soles and heels introduced?
165. Who was the first African-American to win a PBA Tour title?
166. Who holds the record for most perfect 300 games bowled in PBA competition?
167. What’s the term used to describe the imaginary line that a bowler aims to have their ball follow across the lane?
168. Who is the youngest female bowler to win a professional title?
169. What is the maximum weight of a regulation bowling ball in professional competition?
170. Who was the first bowler to reach 100 career 300 games in certified competition?
171. Who was the first left-handed female to win a professional bowling title?
172. Who is the first professional bowler to convert the 7-10 split on television twice?
173. What was the first bowling ball to use a three-piece design for more hook potential and hitting power?
174. Who was the first bowler to win the Super Slam (all five PBA major titles)?
175. What is the length of a standard duckpin bowling lane?
176. What is the term used for a bowler who rolls the ball with their fingers on top of the ball?
177. Who is the youngest bowler to win the USBC Masters?
178. What is the name of the plastic shield used to protect the front of the bowler’s leg during delivery?
179. What is the maximum distance between the thumb and finger holes in a bowling ball?
180. Who was the first two-handed bowler to win a PBA Tour title?
181. Who is the first player to win the PBA Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year awards in the same year?
182. What is the weight of a standard bowling pin?
183. Who was the first female bowler to bowl a certified 300 game?
184. What is the term for when a bowler’s ball comes back onto the lane after hitting the gutter?
185. Who was the first bowler to win the USBC Masters and the USBC Queens in the same year?
186. How many teams participated in the first ever bowling league in 1840?
187. How much does a standard bowling pin weigh?
188. What’s the term used to describe the bowling technique where the bowler’s fingers are placed in the bottom two holes and the thumb is not used?
189. Who was the first bowler to roll a 900 series in a certified league competition?
190. Who is the most decorated female bowler in World Championship history?
191. Who was the first bowler to roll two 300 games on national television in the same year?
192. What’s the name of the oil pattern used for the PBA Tour’s Tournament of Champions?
193. Who holds the record for most Bowling World Cup wins?
194. Who was the first bowler to successfully defend their title at the US Open?
195. What’s the term used to describe the practice of deliberately bowling bad games to lower your average and gain an unfair advantage in handicap competitions?
196. Who was the first left-handed bowler to win the USBC Masters?
197. Who is the oldest player to bowl a 300 game in a PBA Tour event?
198. What’s the name of the piece of equipment used to clean and oil bowling lanes?
199. Who was the first bowler to win three PBA Tour titles in three consecutive weeks?
200. What’s the maximum score possible in a game of duckpin bowling?
201. Who was the first professional bowler to surpass $200,000 in earnings in a single season?
202. What is the standard width of a bowling lane?
203. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA Triple Crown twice?
204. Who holds the record for the most strikes in a row in televised PBA Tour competition?
205. What’s the most common material used for the outer surface of a bowling ball?
206. Who was the first bowler to win the World Bowling Tour Men’s Final three times?
207. What’s the term used to describe the small cross or dot markings on a bowling lane used for targeting?
208. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA Tournament of Champions and the US Open in the same year?
209. What’s the minimum number of players required for a team in a standard bowling league?
210. Who is the oldest player to win a PBA Tour title?
211. What’s the term used to describe the part of a bowling lane from the foul line to the first range finders?
212. Who was the first two-handed bowler to win a major PBA Tour title?
213. Who was the first bowler to be awarded the PBA’s George Young High Average Award three times in a row?
214. What’s the term used to describe a series of bowling games that includes one game on each lane of a pair?
215. Who was the first bowler to roll a 300 game in the final match of a PBA Tour event?
216. What’s the maximum number of holes that can be drilled in a bowling ball for gripping purposes?
217. Who was the first professional bowler to convert the 7-10 split on national television?
218. What’s the term used to describe a bowling ball that is designed to hook hard in the backend of the lane?
219. Who was the first female bowler to win the PBA Tour Trials and earn a spot on the PBA Tour?
220. What’s the term used to describe the line that separates the approach from the start of the bowling lane?
221. Who was the first bowler to convert the Big Four split (7-10 split) on national television?
222. What’s the term used to describe a bowler who has a high rev rate and lots of hook?
223. Who was the first professional bowler to win 40 PBA Tour titles?
224. What’s the term used to describe a spare made by knocking down the remaining pins on the second ball after a split on the first ball?
225. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA Player of the Year award three times in a row?
226. What’s the standard height of a bowling pin?
227. Who was the first bowler to win the USBC Queens and the USBC Women’s Open in the same year?
228. What’s the term used to describe a bowler who rolls the ball with a straight arm swing and little to no hook?
229. Who was the first left-handed bowler to win the PBA Tournament of Champions?
230. What’s the term used to describe a game where the bowler knocks down all ten pins in each frame?
231. Who was the first professional bowler to surpass $100,000 in earnings in a single season?
232. What’s the term used to describe a match where the bowler with the higher score in each frame wins that frame?
233. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA World Championship and the US Open in the same year?
234. What’s the term used to describe a spare made by knocking down the remaining pins on the second ball after a split on the first ball?
235. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA Tour Finals?
236. What’s the maximum width of a bowling ball?
237. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA World Championship and the Tournament of Champions in the same year?
238. What’s the term used to describe the act of sliding your bowling ball onto the lane rather than lofting it?
239. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA Tournament of Champions and the World Championship in the same year?
240. What’s the term used to describe a spare made by knocking down the remaining pins on the second ball after an open first frame?
241. Who was the first professional bowler to surpass $1 million in career earnings?
242. What’s the term used to describe the amount of spin put on the bowling ball by the bowler?
243. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA World Championship three times?
244. What’s the term used to describe the highest possible score in a game of bowling without getting a strike or spare in the final frame?
245. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA Tournament of Champions four times?
246. What’s the term used to describe a series of three bowling games?
247. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA World Championship and the Tournament of Champions in the same season?
248. What’s the term used to describe a shot in which the bowling ball hits the pocket but leaves a solid pin standing?
249. Who was the first bowler to win the US Open, PBA World Championship, and Tournament of Champions in the same season?
250. What’s the term used to describe the highest possible score in a game of bowling without rolling any strikes?
251. Who was the first bowler to convert a 7-10 split on national television?
252. What’s the term used to describe a bowling ball that is designed to hook at the end of the lane?
253. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA Rookie of the Year and PBA Player of the Year in the same season?
254. What’s the term used to describe a bowler who rolls the ball with a low rev rate and little hook?
255. Who was the first bowler to win the US Open and PBA World Championship in the same season?
256. What’s the term used to describe the pins that are left standing after the first ball is thrown in a frame of bowling?
257. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA Tournament of Champions and the US Open in the same season?
258. What’s the term used to describe a spare that is made by knocking down all the remaining pins with the second ball in a frame?
259. Who was the first bowler to win the US Open three times?
260. What’s the term used to describe the remaining pins that are standing after the first ball is thrown in a frame of bowling?
261. Who was the first woman to win a standard PBA Tour event?
262. What is the term for the weight distribution inside a bowling ball that influences its movement on the lane?
263. Who is the youngest bowler ever to win a PBA Tour title?
264. What is the term for the line where the lane’s wooden boards meet?
265. Who is the first bowler to have won the PBA World Championship five times?
266. What is the name of the location where the bowler releases the ball onto the lane?
267. Who was the first bowler to roll 3 consecutive perfect games in a PBA event?
268. What is the term for a delivery in which the bowling ball slowly rolls over the thumb hole once before continuing its path?
269. Who was the first bowler to win PBA titles in five different decades?
270. What is the term for the initial path the bowling ball takes after it is released?
271. Who was the first bowler to successfully convert a 7-10 split in a televised PBA event?
272. What is the term for the number of times a bowling ball rotates on its axis during its trip down the lane?
273. Who was the first bowler to win the USBC Masters three times?
274. What is the term for the phase during a bowling ball’s trip down the lane where it stops skidding and begins to hook?
275. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA Tournament of Champions, PBA World Championship, and US Open in the same season?
276. What is the term for a ball thrown that hits the 1 and 3 pins for a right-handed bowler, or the 1 and 2 pins for a left-handed bowler?
277. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA Player of the Year and PBA Rookie of the Year in the same season?
278. What is the term for the pins that are knocked down but still laying on the pin deck?
279. Who was the first bowler to roll 2 perfect games in a televised PBA event?
280. What is the term for a bowler rolling the ball in such a way that it follows a curved or angled path?
281. Who was the first bowler to win the Triple Crown (winning the US Open, PBA World Championship, and Tournament of Champions)?
282. What’s the term used to describe the second phase of the bowling ball’s movement on the lane, after the skid and before the roll?
283. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA, WPBA and AMF World Cup in the same year?
284. What’s the term used to describe the type of pin action that occurs when a pin is knocked down and its bottom swings around above the pin deck?
285. Who was the first bowler to win the Super Slam (winning the PBA World Championship, Tournament of Champions, US Open, Players Championship and Masters)?
286. What’s the term used to describe a bowling game in which the bowler alternates between strikes and spares?
287. Who was the first bowler to win all four majors (PBA World Championship, Tournament of Champions, US Open, and Masters) in a career?
288. What’s the term used to describe the third and final phase of the bowling ball’s movement on the lane, after the skid and hook?
289. Who was the first bowler to win both the PBA World Championship and the USBC Queens in the same year?
290. What’s the term used to describe the spinning motion of a bowling ball that causes it to travel in an arc pattern down the lane?
291. Who was the first woman to win the USBC Queens three times?
292. What’s the term used to describe the ideal spot where a bowling ball should hit the pins for the best chance of getting a strike?
293. Who was the first woman to win the PWBA Tour Championship twice?
294. What’s the term used to describe the pins at the back of the formation that can’t be seen from the foul line?
295. Who was the first bowler to win the USBC Masters and the US Open in the same year?
296. What’s the term used to describe a bowling ball that hooks very late on the lane?
297. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA World Championship and the Masters in the same year?
298. What’s the term used to describe the speed at which the bowling ball is delivered?
299. Who was the first bowler to win the PBA World Championship and the Tournament of Champions in the same year?
300. What’s the term used to describe a game where the bowler knocks down all ten pins in each frame?
Final Words
Congratulations on making it to the end of our bowling trivia lane! We hope you’ve had a ball and have racked up a perfect game. But don’t put those bowling shoes away just yet! There’s always another frame to play in the world of trivia. Why not check out other quizzes on Trivia Bliss and continue your strike of knowledge? You’re only one quiz away from another perfect game. Keep on bowling and keep on knowing!
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