This Friday I went to the Essex County Bowling Tournament, and I learned some really interesting things about the sport of Bowling from real professionals. After doing some research and learning even more, I now want to test your knowledge of the sport of bowling. There are 5 true statements and 5 false statements in the following bullet points, try to guess which ones are which.

1) Bowling was started by Alaskan Eskimos as a form of self defense to battle off penguins that were stealing their babies. They would carve out large chunks of whale teeth and send them down streaks of ice to knock out as many penguins as they could.

2) The United States Bowling Congress has over two and a half million members.

3) Back when Bowling first became a sport/activity, the original bowlers could only push the balls with their tongues. Once the rate of broken noses past the 30% mark, they realized that their feet might be better. 2 years after, filled with hundreds of broken toes, they switched to the hand roll. Bowling veterans still complain about how the sport has become too soft to this day.

4) Bowling is the 3rd most participated sport in the United States.

5) The Professional Bowling Association was established in 1958.

6) The maximum number of holes allowed in a bowling ball is 12.

7) The heaviest bowling ball ever recorded weighed 23 pounds and was thrown by a man named Joe Leggett.

8) The largest bowling center in the world is in Japan and it has 141 lanes.

9) In 2010 Kelly Kulick became the first woman to win a title on a Professional Bowlers Association tour.

10) In 1974 there was a petition that got 500 thousand signatures to change the color of bowling pins blue due to racial concerns.

Answer Key:

1 = false

2 = true

3 = false

4 = false (it is number 1)

5 = true

6 = true

7 = false

8 = true

9 = true

10 = False