Ten-pin bowling Effectively, there are three kinds of marks given in a score; a strike (all ten down in the first ball), a spare (all ten down by the second ball), and an open (one or more pins still standing after the second ball). A strike earns ten pins plus the pins for the next two balls thrown. (For example, if a player got a strike then followed with a 7 and 2 in the next frame, the value for the strike frame would be 10+7+2, or 19; if the player got a strike followed by another strike the next frame and
Ten-pin bowling many fictional works. One of the most notable recent examples is "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by J. K. Rowling. Although it and its sequels establish that the magical characters featured know nothing about the non-magical (i.e., "real") world, "Philosopher's Stone" reveals that one major character, Professor Albus Dumbledore is a fan of ten-pin bowling. Since the electronic gaming industry began, ten-pin bowling has been seen in many formats on many big name gaming machines. Mattel's Intellivision game line introduced "PBA Bowling", the first fully electronic bowling game, in 1980. JAMDAT Mobile (now known as EA Mobile), made the