1)300
2)127
3)804
4)not less than somehwere around 540
5)National Bowling Stadium-Reno, NV
6)Classic Lanes-Oconomowoc, WI-filthy...just was torn down.
7)Super Bowl-Appleton
8)Nationals sot many of the past few seasons
9)see #5
10)Firehouse Lanes, Watertown-6 lanes
11)Peterson Bowling Classic
12)see #11
13)somewhere around 2000 miles during college to Vegas
14)$1
15)$3
16)$20
17)$10
18)179-127-300
19)probably around 10
20)0-but I'm hoping like Hell that changes soon.

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What is the...

1. Highest game you've ever bowled in a sanctioned tournament: 300
2. Lowest game you've ever bowled in a sanctioned tournament: 135
3. Highest three-game set you've ever shot in a sanctioned tournament: 772
4. Lowest three-game set you've ever shot in a sanctioned tournament: 480's
5. Best bowling center you've ever been in: (tie) West Ridge Lanes, Topeka, KS
6. Worst bowling center you've ever been in: Southwest Bowl, Topeka, KS
7. "Easiest" bowling center you've ever bowled in: Gage Center Bowl, Topeka, KS
8. "Hardest" bowling center you've ever bowled in: Forget the name, but it was in Tulsa, OK
9. Biggest bowling center you've ever bowled in: National Bowling Stadium, 78 (?)
10. Smallest bowling center you've ever bowled in: Sunflower Bowl, Topeka, KS (4, but only 2 work)
11. Oldest bowling center you've ever bowled in: No idea
12. Strangest place you've ever bowled: none
13. Farthest you've ever traveled for a tournament: Topeka, KS to Reno, NV (about 1,550 miles)
14. Least you've paid per game in the last five years, regular price: FREE, I've worked at a center thru HS, after I quit I still received free bowling.
15. Most you've paid per game in the last five years, regular price: $4.59
16. Most you've paid for league in the last five years: $18
17. Least you've paid for league in the last five years: $12
18. Strangest set you ever shot: can't remember
19. Most splits ever in a three-game set: can't remember
20. Number of times you've ever been bowling when a party of 10 off-duty strippers from the nearby gentleman's club came in the bowling alley, were assigned the pair of lanes adjacent to you and proceeded to wreck your score in your second-shift league: Once at least

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Stu in Texas

1. Highest game you've ever bowled in a sanctioned tournament:
264, too

2. Lowest game you've ever bowled in a sanctioned tournament:
Something 120ish

3. Highest three-game set you've ever shot in a sanctioned tournament:
697

4. Lowest three-game set you've ever shot in a sanctioned tournament:
Do not remember, but could be in the lower 500's

5. Best bowling center you've ever been in: No favorite but any lane in Germany that has a WBU licnece for official league play meets minimum standards and allows sport bowlers some training at playable standards.
One fave is my home base, the small bowling center of the BV Duesseldorf in Duesseldorf Benrath - I am a club member, so it is cheap and pretty demanding to play.

6. Worst bowling center you've ever been in: Cosmo Bowling, Duesseleorf, Germany. Expensive, used to be beright and new, but management only cares for open bowlers so maintenance is low and the value you get as well.

7. "Easiest" bowling center you've ever bowled in: Cosmo Bowling, in a short phase wehen they used to strip the lane. Lika a magnet in the pocket

8. "Hardest" bowling center you've ever bowled in: Bowling Center in Westerland, on the island of Sylt. A simple Spellmann house with 10 lanes, only cari ng for tourists - but it was the slickest lane I ever encountered, thanks to putting ever more oil on the lane and never stripping it, too. Best game in about 20 I made was a 163!

9. Biggest bowling center you've ever bowled in: Cosmo Bowling (see above), 28 lanes (huge for German standards)

10. Smallest bowling center you've ever bowled in: "Boston" restaurant, Duesseldorf, 2 lanes (without oil...) in the basement

11. Oldest bowling center you've ever bowled in: I think Treff Bowling in Duisburg, Germany (unknown age)

12. Strangest place you've ever bowled: Bowling Center in Siegen, in the 3rd floor (under the roof) of an old furniture retailer building - and the lift was not working!

13. Farthest you've ever traveled for a tournament: north of Hamburg, Germany, by car (about 300 miles), I also travelled to Belgium, but that's closer from home.

14. Least you've paid per game in the last five years, regular price: EUR 1,-, about $1,50

15. Most you've paid per game in the last five years, regular price: EUR 5,-, about $8 (in holidays)

16. Most you've paid for league in the last five years: N. a.

17. Least you've paid for league in the last five years: 0, got league games sponsored through the club (though membership is a hefty EUR 80,-)

18. Strangest set you ever shot: do not remmeber correctly, but it was a kind of 200-126-226. During the 126, a 300 game was going on on the neighboring lane, quite distractive...

19. Most splits ever in a three-game set: only remember the personal record of 5 in one game, in the early games with my Awesome Finish when I had big trouble with its surface and an unpredictable read on the lane.

20. Number of times you've ever been bowling when a party of 10 off-duty strippers from the nearby gentleman's club came in the bowling alley, were assigned the pair of lanes adjacent to you and proceeded to wreck your score in your second-shift league: 0


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1. Highest game you've ever bowled in a sanctioned tournament: 290 PBA regional
2. Lowest game you've ever bowled in a sanctioned tournament: 148
3. Highest three-game set you've ever shot in a sanctioned tournament: 798
4. Lowest three-game set you've ever shot in a sanctioned tournament: 540
5. Best bowling center you've ever been in:  Hawthorne Lanes
6. Worst bowling center you've ever been in:
7. "Easiest" bowling center you've ever bowled in:  Ray's Lanes.
8. "Hardest" bowling center you've ever bowled in: South Holland Lanes
9. Biggest bowling center you've ever bowled in: Woodland Bowl & Western Bowl, Indianapolis Ind  80 lanes Smyrna, Tenn., 52 lanes
10. Smallest bowling center you've ever bowled inawaukee lanes 4 lanes
11. Oldest bowling center you've ever bowled in:South Holland Lanes(approx. 55 12. Strangest place you've ever bowled: State & Madison Bowl in Rockford (above pool hall)
13. Farthest you've ever traveled for a tournament: Chorpus Christy Tex
14. Least you've paid per game in the last five years, regular price: $1.75
15. Most you've paid per game in the last five years, regular price: $3.75
16. Most you've paid for league in the last five years: $25.00
17. Least you've paid for league in the last five years: $17.00
18. Strangest set you ever shot: 148*172*279*278*160
19. Most splits ever in a three-game set:12
20. Number of times you've ever been bowling when a party of 10 off-duty strippers from the nearby gentleman's club came in the bowling alley, were assigned the pair of lanes adjacent to you and proceeded to wreck your score in your second-shift league: 0 but have bowled with a nudist group and also hosted a strip bowling party
(I ran out of good ideas after 19 questions, sue me.)

Jess

Edited on 5/26/2008 10:29 PM
 

What is the...

1. Highest game you've ever bowled in a sanctioned tournament: 279 (Greenville City Tournament), 276 in PBA Competition
2. Lowest game you've ever bowled in a sanctioned tournament: 150ish, 136 in PBA Competition
3. Highest three-game set you've ever shot in a sanctioned tournament: 741
4. Lowest three-game set you've ever shot in a sanctioned tournament: 510ish
5. Best bowling center you've ever been in: Spare Times - Hampton, VA
6. Worst bowling center you've ever been in: (Tie)AMF Westridge - Chesapeake, VA Galaxy Lanes - Hampton, VA
7. "Easiest" bowling center you've ever bowled in: Galaxy Lanes - Kinston, NC (different from the Hampton center)
8. "Hardest" bowling center you've ever bowled in: George Pappas Liberty Lanes - Gastonia, NC
9. Biggest bowling center you've ever bowled in: 40 lanes, AMF East Carolina Lanes - Greenville, NC
10. Smallest bowling center you've ever bowled in: Mendenhall Student Center, ECU - 8 lanes
11. Oldest bowling center you've ever bowled in: Galaxy Lanes - Hampton, VA
12. Strangest place you've ever bowled: Not counting all those times practicing my release in the hallway of my parents' mobile home, I'd have to say it was the basement of East Carolina University's rec center.
13. Farthest you've ever traveled for a tournament: Greenville, NC to Bowling Green, KY - 662 miles
14. Least you've paid per game in the last five years, regular price: $1.00/game - PBA rate
15. Most you've paid per game in the last five years, regular price: $3.50/gm at a place that has no respect for professionals.
16. Most you've paid for league in the last five years: $20 - Sport League
17. Least you've paid for league in the last five years: $13 - Wednesday Gamblers
18. Strangest set you ever shot: I dunno.  That 399 in sport league really hurt.
19. Most splits ever in a three-game set: 9
20. Number of times you've ever been bowling when a party of 10 off-duty strippers from the nearby gentleman's club came in the bowling alley, were assigned the pair of lanes adjacent to you and proceeded to wreck your score in your second-shift league: 0.  I have, however, been working at a center when a bunch of people from the local swingers club came in.  So much cleavage has seldom been seen since.  Also, working/bowling at a center in a town with a major NC university had its perks.  There was never a shortage of well-endowed underdressed sorority chicks...
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