What is 6 strikes in a row called?

Consecutive strikes
A string of six strikes is sometimes called a "six pack" or a "sixer". A string of six and nine strikes are also known as a "wild turkey" and a "golden turkey" respectively.
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What is 7 strikes in a row called?

7 strikes: seven bagger or front seven. 8 strikes: eight bagger or front eight. 9 strikes: nine bagger or front nine.
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What do you call 12 strikes in a row?

A perfect game or 12 strikes in a row is also colloquially referred to as the "Thanksgiving Turkey."
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What are 5 strikes called?

Two strikes in a row are called a double, three strikes in a row are called a Turkey, while four and five strikes in a row are called four/five-bagger(s) and so on and so forth.
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What is 5 strikes in a row called in bowling?

BAGGER (SUCH AS FIVE BAGGER)

A string of strikes; i.e., five bagger is five in a row.
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What is 11 strikes in a row called?

Rolling 10 strikes to start a game is called a Front 10, while an 11th strike is sometimes called One Day From Retirement because many amateur bowlers go their entire career without rolling 12 strikes in a single game.
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What is a Turkey Bowl?

Turkey Bowl (amateur), nickname for informal backyard American football games held on Thanksgiving or over Thanksgiving weekend.
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What is 4 in a row called?

Four-in-a-row (or four-in-a-line) is the name for several games in which the object is to line up four things in a row. Some of these games are: Connect Four. Score Four. 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe.
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Why is 3 strikes called a turkey?

During the late 1700s and into the early years of the 1800s, bowling tournaments were a popular diversion for all, from the working class to the aristocracy. The prizes typically awarded at these tournaments were gift baskets of food, often containing coveted items like a large ham or, you guessed it, a turkey!
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Why is it called a Brooklyn strike in bowling?

Brooklyn strike

This refers to shots that "crosses over" the 1-3 pocket for right-handers and 1-2 for left-handers and produces a strike. It originated in New York where people would "cross over" to Brooklyn from Manhattan.
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What is deadwood in bowling?

Deadwood is the term used to let a pin chaser or mechanic know that a pin went past the rake and still is located on the lane or in the gutter. A call for a 180 means the rack of pins never was set and the bowler is staring at an empty pin deck.
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What is it called when you bowl 4 strikes in a row?

A “four-badger” is four strikes in a row, a “five-badger” is five in a row, etc. Perfect Game – 12 strikes in a row is a perfect game and totals 300 points. Open Frame – An open frame is a turn with a score of zero points.
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What is 3 spares in a row called?

This is sometimes mocked as throwing a strike one ball too late. Since throwing three strikes in a row is referred to as a "turkey," three spares in a row is sometimes called a “chicken” and in rural areas three spares in a row is called a “sparrow”.
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What's a perfect bowling score called?

A perfect game is the highest score possible in a game of bowling, achieved by scoring a strike in every frame.
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What is a 300 game in bowling called?

In bowling, a perfect game (in 10 pin at least) is 300 points – strikes in each of the first nine frames, and three in the tenth.
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Can you bowl 3 strikes in the 10th frame?

It can be seen in frames 3,4,7, and 10. 3 strikes in a row is called a turkey. If you bowl a strike on the first throw in the 10th frame, then you get two more throws. This only occurs in the 10th frame.
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What is the hardest shot in bowling?

According to a fascinating statistical analysis of professional bowlers' scores since 2003, the hardest shot in bowling is actually the 4-6-7-9-10 split, also known in bowling lingo as a “Greek Church”.
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How do you do a 7/10 split?

For the uninitiated, a 7-10 split is when a bowler has knocked every single pin except for two in the back row on opposite corners. Your best bet is to throw the ball hard enough to make one ricochet into the other so that both get knocked down.
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Why do you polish a bowling ball?

Polishing a bowling ball reduces skid and friction as the ball goes down the lane, allowing it to conserve energy. Balls that are too dull will hook early, using up energy that would otherwise be stored for the back-end reaction.
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Do you win if you connect 5?

Can you win with five in a row? There is a version of the game that actually calls for five checkers in a row to win. However, if you're playing the original version, you win before you get to five because you only need four in row.
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What is 4 wins in a row called?

Four in a Row is what's called a zero-sum game, which means for one player to win the other must lose.
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Who invented connect4?

Toy Story: Catching Up with Howard Wexler, Inventor of the Classic Game Connect 4. Above: Howard Wexler's home studio features some of the 120-plus toys and games he has invented and licensed during the past five decades.
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What is 3 strikes in bowling called?

That's because three consecutive strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
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Who invented turkey bowling?

A Derrick Johnson claims to have invented turkey bowling in 1988 when he worked as a grocery clerk at a Newport Beach Lucky's branch while observing a manager slide a frozen turkey across the floor and accidentally topple a soda bottle.
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