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7 fact-checked facts about scores and scoring in sports and games, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.

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The basics

What is a perfect score in ten-pin bowling?

Answer300

Twelve strikes in a row gives the maximum 300.

In tennis, what is a score of zero called?

AnswerLove

Zero in tennis is called love.

Going deeper

How many is a score, as in four score and seven years?

Answer20

A score is twenty, so four score and seven is 87.

Who scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics?

AnswerNadia Comaneci

Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect 10 at the 1976 Olympics.

Which sequence gives tennis point scores after love?

Answer15, 30, 40

Tennis points go love, 15, 30, 40, then game.

Expert level

What is three under par on a single golf hole called?

AnswerAlbatross

An albatross, or double eagle, is three under par.

In cricket, what is a batter's score of zero called?

AnswerA duck

Getting out without scoring is a duck.

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