response: If you do knock them down on the first try, that's called a strike. However, if you take two tries to knock them all down, that's called a spare.
original_response: The goal is to get a strike. you get a strike when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, whereas a spare is when all the pins are knocked over on the second shot.
history: I'm dying to learn how to bowl! All of my friends love it and I'm feeling left out! Oh, OK! Well, to start, bowling involves rolling a bowling ball toward some sort of target. The target being pins I guess! That's the extent of my knowledge! Do I have to knock them all down on my first try?
knowledge: A strike is when all the pins are knocked down on the first roll, whereas a spare is when all the pins are knocked over on the second shot.