Bowling was big in Buffalo when I was growing up. In college, we had to take at least two phys-ed courses. I took skiing and bowling.
At our first class we bowled a game. The idea was to improve the score from your first game as the semester went on. I don't think we knew that at the time.
By some fluke, I bowled a 182. I never got that high a score for the rest of the semester. Since i didn't improve, I got a C.