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  2. Bowling for a pig - Wikipedia

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    The game traditionally used nine wooden pins at the end of an alley, and a solid wooden ball. [2] It was common through the 19th [ 3 ] and 20th centuries. Some fêtes retain the name for their bowling sideshow, but no longer offer a live pig as a prize.

  3. Category:Carnival games - Wikipedia

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    Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Help. Pages in category "Carnival games" The following 16 pages are in this ...

  4. Cakewalk (carnival game) - Wikipedia

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    Tickets are sold to participants, and a path of numbered squares is laid out on a rug, with one square per ticket sold. The participants walk around the path in time to music, which plays for a duration and then stops.

  5. Carnival game - Wikipedia

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    A carnival game is a game of chance or skill that can be seen at a traveling carnival, charity fund raiser, amusement arcade and amusement park, or on a state and county fair midway. They are also commonly played on holidays such as Mardi Gras, Saint Patrick's Day, and Oktoberfest. Carnival games are usually operated on a "pay per play" basis.

  6. Tin Can Alley (game) - Wikipedia

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    The game is based on a popular UK carnival game of the same name, which involves throwing bean bags at tin cans to knock them down. Both the electronic and carnival game are named for Tin Pan Alley , a name for a collection of New York City songwriters and music publishers, as well as the name of the Manhattan location where many of the ...

  7. Midway (fair) - Wikipedia

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    A game of popping balloons with darts for prizes—a common part of a carnival or fair midway. A midway at a fair (commonly an American fair such as a county or state fair) is the location where carnival games, amusement rides, entertainment, dime stores, themed events, exhibitions and trade shows, pleasure gardens, water parks and food booths cluster.

  8. High striker - Wikipedia

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    A high striker, also known as a strength tester, or strongman game, is an attraction used in funfairs, amusement parks, fundraisers, and carnivals. [1] It operates by utilizing the lever where one end holds a puck attached to the tower and the other end is struck by the person or contestant using a hammer or mallet . [ 2 ]

  9. Tombola (game) - Wikipedia

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    The carnival game consists of having all the numbers on a previously distributed card or ballot that the clerk, or fairgoer, calls out as a bingo. Then, if it turns out that they have all the numbers on their ticket, the player is rewarded with a prize, which usually ranges, depending on the number of accumulations of points, from stuffed ...