History of Volleyball Olympics
What determines the winner of a volleyball game?
Scoring more points than the opponent
Name 3 basic volleyball techniques
Serving, setting, spiking, bumping, blocking, sliding
What type of scoring is used in high school and college volleyball games?
A) Traditional scoring
B) Match point-scoring
C) Rally scoring
D) Point set scoring
C) Rally scoring
Men in volleyball get paid more and get better prices than women. True or False?
True
Which country is most famous for volleyball?
Brazil
Who came up with the idea of this new sport which later on developed more into Volleyball?
William Morgan
How many total players are in a court playing at one time in a tournament?
12
If you are the serve, what position on the court are you in? Example: center back, center front, etc.
Right back
A girl recently counted all of the pictures of sportsmen versus sportswomen in the Guardian over the course of a week, there were ___ (150, 95, 50, 127) pictures of men and ___ (1, 5, 15, 100) of women.
127 and 1
Where is the most famous female beach volleyball player from? Name: Kerri Walsh Jennings
Santa Clara, California, United States
What year was Volleyball introduced to the Olympics?
A)1899
B)1964
C)1956
D)2001
1964
What is a libero?
A player who wears a different colour jersey to be identified. A libero is always in the back of the formation, they are supposed to save and bump very tough and deep serves.
If the score ends up tied, how many points do you need to win by?
2
Male athletes get $___ (170, 180, 200, 179) million more in athletic scholarships each year than females do.
179 million
Where is the most famous male volleyball player from? Name: Gilberto Amauri
Brazil
What was the initial name of volleyball?
Mintonette
What is the height of a high school-level girls volleyball net?
7ft, 4 1/8 inches, 2.24 meters
A serve that is not returnable and results in a point is considered...
Ace
Tickets for women's games in London were placed higher than men's. True or False?
How many nations play volleyball and are part of the FIVB(Fédération Internationale de Volleyball)
A) 200
B) 370
C) 180
D) 222
D) 222
In which year did volleyball have its first exposure as a medal sport in the summer Olympics?
A)1990
B)1964
C)1995
D)1890
1964
If a referee ends the play and holds up two fingers, what is he calling?
Two touches
How many players are on each team in a standard beach volleyball game?
2
Men feel pressured to be better than the women teams which encourages the woman's teams. True or False?
False
Ivan Zaytsev is known as "the king of volleyball"
Where is he from?
Italy