Volleyball Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What is the maximum number of players allowed on a volleyball team during a match?
Answer:
12 players.
2.
In which year was volleyball invented?
Answer:
1895
3.
What is the height of the men's volleyball net?
Answer:
2.43 meters (7 feet 11 5/8 inches).
4.
What is the height of the women's volleyball net?
Answer:
2.24 meters (7 feet 4 1/8 inches).
5.
Which country won the first Olympic gold medal in men's volleyball?
Answer:
The Soviet Union in 1964.
6.
What is the term for a serve that is not returnable by the opposing team?
Answer:
An ace.
7.
How many points are needed to win a set in volleyball?
Answer:
25 points (with a minimum lead of 2 points).
8.
What is the maximum number of hits allowed per side before the ball must go over the net?
Answer:
3 hits.
9.
What is the name of the position responsible for setting up plays and delivering accurate sets?
Answer:
Setter.
10.
What is the term for a defensive move where a player jumps to block an opponent's attack?
Answer:
A block.
11.
In beach volleyball, how many players are on each team?
Answer:
2 players.
12.
What is the name of the international governing body for volleyball?
Answer:
FIVB (Fédération Internationale de Volleyball).
13.
What is the term for a player who specializes in defensive skills, often receiving serves?
Answer:
Libero.
14.
Which country hosted the first FIVB Volleyball World Championship?
Answer:
France in 1949.
15.
What is the term for a powerful, downward attack hit by a player?
Answer:
A spike.
16.
What is the term for the area where players serve the ball?
Answer:
Service area.
17.
What is the name of the technique used to receive a serve or attack by using the forearms?
Answer:
A pass or bump.
18.
Which player is typically responsible for the majority of the team's serves?
Answer:
The server.
19.
What is the term for a ball that hits the net but still goes over to the opponent's side?
Answer:
A net serve.
20.
How many players are on the court for each team during a volleyball match?
Answer:
6 players.
21.
What is the term for a player who specializes in offensive plays and attacks?
Answer:
Outside hitter.
22.
Which country won the gold medal in women's volleyball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
Answer:
The United States.
23.
What is the term for a serve that is intentionally hit with spin to make it difficult to receive?
Answer:
A topspin serve.
24.
What is the term for a quick attack executed by a front-row player?
Answer:
A quick set.
25.
What is the name of the championship held every four years for men's volleyball?
Answer:
FIVB Volleyball World Championship.
26.
What is the term for a player who substitutes in for the libero?
Answer:
Defensive specialist.
27.
How many points does a team need to win a tiebreaker set?
Answer:
15 points (with a minimum lead of 2 points).
28.
What is the term for a serve that is hit with little to no spin?
Answer:
A float serve.
29.
What is the name of the technique used to set the ball with one hand?
Answer:
Onehanded set.
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