Q 01/05

What was the original name of the sport now known as volleyball?

A) Courtball

B) Mintonette

C) Handball

D) Basketnet

Answer · why

B) Mintonette

Mintonette was William Morgan's name for the game he invented in 1895, until an observer at an 1896 exhibition remarked on how the players volleyed th...

Q 02/05

In indoor volleyball, how many players does each team have on the court at any one time?

A) 3

B) 6

C) 12

D) 24

Answer · why

B) 6

6 a side is the modern rule, but Morgan's original game of 1895 let any number of players take the court.

Q 03/05

Outside a tie-break set, how many points wins a set in indoor volleyball, given a two-point lead?

A) 10

B) 25

C) 50

D) 100

Answer · why

B) 25

25 points with a two-point lead takes a set under rally scoring; before 1999 sets ran to 15, and only the side that had served could score.

Q 04/05

What do players call a floor save where the ball bounces off the back of a flat hand?

A) Pancake

B) Sprawl

C) Roll

D) Tomahawk

Answer · why

A) Pancake

A pancake has the defender lunge and push one hand flat along the floor, palm down, a last-ditch save for a ball that is about to land.

Q 05/05

Which indoor volleyball player wears a different coloured jersey and may not attack or block above the net?

A) Defensive specialist

B) Libero

C) Middle Blocker

D) Setter

Answer · why

B) Libero

The libero can replace any back-row player without notice to the officials, and the swap does not count against the team's substitution limit.