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  • A. holyoke
  • B. tokyo
  • C. jappan
  • D. hongkong

Explanation: Volleyball was created at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts, by William G. Morgan.

Correct answer: holyoke
  • A. rod net
  • B. tennis net
  • C. volley net
  • D. mashes net

Explanation: William G. Morgan adapted a tennis net for the early game that became volleyball, initially raising it above the floor.

Correct answer: tennis net
  • A. 1934
  • B. 1874
  • C. 1890
  • D. 1920

Explanation: The rule allowing a team up to three contacts before returning the ball was introduced around 1920 as volleyball rules became more…

Correct answer: 1920
  • A. 1789
  • B. 2022
  • C. 2012
  • D. 1996

Explanation: Beach volleyball made its Olympic debut at the 1996 Atlanta Games. The later dates listed were not its first Olympic appearance.

Correct answer: 1996
  • A. Brazil
  • B. Sidney
  • C. India
  • D. Pakistan

Explanation: Brazil won the 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship, defeating Poland in the final. The other listed teams did not win that championship.

Correct answer: Brazil
  • A. Sidney
  • B. Russia
  • C. India
  • D. Brazil

Explanation: Russia won the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship, overcoming Brazil in the final.

Correct answer: Russia
  • A. 1903
  • B. 1904
  • C. 2021Stream History Documentaries
  • D. 1900

Explanation: A specially designed volleyball was introduced by Spalding around 1900, replacing the earlier use of an adapted basketball bladder.

Correct answer: 1900
  • A. 1916
  • B. 1934
  • C. 1924
  • D. none of these

Explanation: The set-and-spike technique emerged in the Philippines and was adopted into volleyball around 1916.

Correct answer: 1916
  • A. Brazil and chishni
  • B. Brazil and Poland
  • C. Poland and Pakistan
  • D. none of these

Explanation: The 2006 men’s Volleyball World Championship final was contested by Brazil and Poland, with Brazil winning the title.

Correct answer: Brazil and Poland
  • A. Brazil and Poland
  • B. Poland and Pakistan
  • C. Brazil and Russia
  • D. none of these

Explanation: Brazil and Russia met in the 2006 women’s Volleyball World Championship final, which Brazil won.

Correct answer: Brazil and Russia
  • A. Gold medal
  • B. silver medal
  • C. both a, b
  • D. none of these

Explanation: At the fourth South Asian Games in Islamabad in 1989, Pakistan won the volleyball gold medal.

Correct answer: Gold medal
  • A. Gold medal
  • B. silver medal
  • C. both a, b
  • D. none of these

Explanation: Pakistan earned the silver medal in volleyball at the fifth South Asian Games in Colombo in 1991.

Correct answer: silver medal
  • A. Pakistan
  • B. Africa
  • C. India
  • D. Australia

Explanation: Pakistan won the volleyball gold medal at the 1993 South Asian Games in Dhaka by defeating India. Therefore, India was the losing finalist.

Correct answer: India
  • A. none of these
  • B. Srilanka and India
  • C. Qatar and Bangladesh
  • D. India and Pakistan

Explanation: The seventh South Asian Games were held in Madras, now Chennai, in 1995, and Pakistan played India in the volleyball final.

Correct answer: India and Pakistan
  • A. 2nd
  • B. 3rd
  • C. 1st
  • D. 4rth

Explanation: Pakistan won the men’s volleyball title at the ninth South Asian Games in Islamabad in 2004.

Correct answer: 1st
  • A. gold medal
  • B. silver madel
  • C. bronze medal
  • D. none of these

Explanation: At the tenth South Asian Games in Colombo in 2006, Pakistan’s volleyball team won the bronze medal.

Correct answer: bronze medal
  • A. 1873
  • B. 1986
  • C. none of these
  • D. 1984

Explanation: Pakistan’s recorded participation in the Asian Junior Volleyball Championship began in 1984.

Correct answer: 1984
  • A. 1919
  • B. 1947
  • C. 1980
  • D. 1943

Explanation: The Fédération Internationale de Volleyball, or FIVB, was established in Paris in 1947.

Correct answer: 1947
  • A. 1996
  • B. 1982
  • C. 1965
  • D. 1983

Explanation: Beach volleyball made its official Olympic debut at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

Correct answer: 1996
  • A. sandyball
  • B. biribol
  • C. newcomb ball
  • D. hooverball

Explanation: Hooverball was developed for President Herbert Hoover as a vigorous outdoor game.

Correct answer: hooverball