ILLINOIS VOLLEYBALL PART 1 COMPLETE
EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● When was volleyball invented?
Answer: 1895
●● Where was volleyball invented?
Answer: Holyoke, Massachusetts
●● Where did William G. Morgan work?
Answer: The YMCA
●● What was volleyball originally called?
Answer: Mintonette
●● Why was volleyball invented?
Answer: To provide a less physically demanding alternative to
basketball
●● Who suggested changing the name to volleyball?
Answer: Alfred T. Halsted
, ●● Why was it renamed volleyball?
Answer: Because players volleyed the ball over the net
●● When was the first public volleyball demonstration?
Answer: 1896
●● Where was volleyball first demonstrated?
Answer: Springfield College in Massachusetts
●● When was the FIVB founded?
Answer: 1947
●● When did indoor volleyball become an Olympic sport?
Answer: 1964 at the Tokyo Olympics
●● When did beach volleyball become an Olympic sport?
Answer: 1996
●● What is the main objective of volleyball?
Answer: Make the ball land on the opponent's court while preventing it
from landing on your court
EXAMINATION TEST QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
●● When was volleyball invented?
Answer: 1895
●● Where was volleyball invented?
Answer: Holyoke, Massachusetts
●● Where did William G. Morgan work?
Answer: The YMCA
●● What was volleyball originally called?
Answer: Mintonette
●● Why was volleyball invented?
Answer: To provide a less physically demanding alternative to
basketball
●● Who suggested changing the name to volleyball?
Answer: Alfred T. Halsted
, ●● Why was it renamed volleyball?
Answer: Because players volleyed the ball over the net
●● When was the first public volleyball demonstration?
Answer: 1896
●● Where was volleyball first demonstrated?
Answer: Springfield College in Massachusetts
●● When was the FIVB founded?
Answer: 1947
●● When did indoor volleyball become an Olympic sport?
Answer: 1964 at the Tokyo Olympics
●● When did beach volleyball become an Olympic sport?
Answer: 1996
●● What is the main objective of volleyball?
Answer: Make the ball land on the opponent's court while preventing it
from landing on your court