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Racket & Net Sports Quiz
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Racket and net sports involve players using rackets, paddles, or bats to hit a ball or shuttlecock over a net or against a wall. This category includes tennis, badminton, squash, t...
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All 20 questions in this Racket & Net Sports quiz
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What is the scoring in a standard badminton game and how many games in a match?
- A. First to 15 best of 5
- B. First to 21 with a 2-point advantage best of 3
- C. First to 25 best of 3
- D. First to 15 best of 3
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Who is the most decorated player in World Squash Championship history?
- A. Jahangir Khan
- B. Peter Nicol
- C. Jonah Barrington
- D. Hashim Khan
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What is the World Squash Federation?
- A. The organisation responsible for professional squash on the PSA Tour
- B. The international governing body for squash responsible for the World Championships and professional circuit
- C. A British squash club organisation
- D. A training organisation for junior squash
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What sport is played on a court divided by a net where players use paddles to hit a hollow plastic ball and the kitchen is a no-volley zone?
- A. Racquetball
- B. Platform tennis
- C. Squash
- D. Pickleball
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What is the difference between a feather and a synthetic shuttlecock in badminton?
- A. Feather shuttles are cheaper and more durable
- B. Feather shuttles use real goose feathers and fly more accurately while synthetic shuttles are cheaper and more durable
- C. Synthetic shuttles are used at professional level
- D. There is no performance difference
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What is the standard dimensions of a squash court?
- A. 7.5m wide by 9m long
- B. 5m wide by 8m long
- C. 6.4m wide by 9.75m long
- D. 8m wide by 11m long
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What country did volleyball originate in?
- A. Canada
- B. Brazil
- C. Japan
- D. United States
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What is the service rule in badminton regarding the height of the racket at contact?
- A. The entire shuttle must be below 1.15 metres at the instant of contact and the racket head must be below the hand
- B. The racket must be above shoulder height
- C. The serve must be hit from behind the short service line
- D. There is no height restriction
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What is the FIVB?
- A. Federation Internationale de Volleyball - the world governing body for volleyball
- B. Federation Internationale de Volleyball Badminton
- C. The scoring system in beach volleyball
- D. A European volleyball league
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What is a pancake dig in volleyball?
- A. A defensive emergency move where a player extends a flat hand on the floor for the ball to bounce off
- B. A blocking technique
- C. An attacking serve
- D. A setting technique
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What is the World Badminton Championships and who has won it most in mens singles?
- A. A biennial championship organised by BWF and Lin Dan has won most
- B. A biennial championship and Kento Momota has won most
- C. An annual championship and Taufik Hidayat has won most
- D. An annual world championship organised by BWF and Lin Dan has won the most
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What is the PSA World Tour in squash?
- A. The Premier Squash Association annual ranking tournament
- B. A junior squash development programme
- C. The Professional Squash Association's global ranking circuit featuring tournaments worldwide
- D. A British squash league
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What is the back wall used for in squash strategy?
- A. It is not used in squash
- B. It marks the out-of-bounds area
- C. The back wall is in play and balls can be retrieved off it allowing players to play defensive shots that bounce off the back wall
- D. It is used for warming up only
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What is the Sudirman Cup and what makes it unique in badminton?
- A. A men's team championship
- B. A women's team championship
- C. A mixed team championship featuring all five disciplines
- D. A junior world championship
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What is a half-volley in squash?
- A. A shot played immediately as the ball bounces off the floor at very low height
- B. A service technique
- C. A defensive lob
- D. A shot played before the ball hits the front wall
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What is the professional volleyball league called in Italy?
- A. SuperLega
- B. Serie A Volley
- C. Lega Pallavolo
- D. Pro Volley Italia
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What is a hot cross bun in badminton?
- A. A tournament seeding system
- B. A training drill practising four corner shots from the T position
- C. A type of doubles formation
- D. A specific shuttlecock design
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In table tennis what material must the two sides of the racket be?
- A. One red and one black
- B. Both white
- C. Both yellow
- D. Same colour
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In which year was volleyball invented and by whom?
- A. 1900 by Walter Dill Scott
- B. 1895 by William G. Morgan
- C. 1891 by James Naismith
- D. 1905 by William Halsted
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What is a lob in squash?
- A. A low attacking drive
- B. A type of serve
- C. A powerful attacking shot
- D. A high defensive shot hit deep to the back of the court with the shuttle barely clearing the out lines