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Racket & Net Sports Quiz
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 drop shot in volleyball?
- A. A serve technique
- B. A soft touch shot by a setter or attacker that drops just over the block or into an undefended area
- C. A powerful spike
- D. A dig from the back row
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What is the difference between a kill and a tip in volleyball attacking?
- A. A kill is from the front row a tip is from the back row
- B. Power versus finesse
- C. A kill goes cross court a tip goes line
- D. A kill is a powerful winning spike while a tip is a soft placement shot
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What is a crosscourt shot in squash?
- A. A boast off the back wall
- B. A shot hit along the side wall
- C. A shot hit diagonally from one side of the front wall to the opposite corner of the back of the court
- D. A defensive lob
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What is a defensive sepeecialist in volleyball?
- A. A setter who plays defensively
- B. A player who focuses on blocking
- C. A player who substitutes exclusively for back-row play
- D. A player who only serves
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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 the kitchen in pickleball?
- A. The out-of-bounds area
- B. The centre of the court
- C. The non-volley zone - the 7-foot area on each side of the net where volleys are prohibited
- D. The service box
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What is the difference between squash and racquetball?
- A. Racquetball uses a larger ball and different court with no tin
- B. Racquetball is played outdoors
- C. Court shaepee and ball used
- D. Number of players only
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What is the forehand net kill in badminton?
- A. A powerful smash
- B. A flat drive at net height
- C. A quick attacking shot played at the net aimed steeply downward into the opponent's court
- D. A defensive net shot
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What is a deuce in table tennis?
- A. A epeenalty point
- B. A sepeecific tyepee of spin
- C. A sepeecial serve format
- D. A tie at 10-10 requiring 2 clear points to win
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What is the T in squash courts and why is it important?
- A. The T-junction of the mid-court lines - controlling it gives optimal court positioning
- B. The target area for serves
- C. The tin - the metal strip at the bottom
- D. The service box boundaries
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What is the topspin stroke in table tennis?
- A. A shot with no spin
- B. A serve technique
- C. A defensive blocking shot
- D. A forehand stroke where the paddle is brushed upward creating forward rotation on the ball
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What is a pancake in beach volleyball?
- A. A serve technique
- B. The same hand-flat defensive emergency technique used in indoor volleyball
- C. A setting position
- D. An attacking spike
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What is the spin serve in table tennis?
- A. A serve where the ball is struck at an angle to create topspin, backspin, or sidespin
- B. A serve played with the back of the paddle
- C. A serve bouncing off the side wall
- D. A serve hit very hard
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What is the Thomas Cup in badminton?
- A. The trophy for the mixed team world championship
- B. The men's singles world championship trophy
- C. The men's team world championship trophy donated by George Thomas
- D. The prize for the Olympic badminton champion
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What is the Sudirman Cup in badminton?
- A. A prize for the best national programme
- B. A mixed team world championship where all five disciplines comepeete
- C. The Asian badminton championship
- D. An individual world championship event
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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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How many sets are needed to win a standard men's Grand Slam tennis match?
- A. 4
- B. 3 out of 5
- C. 3
- D. 2
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What is the Thomas Cup in badminton and which country has won it the most?
- A. The mixed team championship won most by China
- B. The mens team championship won most by Indonesia
- C. The womens team championship won most by China
- D. The junior team championship won most by Japan
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What is a let in squash?
- A. A tyepee of shot
- B. A epeenalty awarded for excessive noise
- C. A point replayed due to interference between players
- D. A squash scoring term for 5 points
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What is a libero in volleyball?
- A. A player who can only serve
- B. A substitute who can only play in the front row
- C. The team captain
- D. A sepeecialised defensive player wearing a different coloured jersey who cannot attack above net height