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Volleyball · Level 9: Master · Sub-level 9.1

Origins

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 25 October 2026 · markdown

William G. Morgan and Holyoke, mintonette and the name volley ball, why the game was invented, the first ball and net, the first rules, the YMCA's role, six players and three touches, the Philippines and the set and spike, the early Asian game, and the spread after the First World War.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1William Morgan and HolyokeTake a test

  1. Morgan, a YMCA physical director, devised the game in 1895.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  2. Morgan worked at the YMCA in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  3. The game was born in the Holyoke YMCA gym.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  4. He ran physical education at the Holyoke YMCA.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  5. Naismith, the inventor of basketball, worked at the same school.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  6. Basketball dates from 1891, volleyball from 1895.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  7. Morgan devised it in 1895.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  8. 1891, 1895, 1896 and 1897.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  9. Holyoke, the 1896 demonstration, Canada in 1900 and the Philippines in 1910.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  10. Morgan devised the game for the members of his YMCA.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

Test 2Mintonette and the nameTake a test

  1. He called it mintonette before it was renamed.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  2. Professor Alfred T. Halstead proposed the name in 1896.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  3. Morgan demonstrated the game at the 1896 conference.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  4. The ball was kept in the air and volleyed back and forth.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  5. The early spelling was 'volley ball'.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  6. The Springfield demonstration took place in 1896.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  7. Mintonette recalls badminton, another net game.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  8. From Morgan's name to two words, then one.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  9. Demonstration, suggestion and acceptance.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  10. Halstead watched the demonstration and suggested 'volley ball'.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

Test 3Why the game was inventedTake a test

  1. He wanted something less strenuous than basketball.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  2. He had older, less athletic members in mind.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  3. Volleyball borrowed the net from tennis.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  4. The net kept the teams apart.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  5. He blended ideas from basketball, tennis, baseball and handball.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  6. Members needed exercise when they could not play outside.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  7. Simple rules let anyone take part.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  8. Problem, idea, testing and rules.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  9. The net removes body contact from volleyball.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  10. Volleyball offered exercise without basketball's roughness.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

Test 4The first ball and netTake a test

  1. The bladder proved too light; a basketball was too heavy.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  2. A heavy basketball hurt to volley.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  3. Morgan asked Spalding to make a suitable ball.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  4. The first net was much lower than today's men's net.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  5. He borrowed a tennis net and raised it.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  6. Players hit the ball with their hands and arms.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  7. 2.43 m is well above the first net's 1.98 m.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  8. Too light, too heavy, then a purpose-made ball.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  9. 1.98 m, 2.24 m and 2.43 m.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  10. Spalding made the first ball for the game.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

Test 5Morgan's first rulesTake a test

  1. The first rules borrowed innings from baseball.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  2. Team size was not fixed at first.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  3. The rules appeared in the YMCA Athletic League handbook in 1897.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  4. The handbook of 1897 spread the rules.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  5. Early rules allowed an assist on the serve.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  6. Games moved from 21 points to 15 in 1917.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  7. A young game took years to settle.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  8. 1897, 1917, 1918 and 1922.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  9. Team size settled at six.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  10. Early rules permitted an assist on the serve.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

Test 6The YMCA spreads the gameTake a test

  1. YMCA instructors took the game abroad.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  2. Canada adopted the game in 1900.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  3. Canada was first abroad, in 1900.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  4. YMCA staff carried the game to their branches abroad.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  5. Brown was a YMCA director in Manila.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  6. The FIVB history notes the YMCA spreading the game among women.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  7. Robert C. Cubbon estimated some 200,000 players.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  8. 1895, 1900, 1908 and 1910.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  9. Print, teach, travel and take root.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  10. Canada adopted the game in 1900.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

Test 7Six players and three touchesTake a test

  1. The FIVB history dates six a side to 1918.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  2. A limit on touches stopped endless passing on one side.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  3. Equal teams made real competition possible.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  4. Three touches shaped the modern rally.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  5. Back-row players were barred from spiking at the net.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  6. Each side had to attack within three contacts.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  7. The NCAA printed unified rules in 1916.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  8. 1917, 1918 and 1922.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  9. The three-touch limit produced this pattern.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  10. The early 1920s brought a three-touch limit.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

Test 8The set and spikeTake a test

  1. Filipino players began setting the ball high to smash it.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  2. The powerful hit was nicknamed the bomba.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  3. The set prepares the attack.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  4. Hitting down from above the net became the main weapon.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  5. Brown introduced the game in Manila.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  6. Manila hosted the first Far Eastern Games.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  7. The hosts won the first title.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  8. Pass, set, jump and hit.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  9. 1910, 1913 and around 1916.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  10. Filipino players called the smash the bomba.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

Test 9The early Asian gameTake a test

  1. Early Asian volleyball used sixteen a side.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  2. Brown organised volleyball in the Far East.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  3. Nine-man volleyball was long played in East Asia.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  4. The Far Eastern Games began in 1913.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  5. Big teams let whole groups take part.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  6. The Games brought together East Asian nations.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  7. Six a side was the world standard for competition.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  8. Sixteen, nine, six and two.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  9. The game arrived, was played in large teams, then took the world standard.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  10. The Brown rules used sixteen a side.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

Test 10After the First World WarTake a test

  1. Thousands of balls went to soldiers and allies.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  2. American troops brought the game with them.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  3. Little equipment made it ideal for camps.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  4. National championships spread across Eastern Europe.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  5. Few international events existed before the FIVB.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  6. Domestic titles came before world events.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  7. The FIVB was founded in Paris after the war.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · recall

  8. Soldiers, equipment, clubs and championships.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  9. Wars and peace shaped the game's growth.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

  10. Thousands of balls went to soldiers in 1919.

    Source: FIVB history of volleyball; Wikipedia, Volleyball (History) · applied

Sources

FIVB history pages, Olympic and FIVB results records; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered FIVB rules belong to the Rules category.

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