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Home / Quizzes / Volleyball Virtuoso Quiz: 150 Net-Hitting Trivia Questions

Volleyball Virtuoso Quiz: 150 Net-Hitting Trivia Questions

July 5, 2023 By Trivia Bliss Staff Leave a Comment

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Are you ready to take a ‘hit’ at this quiz and ‘set’ the record straight on your volleyball knowledge? This isn’t just any volley around the park – we’re ‘serving’ up some of the most ‘net’-tlesome questions to really ‘spike’ your curiosity. It’s time to ‘dig’ deep into your volleyball trivia, and remember, no ‘faults’ allowed! So let’s ‘pass’ the time with this volleyball knowledge quest – will you end up on the ‘block’, or will you ‘kill’ it with your superior wisdom?

1. Who invented volleyball?

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William G. Morgan

2. What year was volleyball invented?

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1895

3. What was the original name of volleyball?

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Mintonette

4. Where was volleyball first played?

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Holyoke, Massachusetts, USA

5. What is the biggest volleyball event worldwide?

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The Volleyball World Championship

6. Who won the first men’s Volleyball World Championship?

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Czechoslovakia

7. Who won the first women’s Volleyball World Championship?

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USSR

8. How many players are on a volleyball team on the court?

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Six players

9. Who scored the most points in a single professional volleyball match?

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Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata, with 41 points

10. What’s the highest price ever paid for a volleyball?

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$4,800 for a ball used in the 2012 London Olympics

11. How much does a regulation volleyball weigh?

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Between 9.2 and 9.9 ounces

12. What’s the circumference of a regulation volleyball?

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65–67 cm

13. When was volleyball added to the Olympic games?

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1964

14. Who won the first men’s Olympic volleyball tournament?

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Soviet Union

15. Who won the first women’s Olympic volleyball tournament?

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Japan

16. Which country has won the most men’s Olympic volleyball gold medals?

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Brazil and the United States, both with 4 gold medals

17. Which country has won the most women’s Olympic volleyball gold medals?

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China and the Soviet Union, both with 4 gold medals

18. How many times can a team hit the ball before it must cross over the net in volleyball?

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Three times

19. Which part of the body is not allowed to touch the ball in volleyball?

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There is no part of the body that can’t touch the ball in volleyball

20. What is the most common injury in volleyball?

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Ankle sprain

21. What is the record for the longest volleyball match?

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The match between Polonia Tomaszów Mazowiecki and Jarosławiec in 2013 lasted 76 hours and 45 minutes

22. How tall is the net in men’s volleyball?

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2.43 meters (7 feet 11 5/8 inches)

23. How tall is the net in women’s volleyball?

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2.24 meters (7 feet 4 1/8 inches)

24. What is the typical lifespan of a professional volleyball?

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About one to two years with regular use

25. What is the fastest recorded serve in volleyball history?

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Matey Kaziyski holds the record for the fastest serve, with a speed of 132 km/h (82 mph)

26. How many substitutions are allowed in a set in volleyball?

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12 substitutions

27. Who is considered the greatest volleyball player of all time?

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Karch Kiraly

28. What’s the highest attendance ever recorded at a volleyball match?

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More than 95,000 people attended the volleyball match between Brazil and USSR at Maracanã Stadium in 1983

29. Which country has the most FIVB World Championship wins in men’s volleyball?

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Russia (as the Soviet Union and as Russia), with 6 titles

30. Which country has the most FIVB World Championship wins in women’s volleyball?

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Russia (as the Soviet Union and as Russia), with 7 titles

31. Who holds the record for most career wins in professional beach volleyball?

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Karch Kiraly, with 148 career wins

32. Which country first introduced beach volleyball?

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United States

33. When was beach volleyball added to the Olympic games?

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1996

34. Who won the first men’s Olympic beach volleyball tournament?

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Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes of the United States

35. Who won the first women’s Olympic beach volleyball tournament?

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Jackie Silva and Sandra Pires of Brazil

36. What’s the world record for the most aces in a single professional volleyball match?

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Saeid Marouf, with 13 aces

37. What is the official size of a beach volleyball court?

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16 meters by 8 meters

38. Who has the most MVP awards in FIVB World Tour history?

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Emanuel Rego, with 10 MVP awards

39. How often are the FIVB Volleyball World Championships held?

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Every four years

40. Which country hosted the first official international volleyball tournament?

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France

41. What type of surface was volleyball originally played on?

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Hardwood floor

42. What is the main difference between indoor and beach volleyball?

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Beach volleyball is played with two players per team, while indoor volleyball has six players per team

43. When was the first official beach volleyball tournament held?

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1947

44. Which country won the first official World Beach Volleyball Championships in men’s competition?

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Brazil

45. Which country won the first official World Beach Volleyball Championships in women’s competition?

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Brazil

46. Who holds the record for the most points scored in a single season in professional volleyball?

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Georg Grozer, with 487 points in the 2011-2012 season

47. What is the longest winning streak in professional volleyball?

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Estudiantes de La Plata of Argentina won 33 consecutive matches in 1982

48. Who is the youngest player to win an FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships title?

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Misty May, at 22 years and 281 days old

49. Who is the oldest player to win an FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships title?

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Kerri Walsh Jennings, at 35 years and 362 days old

50. Who holds the record for the most blocks in a single professional volleyball match?

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Robertlandy Simon, with 11 blocks

51. What is the diameter of a regulation volleyball?

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Approximately 21 cm (8.3 inches)

52. Who was the first player to win both an indoor and beach volleyball Olympic gold medal?

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Karch Kiraly

53. Who holds the record for the most digs in a single professional volleyball match?

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Fabiana Oliveira, with 76 digs

54. What is the highest number of kills in a single professional volleyball match?

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Katarzyna Skowrońska-Dolata, with 41 kills

55. What is the most expensive volleyball club in the world?

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Zenit-Kazan of Russia

56. Which country has the most professional volleyball leagues?

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United States

57. What is the longest recorded rally in volleyball history?

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The longest recorded rally lasted for 3 hours, 7 minutes and 15 seconds in a 2013 match in Japan

58. How many times has the host country won the FIVB Men’s Volleyball World Championship?

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Four times

59. How many times has the host country won the FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championship?

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Four times

60. Who has the most career kills in professional volleyball history?

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Sergey Tetyukhin, with over 5000 kills

61. What’s the maximum number of sets in a volleyball match?

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Five sets

62. What is the shortest recorded time for a volleyball match?

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The shortest recorded professional match was 12 minutes, in a 3-0 win

63. What’s the longest recorded time for a volleyball match?

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The longest match was 5 hours and 32 minutes in a 2013 Polish Cup match

64. What’s the record for the most consecutive victories by a country in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship?

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USSR with 3 consecutive victories from 1974 to 1982

65. What’s the record for the most consecutive victories by a country in the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship?

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Russia (as Soviet Union) with 3 consecutive victories from 1952 to 1960

66. Which country has the most professional volleyball players?

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United States

67. What’s the most points scored by a team in a single match in professional volleyball?

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Suntory Sunbirds scored 120 points in a match in 2013

68. Who was the first female volleyball player to be inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame?

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Yoshie Takeshita of Japan in 2011

69. Who was the first male volleyball player to be inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame?

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Karch Kiraly of the United States in 2001

70. How many panels does a volleyball have?

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A traditional volleyball has 18 panels

71. What’s the largest margin of victory in a professional volleyball match?

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The largest margin of victory is 50 points, in a 3-0 match with each set won 25-0

72. What is the standard weight of a regulation volleyball?

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Between 260 and 280 grams

73. Who was the first volleyball player to be named the FIVB World Player of the Year?

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Renan Dal Zotto of Brazil in 1989

74. What is the highest scoring game in FIVB Men’s World Championship history?

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Cuba vs Netherlands in 1991, with a final score of 39-37

75. What is the highest scoring game in FIVB Women’s World Championship history?

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Japan vs Russia in 2006, with a final score of 34-32

76. What is the most watched volleyball match in history?

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The 2008 Olympic final between USA and Brazil, with an estimated 1 billion viewers worldwide

77. What’s the highest attendance at a women’s volleyball match?

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The record is held by the match between Peru and China at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, with over 50,000 spectators

78. Who holds the record for the most service aces in professional volleyball history?

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Clay Stanley of the United States, with over 600 service aces

79. Which country was the first to include volleyball in their school physical education curriculum?

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United States

80. What was the original name of volleyball?

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Mintonette

81. What was the first country outside of North America to adopt volleyball?

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The Philippines in 1910

82. What is the record for the most number of fans in a single volleyball season?

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The record is held by the Turkish Women’s Volleyball league, with over 1.2 million fans in the 2018-2019 season

83. Who was the first non-American to be inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame?

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Konstantin Reva of the Soviet Union in 1989

84. What’s the maximum number of hits allowed per side in volleyball?

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Three hits

85. What’s the record for the most blocks in a single volleyball season?

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Halkbank Ankara, with 283 blocks in the 2016-2017 season

86. How many players are there in a traditional volleyball team?

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Six players

87. Which country has won the most medals in volleyball at the Summer Olympics?

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United States

88. How many players are there in a beach volleyball team?

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Two players

89. What’s the record for the most digs in a single volleyball season?

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Joanna Wołosz, with 487 digs in the 2019-2020 season

90. What is the average duration of a volleyball match?

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About 1.5 hours

91. What is the official ball for the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship?

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The Mikasa MVA200

92. What’s the first Asian country to win the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship?

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Japan, in 1972

93. Who was the first female player to score over 30 points in an Olympic volleyball match?

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Kim Yeon-koung of South Korea, scoring 34 points in 2012

94. What’s the tallest professional volleyball player ever?

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Morteza Mehrzadselakjani of Iran, standing 8’1″ (246 cm) tall

95. What’s the shortest professional volleyball player ever?

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Erica Wilson of USA, standing 5’1″ (155 cm) tall

96. How many times can a player serve consecutively in a volleyball game?

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There is no limit to the number of consecutive serves by a player

97. Who holds the record for the most number of consecutive serves in a professional volleyball match?

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Oleksandr Sorokalet of Ukraine, with 39 consecutive serves

98. Who holds the record for the most number of consecutive serves in an Olympic volleyball match?

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Maurício Souza of Brazil, with 18 consecutive serves in 2016

99. What’s the record for the most service errors in a professional volleyball season?

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Jastrzębski Węgiel, with 391 service errors in the 2017-2018 season

100. What was the original height of the volleyball net?

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6 feet 6 inches

101. What is the current height of the net in men’s volleyball?

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2.43 meters (7 feet 11 5/8 inches)

102. What is the current height of the net in women’s volleyball?

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2.24 meters (7 feet 4 1/8 inches)

103. What is the first country in Africa to qualify for the Volleyball World Championship?

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Tunisia, in 1970

104. Who was the first volleyball player to win the Olympic Games MVP award?

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Karch Kiraly of the United States, in 1984

105. Which country hosted the first FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship?

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Czechoslovakia, in 1949

106. Who is the youngest player to win the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship?

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Fernanda Venturini of Brazil, at 17 years old in 1990

107. Who is the oldest player to win the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship?

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Sergey Tetyukhin of Russia, at 40 years old in 2011

108. Which country won the first ever Beach Volleyball World Championship?

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United States, in 1997

109. Which country won the first ever Volleyball World Cup?

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East Germany, in 1965

110. What was the first brand to manufacture volleyballs?

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Spalding, in 1896

111. What is the record for the most wins by a coach in professional volleyball history?

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Karch Kiraly, with over 1300 wins

112. What is the largest comeback in a volleyball match?

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The record is held by the team which came back from a 0-2 deficit to win 3-2

113. What is the biggest lead lost in a volleyball match?

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The record is held by the team that lost a match after leading 2-0

114. What is the highest number of points scored by a player in a single volleyball match?

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Katarzyna Skowronska-Dolata of Poland, with 41 points in 2013

115. Who was the first player to be named MVP in both the FIVB Volleyball Men’s and Women’s World Championship?

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No player has ever achieved this as of 2021

116. What is the record for the most assists in a single volleyball match?

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The record is held by Nootsara Tomkom of Thailand, with 91 assists in 2012

117. Which country won the first ever volleyball Olympic gold medal?

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United States, in 1964 (Men’s) and Japan, in 1964 (Women’s)

118. What is the highest number of blocks by a player in a single volleyball match?

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The record is held by Hristo Tsvetanov of Bulgaria, with 12 blocks in 2002

119. Who is the youngest player to win the MVP award in the FIVB Volleyball World Championship?

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Jenny Lang Ping of China, at 19 years old in 1981

120. What is the longest rally in volleyball history?

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The longest rally lasted 2 minutes and 3 seconds in a match between SC Potsdam and VCB Tecklenburger Land in 2009

121. Who was the first player to successfully execute a “spike” in a volleyball match?

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Alfred Halstead in 1896

122. What’s the record for the most points scored by a team in a single volleyball season?

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Zenit Kazan, with 2,542 points in the 2015-2016 season

123. What’s the highest number of service aces by a player in a single volleyball match?

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The record is held by György Grozer of Germany, with 11 service aces in 2014

124. Who was the first African team to qualify for the Olympics in volleyball?

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Tunisia, in 1972

125. What’s the longest winning streak by a team in professional volleyball history?

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The record is held by Zenit Kazan, with a 73 match winning streak from 2015 to 2018

126. What was the first country in South America to win the Volleyball World Championship?

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Brazil, in 2002

127. What is the first country in Asia to win the Volleyball World Championship?

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Japan, in 1974

128. What was the original material of a volleyball?

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Leather

129. What’s the highest number of digs by a player in a single volleyball match?

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The record is held by Nicole Davis of USA, with 58 digs in 2008

130. What was the first brand to introduce a colored volleyball?

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Mikasa, with the introduction of the blue and yellow ball in 2002

131. Which player has won the most MVP awards in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship?

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Sergey Tetyukhin of Russia, with 2 MVP awards (2002 and 2011)

132. What’s the record for the fastest serve in volleyball history?

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The record is held by György Grozer of Germany, with a serve of 134 km/h (83 mph) in 2014

133. Who was the first player to be named MVP in both the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship and the Olympics?

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Karch Kiraly of the United States, MVP in 1986 World Championship and 1988 Olympics

134. What is the highest number of reception errors by a team in a single volleyball season?

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The record is held by Resovia Rzeszów, with 287 reception errors in the 2018-2019 season

135. What is the most expensive volleyball ever sold in an auction?

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A volleyball used in the 2012 Olympics finals, sold for $38,000

136. What was the first country to introduce volleyball to the military?

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The United States, in 1896

137. Who was the first volleyball player to appear on a postage stamp?

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Karch Kiraly of the United States, in 1990

138. What’s the record for the most service aces by a team in a single volleyball season?

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The record is held by Lube Civitanova, with 276 service aces in the 2018-2019 season

139. What is the highest score in a single set in professional volleyball history?

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The highest score in a single set is 56-54, achieved by Canada and Slovakia in 2012

140. What was the first city to host the Beach Volleyball World Championships?

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Los Angeles, USA, in 1997

141. What’s the largest attendance at a volleyball match?

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The record is 50,000 spectators at a match between Brazil and the USSR in 1983 at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro

142. Which country won the first ever men’s volleyball at the Pan American Games?

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United States, in 1955

143. Which country won the first ever women’s volleyball at the Pan American Games?

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United States, in 1955

144. What is the record for the most blocks by a team in a single volleyball season?

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The record is held by Trentino, with 313 blocks in the 2018-2019 season

145. Who was the first player to score a point in an Olympic volleyball match?

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The identity of this player is not well documented

146. What is the first country in Europe to win the FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Championship?

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Soviet Union, in 1952

147. What is the record for the longest professional volleyball match in terms of time?

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The longest match lasted 5 hours and 12 minutes between Sport Club Pinheiros and Club Athletico Paulistano in 2019

148. Who holds the record for the most digs in a professional volleyball season?

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Nicole Davis of USA, with 891 digs in the 2008 season

149. What’s the record for the most sets played in a single volleyball season by a team?

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The record is held by Jastrzębski Węgiel, with 204 sets in the 2017-2018 season

150. Who was the first player to win the Best Server award in both the FIVB Volleyball Men’s and Women’s World Championship?

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No player has ever achieved this as of 2021

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