Behind the Coaching · Volleyball · Multiple Choice Trivia
Travel from volleyball’s 1964 debut to beach volleyball at Atlanta and recent gold-medal milestones.
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This Behind the Coaching interactive contains 10 questions about Olympic indoor and beach volleyball history. Play through each item to receive immediate feedback and an explanation.
BTC quizzes and games are educational sports challenges covering coaching, strategy, history, teams, players, leagues, records, comparisons, and the people behind the game.
Quiz questions
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At which Summer Olympics did indoor volleyball debut as an official medal sport?
- Helsinki 1952
- Tokyo 1964
- Munich 1972
- Los Angeles 1984
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Which country won the first Olympic women’s indoor volleyball gold in 1964?
- Japan
- United States
- Brazil
- Cuba
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Which country won the first Olympic men’s indoor volleyball gold in 1964?
- Japan
- Italy
- Soviet Union
- United States
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In which year did beach volleyball become an Olympic medal event?
- 1988
- 1992
- 1996
- 2000
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Which country won the inaugural women’s Olympic beach volleyball gold in 1996?
- Brazil
- United States
- Australia
- Germany
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Who won men’s beach volleyball gold at Atlanta 1996?
- Misty May and Kerri Walsh
- Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes
- Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser
- Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego
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Which American pair won women’s beach volleyball gold in 2004, 2008 and 2012?
- April Ross and Jennifer Kessy
- Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings
- Alix Klineman and April Ross
- Megan Kraft and Kelly Cheng
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Which country claimed its first women’s indoor Olympic volleyball gold at the Tokyo 2020 Games, played in 2021?
- United States
- Serbia
- Türkiye
- Argentina
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Which country won the women’s indoor Olympic volleyball title at Paris 2024?
- Brazil
- United States
- Italy
- China
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Which men’s national team won indoor volleyball gold at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024?
- Poland
- France
- Brazil
- Italy