Table Tennis - HISTORY

• Table tennis was banned in the Soviet Union during the 1950s.

  a. True

  b. False

  True
• The first world table tennis championship was held in London in 1926.

  a. True

  b. False

  True
• The term "ping-pong diplomacy" refers to the use of table tennis to improve relations between China and the United States in the 1970s.

  a. True

  b. False

  True
• When was the first World Table Tennis Championship held

  a. 1935

  b. 1960

  c. 1926

  d. 1952

  c. 1926
• Table tennis was invented in England in the 19th century.

  a.True

  b. False

  True
• When was the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) founded?

  a. 1952

  b. 1926

  c. 1901

  d. 1960

  b. 1926
• Table tennis was included in the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.

  a. True

  b. False

  b. False
• What was the original name of table tennis?

  a. Table Lawn Tennis

  b. Whiff-Whaff

  c. Paddle Ball

  d. Ping-Pong

  d. Ping-Pong
• The game was originally called "wiff-waff."

  a. True

  b. False

  b. False
• Table tennis was an Olympic sport for the first time in 1988.

  a. True

  b. False

  a.True
• Table tennis was first played with paddles made of wood and parchment.

  a. True

  b. False

  b. False
• The modern table tennis ball is made of celluloid.

  a. True

  b. False

  a.True
• What is the maximum thickness of a table tennis racket blade?

  a. 3.0 mm

  b. 5.0 mm

  c. 4.0 mm

  d. 2.0 mm

  c. 4.0 mm
• Who is considered to be the greatest table tennis player of all time?

  a. Zhang Jike

  b. Ma Long

  c. Jan-Ove Waldner

  d. Timo Boll

  b. Ma Long
• Where was the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) founded?

  a. Bucharest

  b. Budapest

  c. Berlin

  d. Brussels

  b. Budapest