Group 1 (History of table tennis)

Table tennis Questionnaires

1. When was table tennis invented?

2. Who invented table tennis?
3. What was the original name of table tennis?
4. When did table tennis become an Olympic sport?
5. In what country did table tennis originate?
6. During which major event did table tennis gain global attention in the 1970s?
7. Who are some of the most famous table tennis player in history?
8. Who was the first player to win a world championship in table tennis?
9. When and where was the first official table tennis tournament held?
10. Who were some of the early pioneers of table tennis?
(True or False v)
11. The name Ping Pong is derived from the Latin word 'ping pang qui' which
translates literally to "ping pong ball."
12. The Parker Brothers trademarked the name ping pong in England in 1900.
13. On what year did the Ping-Ping Association was formed and then renamed
the Table Tennis Association?
A. 1922 B. 1934 C. 1981 D. 1987
14. Who is seen playing table tennis and being part of Ping-Pong
Diplomacy in the movie Forest Gump?
15. It is an item discovered by accident in the 1970s when a player used bicycle puncture repair
glue to fix his racket before a match.

Answers:

1. Late 19th century in England

2. David Foster
3. Ping pong
4. 1988
5. England
6. during the historic visit of the US table tennis team to China in 1971, which became known as
"ping pong diplomacy.”
7. Ma Long, Jan Ove-Waldner, Liu Guoliang, etc.
8. Roland Jacobi.
9. January 1926 in Berlin
10. Some of the early pioneers of table tennis included Englishmen James Devonshire and E.C.
Goode
 11. False, its Mandarin not Latin
12. False, it was the Hamley Brothers
13. A. 1922
14. Forest
15. Speed Glue

Group 1

“History of Table Tennis”

- Reyes, PJ

- Ambrad, Chrissy

- Abellano, Joshua

- Galozo, Michael

- Arreza, Ronabelle

- Esparcia, Hadrian

- Cenabre, Dave

- Tagapulotan, Raine