80 Table Tennis Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which table tennis world champion was nicknamed “the Mozart of table tennis”?
Answer
Jan-Ove Waldner
What is the name of the table tennis grip commonly called the penhold grip?
Answer
Penhold grip
Which player is the only non-Asian man to win Olympic table tennis singles gold?
Answer
Jan-Ove Waldner
Who was the first woman to win a table tennis world singles championship?
Answer
Maria Mednyanszky
How high is the net above the playing surface in table tennis?
Answer
15.25 centimetres
What percentage of a table tennis racket blade must be natural wood by thickness?
Answer
At least 85 percent
What is the regulation weight of a table tennis ball?
Answer
2.7 grams
How high above the floor is an official table tennis table?
Answer
76 centimetres
What is the official diameter of a modern table tennis ball?
Answer
40 millimetres
How high must a table tennis player toss the ball during a legal serve?
Answer
At least 16 centimetres
Who won the first Olympic men’s singles table tennis gold medal?
Answer
Yoo Nam-kyu
What was the original diameter of the table tennis ball before the 2000 rule change?
Answer
38 millimetres
How many points are needed to win a standard table tennis game?
Answer
11 points
How long is an official table tennis table?
Answer
2.74 metres
What organization has governed international table tennis since its founding in 1926?
Answer
International Table Tennis Federation