Quidditch (/ˈkwɪdɪtʃ/) is a fictional sport invented by author J. K. Rowling for her fantasy book series Harry Potter. It first appeared in the novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997).
Quidditch – the sport which is one of the most famous elements of the Harry Potter books; played using broomsticks, hoop goals and a flying ball with wings, was created by Rowling following a tiff with her then boyfriend.
Quidditch, officially known as quadball since 2022, is a team sport that was created in 2005 at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, United States, and was inspired by the fictional game of the same name in the Harry Potter books by the author J. K. Rowling.
In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, when Oliver was explaining Quidditch to Harry Potter, he said that the team that catches the Snitch will win the game.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, because of the ongoing battle with Professor Umbridge, Harry was banned from the Quidditch team along with Fred and George Weasley; so Angelina did have to engineer a mid-season replacement for her Seeker and both Beaters.
Its founder was the medieval witch Helga Hufflepuff. The emblematic animal is a badger,and yellow and black are its colours. The Head of Hufflepuff is Pomona Sprout and the Fat Friar is the House's patron ghost.
In the book Fantastic Beastst it's explained that in the beginning of quidditch they used the golden snidget (a magical creature) before switching to the snitch so I think the word is a derivation of that.
Scrimgeour: "'To Harry James Potter, I leave the Snitch he caught in his first Quidditch match at Hogwarts, as a reminder of the rewards of perseverance and skill'… I noticed that your birthday cake is in the shape of a Snitch.
This is not always the case, however, as technically, a team can still win the game even if they haven't captured the Golden Snitch just as long as they have more points than the opposing team.
There are seven players on each team (three Chasers, one Keeper, two Beaters and one Seeker), four balls (one Quaffle, two Bludgers and one Snitch), three hoops (but you can only score the Quaffle in them), ten points per goal, and 150 points if you catch the Snitch, which also ends the game.
Harry missed the season's last game due to detention with Professor Snape. Therefore, for that final match, Ginny Weasley played as Seeker, and her position as a Chaser was taken over once again by Dean Thomas.
Though Harry received the gift anonymously on Christmas morning, the mysterious benefactor who sent it to him was, in fact, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. He passed the Cloak on to Harry because it once belonged to his father, though Harry didn't learn who gave it to him until later.
He doesn't kiss it, he presses it to his mouth. He does this because the Golden Snitch (all of them) has touch memory and it is the first Snitch he ever caught, which he caught in his mouth and almost swallowed.
Hengist of Woodcroft was a Medieval English wizard, best known as the founder of the village of Hogsmeade in Scotland, the only all-wizarding village in Great Britain.
In true Ravenclaw fashion, Luna is an independent thinker and is never afraid to correct others. Despite being overlooked and often mocked by her peers, she never once doubts herself. She has the strength to believe in herself and her own wisdom – a trait which makes Luna Lovegood a true Ravenclaw.
Desperate to see her daughter one last time, Rowena sent a man to bring Helena home. Unfortunately, that man was the Bloody Baron, who was in love with Helena, and stabbed her in a rage when she refused to come home. After Helena was tragically killed, legend tells us that Rowena Ravenclaw died of a broken heart.
Harry Potter, for instance, embodies many of the traits that are appreciated by Salazar Slytherin. He is clever, resourceful and cunning, yet the Sorting Hat made him a Gryffindor because he didn't feel like he belonged there. However, the hat denied Neville from being in Hufflepuff even though he begged for it.
Sean Biggerstaff (b. 15 March, 1983) portrayed Gryffindor Quidditch team Captain, Oliver Wood in the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. He did not appear in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban due to time constraints.
Following the downfall of Voldemort, Percy returned to work for the Ministry and became Head of the Department of Magical Transportation under the new Minister for Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt. He married a woman named Audrey and had two daughters, Molly, named after her paternal grandmother, and Lucy.
The Fallen Fifty (d. 2 May 1998) were the people who were killed fighting Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts, the final conflict of the Second Wizarding War.
