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Quidditch For the real world adaptation of the sport, see Quidditch (sport). Quidditch /ˈkwɪdɪtʃ/ is a competitive sport in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, featured in the series of novels and movies. Matches are played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls: a Quaffle, two Bludgers, and a Golden Snitch.
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Quidditch pitch A Quidditch pitch is typically in the shape of an oval, five hundred feet long and a hundred and eighty feet wide, with a small central circle of approximately two feet in diameter. At each end there are three hooped Goal posts of different heights, surrounded by a scoring area.
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Harry Potter's Quidditch Goes National With NYC 'World Cup' This Weekend Harry Potter's Quidditch Goes National With NYC 'World Cup' This Weekend. Five years ago, Alex Benepe and Xander Manshel wanted to find something more intense to do with their Sunday afternoons at Middlebury College in Vermont other than the sedate sport of bocce bowling.
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Hogwarts staff Though the character's first name was never mentioned in the novels, the character is given the first name Quirinus in the official Harry Potter Trading Card Game. Quirrell is the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts during Harry Potter 's first year and secretly a Death Eater.
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- It's quidditch, the bruising battle made famous in the Harry Potter films and books. Classes include Quidditch, Psychology of Optical Illusions, How to Succeed in Theater, Slam Poetry and How to Get to Congress. 80 collegiate quidditch teams compete in co-ed, full-contact adaptation of Harry Potter sport.
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Hockey For other uses, see Hockey (disambiguation). Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick. In many areas, one sport (typically field hockey or ice hockey) is generally referred to simply as hockey.
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Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Oliver Wood Overview [edit]. Oliver Wood is a member of Gryffindor House. He is described as burly and is fanatical about Quidditch. He captained the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, while playing Keeper, for Harry's first three years. After he graduated from Hogwarts, he signed with Puddlemere United Reserve Team.arry is relieved to find out that Wood is not a wooden implement for punishment, but is in fact Oliver Wood, who turns out to be captain of the Quidditch team. She tells Wood that she has found him a Seeker, and they discuss Harry's natural flying abilities and the fact that they need to get him a new broom.
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Hogwarts staff Quirinus Quirrell is a fictional character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling. Though the character's first name was never mentioned in the novels, the character is given the first name Quirinus in the official Harry Potter Trading Card Game. Quirrell is the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts during Harry Potter 's first year and secretly a Death Eater.
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Hogwarts Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, shortened Hogwarts, is a fictional British school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen, and is the primary setting for the first six books in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.
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Harry Potter (character) Harry James Potter is the title character of J. K. Rowling 's Harry Potter series. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. Thus, he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to practice magic under the guidance of the kindly headmaster Albus Dumbledore and other school professors.
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- 1970s - James Potter was Chaser; his team won the Cup at least once. 1985-86 - Charlie Weasley is a second year; he joins the team as Seeker. Slytherin wins the Quidditch Cup. 1986-87 - Despite having Charlie as Seeker, Gryffindor loses the Cup to Slytherin again.
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Quidditch Teams of Hogwarts The four houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry compete to win the Quidditch Cup, a great honour. The team which accumulates the most points over the course of the school year is awarded the Cup. The house teams are: Gryffindor Quidditch Team.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince They find yet another Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher; Professor Snape. They begin their N.E.W.T. classes in preparation for life after Hogwarts, and Harry gets some much needed Potions help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. Quidditch is as popular as ever, Harry is nominated Gryffindor Quidditch Captain, and he finds himself reforming his team.
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Houses Gryffindor is one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Godric Gryffindor. Gryffindor's emblematic animal is the lion, and its colours are scarlet and gold. Gryffindors are known for daring, nerve and chivalry.
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In Quidditch, what is the point of throwing the Quaffle through the hoops when you can just win by catching the golden snitch? The 422nd Quidditch World Cup final was held on 22 August, 1994 in England, between Ireland and Bulgaria. Ludovic Bagman provided the match commentary. Ireland wore green robes with each player's name embroidered in silver on their back. They all flew Firebolt broomsticks and Leprechauns served as the team's mascots.
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Quidditch (sport) Quidditch game. Quidditch is a sport of two teams of seven players each mounted on broomsticks played on a hockey rink-sized pitch. It is based on a fictional game of the same name invented by author J.K. Rowling, which is featured in the Harry Potter series of novels and related media.
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Hide-and-seek Hide-and-seek. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Hide and Seek (disambiguation) . Hide-and-seek or hide-and-go-seek is a popular children's game in which any number of players conceal themselves in the environment, to be found by one or more seekers.
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Quidditch Teams of Hogwarts Ravenclaw is too good. Quidditch is big at Hogwarts. Each House fields a team, which includes the seven players and often one or two reserve players as well. The four houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry compete to win the Quidditch Cup, a great honour.
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Decidueye Decidueye is a Grass/Ghost type Pokémon introduced in Generation 7. It is known as the Arrow Quill Pokémon. Decidueye is able to move about while completely masking its presence from others. Once an opponent has lost sight of it, Decidueye seizes the chance to attack it unawares.
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- Quidditch /ˈkwɪdɪtʃ/ is a competitive sport in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, featured in the series of novels and movies. Matches are played between two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks, using four balls: a Quaffle, two Bludgers, and a Golden Snitch.
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Quidditch In addition to the many matches we see in the books and their wonderful portrayal in the films, there are several Quidditch computer games, real-world Quidditch involving non-magical equipment, and even a separate book by J.K. Rowling, Quidditch through the Ages.
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Calories in Baked Potatoes They are low in fat and protein content and can be cooked in a variety of ways, from the popular fried fries to the baked potatoes. The number of calories in baked potato depends on their size. One medium sized baked potato measuring three inches in diameter will contain about 150 calories. There are several nutrients in baked potato including fiber and important minerals. The number of calories in one small baked potato that measures two inches in diameter will be about 130 calories. Potatoes are a rich source of potassium, having an even higher concentration of this essential mineral than bananas.
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Keeper Keeper is a position in the Wizarding sport of Quidditch. There is one Keeper per team, and it is their job to guard the three goal posts attempting to stop the other team's Chasers from scoring. The keeper also wears the most protection than any other position, which includes a helmet, shoulder/chest pads and knee pads.
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Quidditch History of Quidditch. While Quidditch was the first (and so far, only) broomstick-based game to attain near-worldwide popularity amongst the wizarding people, it was certainly not the first broomstick game. In truth, Quidditch probably owes a debt to a number of its forerunners in making it what it is today.
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Quidditch pitch At the time of the introduction of the Golden Snitch, a standard Quidditch pitch consisted of an elongated oval playing area five hundred feet long and a hundred and eighty feet wide.