What is Quidditch?
[[File:Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Quidditch gear (5014156072).jpg|thumb|Quidditch team at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in California.]] '''Quidditch''' is a fictional sport in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' books written by [[J. K. Rowling]]. Quidditch is a team game played by witches and wizards. It is played on [[flying broom|flying brooms]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=JK Rowling invented Quidditch after a row with her boyfriend|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10065868/JK-Rowling-invented-Quidditch-after-a-row-with-her-boyfriend.html|access-date=2023-04-15|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> There are seven players per team (three Chasers, two Beaters, a Keeper, and a Seeker). The game has many rules. Chasers shoot the [[Quaffle]] (the ball) into the other team's goal to score points. The Keeper tries to stop the Quaffle from getting through the goal. Players dodge Bludgers, balls that are charmed to hit players. Players called Beaters hit Bludgers away with bats.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-21|title=The basics of Quidditch at Cal|url=https://dailycal.org/2014/10/21/basics-quidditch-cal/|access-date=2023-04-15|website=The Daily Californian|language=en|archive-date=2023-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419112902/https://dailycal.org/2014/10/21/basics-quidditch-cal|url-status=dead}}</ref> The game ends when the Seeker player catches a winged ball called the Snitch. The team of the Seeker who caught the Snitch gets 150 points. In 2005 a real sport called [[muggle quidditch]] was started at [[Middlebury College]]. == References == <references /> {{multistub|lit|sports}} [[Category:Harry Potter]] [[Category:Sports]]