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How much do you know about Quidditch? This category is for trivia questions and answers related to Quidditch (For Children). Each one is filled with fun facts and interesting information.
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1 What colour is the snitch?
Answer: Golden

Yup, it's golden and extremely difficult to catch according to J.K. Rowling. In 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', in Harry Potter's first game of Quidditch for Gryffindor house he caught the Golden Snitch in his mouth. That same Golden Snitch was gifted to Harry in Albus Dumbledore's will ('Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'). When Harry sacrifices himself for Voldemort, the Golden Snitch opens and inside is the Resurrection Stone which is one of the three Deathly Hallows. Harry does not die though, he just kills the part of Voldemort inside himself.
  From Quiz: You Snitch!
2 In Quidditch, what is the time limit for each game?
Answer: There is no time limit

There is no time limit in Quidditch. The game is played until the seeker catches the Golden Snitch. The longest game in history was three months.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter Quidditch Facts
3 What is the maximum height a player can rise up to during a game of Quidditch?
Answer: There is no restriction

There is no limit set for the height a player may rise, but the player must stay within the boundary lines of the pitch. If a player flies over a boundary line, his or her team will have to surrender the quaffle to the the opposing team.

Question by sahil2305
  From Quiz: Quidditch ......Rules Of The Game
4 What colour stripes do the Caerphilly Catapults wear on their robes?
Answer: Green and Scarlet

The Caerphilly Catapults are a Welsh team that were formed in 1402 and play as a part of the British and Irish Quidditch League. As for yellow and black, they are the colours of Hufflepuff, scarlet and gold are the colours of Gryffindor and blue and bronze are the colours of Ravenclaw.
  From Quiz: Quidditch Through the Ages
5 According to Hagrid, what sport is Quidditch equivalent to in the Muggle world?
Answer: Soccer (football)

Quidditch is the most popular game played by wizards and witches in the Wizarding world.
  From Quiz: The Wizarding Sport of Quidditch
6 How many people are on a Quidditch team?
Answer: Seven

There are seven players on a Quidditch team. Each person has an important role to play in the game. The positions are: Chaser, Seeker, Beater and Keeper. There are three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper and one Seeker.
  From Quiz: A Game of Quidditch
7 Which team does Gwenog Jones represent?
Answer: Holyhead Harpies

In "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince", Gwenog Jones, the captain of Holyhead Harpies, is invited to a party by Professor Slughorn.
    Your options: [ Holyhead Harpies ] [ Falmouth Falcons ] [ Chudley Cannons ] [ Appleby Arrows ]
  From Quiz: Do You Know Quidditch?
8 What author's name appears on the cover of the book?
Answer: Kennilworthy Whisp

J.K. Rowling actually wrote the book under the Whisp pen name. Scamander is the "author" of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them". Dumbledore provides a blurb on the back cover.
  From Quiz: Quidditch Through the Ages
9 What is the name of the ancient German game that Quidditch first originated?
Answer: Stichstock

Stichstock was played with twenty-foot-high poles with inflated dragon bladders attached on the top.
  From Quiz: Quidditch through the Ages
10 Who was the last person to borrow this book?
Answer: H. Potter

This book was published to raise money for Comic Relief. There is also "Fantastic Beasts and Where to find Them" by Newt Scamander. Harry borrowed the book from the Hogwarts library last, it is due back on 11 March. Madam Pince is the Hogwarts librarian.
  From Quiz: Kennilworthy Whisp's "Quidditch through the Ages"
11 The modern quidditch pitch is __________ long
Answer: 500 feet

The modern quidditch pitch is 500 feet long and 180 feet wide, with a two foot in diameter circle in the middle.
    Your options: [ 250 yards ] [ 400 feet ] [ 1 mile ] [ 500 feet ]
  From Quiz: The World of Quidditch (Harry Potter)
12 Where is the Museum of Quidditch located?
Answer: London

Of course, Muggles cannot see the Museum.
  From Quiz: Quidditch
13 In the "Harry Potter" book series, who is the author of "Quidditch Through the Ages"?
Answer: Kennilworthy Whisp

Kennilworthy Whisp is given as the author of the book "Quidditch Through the Ages" in the "Harry Potter" book series. JK Rowling wrote the book with proceeds from its sales going to charity.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter - Quidditch Through the Ages
14 Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy both play the same position, what is it?
Answer: seeker

Harry is the Gryffindor seeker, Malfoy plays seeker for Slytherin, although his father had to buy him a place on the team.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter Quidditch
15 In 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', what size and shape does J.K. Rowling describe the Golden Snitch as being?
Answer: Similar to a walnut

Absolutely miniscule! The incredibly small winged ball started off not a ball at all, but a small bird called the Golden Snidget. The Snidget was introduced in 1269 when Barberus Bragge (Chief of the wizard's council) unveiled the tiny winged bird at the start, offering a prize of 150 Galleons for the first player to catch it. ('Quidditch Through the Ages').
  From Quiz: You Snitch!
16 In "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", Harry goes to see the Quidditch World Cup (Ireland vs Bulgaria) with Ron and his family. What are the names of the seekers on those teams?
Answer: Viktor Krum and Aidan Lynch

In "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", Ireland defeat Bulgaria in the Quidditch World Cup by 10 points. Krum catches the Snitch, but Ireland is 160 points up, so even after catching the Snitch, Bulgaria loses the World Cup.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter Quidditch Facts
17 What golden symbol do the Holyhead Harpies have on the chest of their robes?
Answer: A talon

The Holyhead Harpies are the only all female team that are part of the British and Irish Quidditch League and wear robes of dark green with a golden talon on the chest. Except for one player, Valmai Morgan, all of the players' names begin with the letter G.
  From Quiz: Quidditch Through the Ages
18 How many people are in one Quidditch team?
Answer: 7

In a team, there is one Seeker, two Beaters, three Chasers and one Keeper.
  From Quiz: The Wizarding Sport of Quidditch
19 What is the best ever broom to be invented according to the books?
Answer: Firebolt

The Firebolt, the fastest broom in the world, was produced during Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts. Sirius Black presents a Firebolt to Harry.
  From Quiz: Do You Know Quidditch?
20 What is the bird the Golden Snitch was based on?
Answer: Golden Snidget

Whoever killed the Snidget got 150 points and most likely won.
  From Quiz: Quidditch through the Ages
21 Who wrote 'Quidditch Through The Ages'?
Answer: Kennilworthy Whisp

'Quidditch Through The Ages' was written by Kennilworthy Whisp. It has been published with various coloured covers including red, green and blue.
  From Quiz: Hogwarts' Quidditch!
22 How early do records show that Witches and Wizards in Europe were using flying broomsticks?
Answer: AD 962

A Illuminated manuscript of this time shows "Three Warlocks dismounting from their brooms with looks of discomfort on their faces"
  From Quiz: Kennilworthy Whisp's "Quidditch through the Ages"
23 Who is the Ravenclaw captain?
Answer: Roger Davies

Roger Davies takes Fleur to the Yule Ball. Other than that, nothing is known about him except that he is the Ravenclaw captain.
  From Quiz: The World of Quidditch (Harry Potter)
24 By whom was the book published?
Answer: Whizz Hard Books
  From Quiz: Harry Potter - Quidditch Through the Ages
25 Who isn't or hasn't been a Quidditch captain?
Answer: Cho Chang

Cedric was seeker and captain of Hufflepuff, he was killed by Volde- sorry You Know Who in book 4. Oliver Wood was the Gryffindor captain and keeper from books 1-3 then he left Hogwarts. Marcus Flint was captain and chaser for Slytherin also in the first 3 books. In book 1 J.K Rowling mentions that Marcus Flint is a sixth year, but he is still around in book 3 does that mean he was kept down for a year or two? Cho Chang is the Ravenclaw seeker, but she isn't captain. Roger Davies is the Ravenclaw captain, very little is known about him. In book 5 Angelina Johnson is made Gryffindor Captain. Montague is made Slytherin Captain.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter Quidditch
26 Which player catches the Snitch?
Answer: Seeker

In each team there is one Keeper. The Keepers guard three hoops at opposite ends of the pitch. Three Chasers are in each team, and they try to score a goal by getting the Quaffle (a red soccer-ball sized ball) past the opposing Keeper and into one of the three hoops. It's not that simple to score, though, because each team has two Beaters whose job it is to hit Bludgers (there are two bludgers) which are made of iron, at the opposing Chasers, using a bat. And last, but not least, the Seeker tries to catch the tiny Snitch before the opposing Seeker does.
    Your options: [ Beater ] [ Seeker ] [ Keeper ] [ Chaser ]
  From Quiz: You Snitch!
27 Are you allowed to have a wand with you on the Quidditch pitch?
Answer: Yes, as long as you don't use it against another player

Wands are allowed on the field. As shown in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", Harry uses his wand to defend himself against the dementors, who are not actually dementors but Marcus Flint, Draco Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle trying to scare Harry.
  From Quiz: Harry Potter Quidditch Facts
28 What is the only time in a Quidditch match when a player may touch his feet on the ground?
Answer: Time Out

The captain of a team signals for "time out" by signalling the referee. That is the only time during the match when a player may touch the ground with his or her feet. If a game has lasted more than twelve hours, the time out can be as long as two hours. If the team does not return to the pitch after two hours, the referee disqualifies the team.

Question by sahil2305
  From Quiz: Quidditch ......Rules Of The Game
29 What is the name of the keeper defense where the keeper hangs upside down from the broom with one hand and one foot curled around the handle of it, while keeping all limbs outstretched trying to block the quaffle from the three goal hoops?
Answer: Starfish and Stick

The Curly Wurly doesn't even exist but the Sloth Grip Roll and the Double Eight Loop do. The Sloth Grip Roll is where a player hugs his/her broom upside down to avoid a bludger.
  From Quiz: Quidditch Through the Ages
30 How many points do you receive after a scoring a goal?
Answer: 10

If you catch the Snitch, it is worth 150 points.
  From Quiz: The Wizarding Sport of Quidditch
31 What does a keeper do?
Answer: Stops the Quaffle going into the goals

The Keeper is like a goalie in a football match. He guards the goal posts and stops the opposite team scoring. The Keeper has a big role to play. Oliver Wood was the Keeper for Gryffindor until "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". After he graduated, he was replaced by Ron Weasley. Ron is a very nervous person. He often misses goals from nervousness. If he concentrates really hard though, he's very good.
  From Quiz: A Game of Quidditch
32 Who won the Quidditch World Cup in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"?
Answer: Ireland

In "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", the Quidditch World Cup takes place. Ireland and Bulgaria enter in to the finals, and Ireland emerges victor by a narrow margin of ten points.
  From Quiz: Do You Know Quidditch?
33 What were the earliest Quaffles made of?
Answer: Leather

The ancient Quaffles had leather handles or finger holes to hold them. The modern Quaffles have Gripping Charms.
  From Quiz: Quidditch through the Ages
34 What do Wigtown Wanderers have a picture of on their playing robes?
Answer: Meat cleavers

We are told this by Albus Dumbledore on the back of 'Quidditch Through The Ages'.
  From Quiz: Hogwarts' Quidditch!
35 Ancient Broom Games - What was the Irish game called?
Answer: Aingingein

Many Irish ballads exist about the game. "The players would take the Dom (or ball), and fly through a series of burning barrels, which were set high on stilts." The aim of the game was to get the Dom through the final burning barrel. Whoever did this, without themselves of the Dom being burnt, was declared the winner
  From Quiz: Kennilworthy Whisp's "Quidditch through the Ages"
36 According to the Department of Magical Games and Sports,where is the best place to have a quidditch pitch?
Answer: deserted moor

A quidditch pitch must also be protected by Repelling Charms to keep curious Muggles away.
  From Quiz: The World of Quidditch (Harry Potter)
37 What position did the "Catcher" turn into?
Answer: Chaser

According to a letter in the archives of the Norwegian Ministry of Magic.
  From Quiz: Quidditch
38 In a photo of a Quidditch team which player sits in the centre?
Answer: The Seeker

Harry Potter and his father James Potter were both Seekers ('Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'). The brother of Sirius Black (Harry's godfather), Regulus Black, was Seeker for the Slytherin Quidditch team when he was at Hogwarts ('Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'). The job of a Seeker is to catch the Golden Snitch before the opposite team's Seeker does.
    Your options: [ The captain ] [ The Seeker ] [ The Keeper ] [ The highest scoring Chaser ]
  From Quiz: You Snitch!
39 In his school years, Harry owns two brooms. Which two does he own?
Answer: Nimbus 2000 and Firebolt

Harry owns the Nimbus 2000 and the Firebolt. He was given the Nimbus from Professor McGonagall in "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". It was destroyed by the Whomping Willow in "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", and he was sent a Firebolt anonymously for Christmas. We later find out that the Firebolt was from Sirius Black, Harry's godfather.
    Your options: [ Nimbus 2000 and Firebolt ] [ Firebolt and Nimbus 2001 ] [ Nimbus 2001 and Cleansweep 7 ] [ Nimbus 2000 and Comet Two-Sixty ]
  From Quiz: Harry Potter Quidditch Facts
40 What shape can a Quidditch pitch be?
Answer: Oval

A Quidditch pitch is usually an oval shape which is 500 feet in length and 180 feet wide. It has six hoops in all, three at each end. The chaser of one team has to put the quaffle in the opposing team's hoops and the keeper of the team defends the hoops.

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  From Quiz: Quidditch ......Rules Of The Game
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