Quidditch Through the Ages

Chapter Eight:
The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide

Synopsis and links by Michele L. Worley
Notes by Steve Vander Ark and Michele L. Worley

First US edition: pages 38 - 46
Timeframe:

In which the history of Quidditch on various continents is discussed.

Interesting facts and notes about the text of this chapter:

This chapter is the source of much of the Lexicon's information about Quidditch teams outside Britain.

GRENOUILLE: I cannot go with you to the market today, Crapaud.
CRAPAUD: But Grenouille, I cannot carry the cow alone.

Characters introduced in this chapter:

• Brankovich, Maximus (III)

• Crapaud (character in Malecrit's play)

• Grenouille (character in Malecrit's play)

• Ingolfr the Iambic

• Malecrit

• O'Hare, Darren

• Peasegood, Abraham

• Sparky

• Wronski, Josef

Characters returning in this chapter:

• Kneen, Goodwin

• Mumps, Zacharias

• (surname unknown) Olaf (cousin of Kneen, Goodwin)

Characters mentioned in this chapter:

• unnamed captain of the Transylvanian team, released a flock of a hundred blood-sucking vampire bats from beneath his/her robes during the 1473 Quidditch World Cup

• unnamed Chaser (Flemish or Transylvanian), transfigured into a polecat during the 1473 Quidditch World Cup

• unnamed herbologists (both witches and wizards), travelled to New Zealand in the seventeenth century to research magical plants and fungi

• unnamed Keeper (Flemish or Transylvanian), whom another player attempted to decapitate with a broadsword during the 1473 Quidditch World Cup

• unnamed members of a Quidditch team from Cork, Ireland, in 1385

• unnamed members of a Quidditch team from a village in Lancashire, in 1385

• unnamed Quidditch spectators forming a mob in a village in Lancashire, in 1385

Settings and locations:

• Argentina

• Australia

  • Thundelarra

  • Woollongong

• Bangladesh

• Brazil

• Vratsa, Bulgaria

• Canada

  • Haileybury

  • Moose Jaw

  • Stonewall

• England

  • unnamed village, Lancashire, England

  • Montrose

• Gimbi, Ethiopia

• Flanders

• France

  • Quiberon

• Heidelberg, Germany

• India

• Iran

• Ireland

  • Cork

• Bigonville, Luxembourg

• Toyohashi, Japan

• Gorodok, Lithuania

• Mongolia

• New Zealand

  • Moutohara

  • Wellington

• Norway

• Pakistan

• Tarapoto, Peru

• Grodzisk, Poland

• Braga, Portugal

• Sumbawanga, Tanzania

• Tchamba, Togo

• Transylvania

• Patonga, Uganda

• United States

  • Fitchburg, Massachusetts

  • Sweetwater, Texas

Exceptional character moments:

• Abraham Peasgood's reaction to having his Quaffle explode soon after emigrating to the Americas was to invent the game of Quodpot.

Spells:

• Transfiguration of a Keeper into a polecat

Links and Resources:

• European Cup

• "Hélas, Je me suis Transfiguré Les Pieds"

• herbology

• International Confederation of Wizards

  • Quidditch Committee

  • team sent to monitor the Peruvian Vipertooth population

• New Zealand Ministry of Magic

• Peruvian Vipertooth

• Quidditch teams

  • Bigonville Bombers

  • Braga Broomfleet

  • Fitchburg Finches

  • Gimbi Giant-Slayers

  • Gorodok Gargoyles

  • Grodzisk Goblns

  • Haileybury Hammers

  • Heidelberg Harriers

  • Montrose Magpies

  • Moose Jaw Meteorites

  • Moutohara Macaws

  • Patonga Proudsticks

  • Quiberon Quafflepunchers

  • Stonewall Stormers

  • Sumbawanga Sunrays

  • Sweetwater All-Stars

  • Tarapoto Tree-Skimmers

  • Toyohashi Tengu

  • Tchamba Charmers

  • Thundelarra Thunderers

  • Vratsa Vultures

  • Woollongong Warriors

• Quidditch World Cup

• transportation

  • broomstick

  • carpet, flying

Memorable lines:

• none

Strictly British:

• none

Timeline/Calendar of the Chapter:

• 1385
  An Irish team from Cork soundly defeated a Lancashire team in Lancashire, and had to flee the village afterward.

• Early 1400s
  Ingolfr the Iambic, a poet in Norway, wrote a verse about pursuing the Snitch.
  
  About the same time, the French wizard Malecrit was writing his play "Hélas, Je me suis Transfiguré Les Pieds", in which one of the performers is a Keeper.

• 1473
  First ever Quidditch World Cup.

• 1601 - 1700 (seventeenth century)
  At some point in this time period, non-European teams began to compete in the Quidditch World Cup (presumably not long before 1652, see below).

• 1601 - 1700 (seventeenth century)
  Quidditch reached North America in the early part of the seventeenth century.

• 1601 - 1700 (seventeenth century)
  Quidditch was introduced to New Zealand, inspiring Maori artists to depict matches.

• 1652
  The European Cup was established.

• 1701 - 1800 (eighteenth century)
  Quidditch was introduced to Australia.

• 1701 - 1800 (eighteenth century)
  Abraham Peasegood invented Quodpot after emigrating to the United States.

• 1970s
  The Moose Jaw Meteorites were threatened with disbandment owing to post-match antics.

• 1986
  The Patonga Proudsticks held the Montrose Magpies to a draw.

• 1993
  The Sweetwater All-Stars defeated the Quiberon Quafflepunchers.

• 1994
  The Toyohashi Tengu was narrowly defeated by the Gorodok Gargoyles.