Games
Egypt National Team
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Sports teams
The Egyptian National Teams are from the North African country of Egypt. Quidditch Egypt won the Quidditch World Cup in 2002, beating the Bulgarian national side when their Seeker, Rawya Zaghloul, was able to catch the Snitch before Viktor Krum (the famous Bulgarian Seeker) was able to get… Read More
Elizabeth Smudgling
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A duelling competition held on Dartmoor in 1379 was won by the English witch Elizabeth Smudgling, who cleverly used a simple Disarming Charm against her wizard opponent in the final. For this achievement, she became the “Supreme Dueller”. (BoS)… Read More
England National Team
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Sports teams
The English National Teams are from England (one of the four countries that together are the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). Quidditch A Quidditch match was played in 1385 in Lancashire by an Irish side against an English side. They lost due to the superior skills… Read More
Five errors in the original text of book one and how they were fixed
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by Steve VanderArk
in Canon discussion
In the summer of 2004, Bloomsbury released new editions of the Harry Potter books. These new editions featured a slew of changes to the original text. Some of the changes were simple fixes for typos. For example, on the third line of page 15 of Philosopher’s Stone, the word… Read More
Evening Prophet
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Publications
The Evening Prophet is a special edition of the Daily Prophet, the newspaper of the wizarding world. Read More
Exploring February in the Harry Potter Universe
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by Steve VanderArk
in Canon discussion
February is dominated by Valentine’s Day, of course, but a lot of other interesting events happen during this month. Probably the biggest February event during Harry’s time at Hogwarts was the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament. I’m particularly intrigued by the antics of Minister for Magic Pricilla Dupont who was… Read More