Quidditch

The game of Quodpot is created by American wizard Abraham Peasegood • Event Abraham Peasegood invented the game of Quodpot when a Quaffle came into contact with his wand when the items had been transported in his luggage from Britain. Peasegood took the Quaffle out to play Quidditch and the ball exploded (QA8). Read More

Games • Games, toys, and jokes • Sports and competitions Games and sports are integral to the life in the Wizarding World. Card games Chocolate Frog cards Exploding Snap Self-Shuffling playing cards Other wizard games Wizard Chess Gobstones Sports “When it comes to wizarding sports and games (Quidditch, Quodpot, Creaothceann – officially banned but still… Read More

Ferdinand Jägendorf • Character Ferdinand Jägendorf was the coach and manager for the Liechtenstein National Team at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. Read More

George Weasley • Character George Weasley is one of the seven children of Arthur and Molly Weasley and twin brother to Fred Weasley. The twins are co-owners of Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, a highly successful joke shop in Diagon Alley. About the Weasley Twins: Mischief managed! The Weasley twins are the staunch enemies of pretension, authority, and… Read More

Georgios Xenakis • Character Georgios Xenakis was a Referee at the Quidditch World Cup tournament in 2014 (Pm). Xenakis refereed the match between New Zealand and Bulgaria, where he made a call to send New Zealand Chaser Dennis Moon off after judging him to have caused a deliberate collision with a… Read More

Georgi Zdravko • Character Georgi Zdravko played Keeper for the Bulgarian National Team at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. Bulgarian fans were nervous about Zdravko’s ability to keep opposing Chasers from scoring goals at the Quidditch World Cup 2014 tournament (Pm). During the New Zealand game he let in 17 goals and there were only further… Read More

The German broom game Stichstock dies out • Event Stichstock was a competitive sport played with brooms and a dragon bladder (QA2). Read More

German illuminated manuscript showing discomfort of broom-riding • Publications This German illuminated manuscript from the 10th century, which depicts the discomfort of broom-riding, is referenced in Quidditch Through the Ages. It mentions the manuscript because records like that one show that witches and wizards in Europe were using flying broomsticks as early as A.D. 962. Read More

Germany • Countries Germany is a large country in central Europe. Germany has a history in wizarding games; the game of Stichstock was invented there around 1105, though it died out two centuries later (QA2), and there is also a German illuminated manuscript from c. 962 A.D. showing three warlocks dismounting their… Read More

Germany National Team • Sports teams The national teams from the European country of Germany. Read More

Gertie Keddle • Character A nosy witch living on the edge of Queerditch Marsh. She kept a diary that is now kept in the Museum of Quidditch in London. Translated from Saxon, the diary has the first recorded mention of an early version of Quidditch (QA). She provides glimpses of precursors of the Quaffle,… Read More

GF11: Aboard the Hogwarts Express • Source Mad-Eye Moody jinxes dustbins and Mr. Weasley hustles off to sort out the mess. Mrs. Weasley takes the children to King’s Cross Station via Muggle taxis, and the trio meets old friends and enemies on the train.  … Read More

GF12: The Triwizard Tournament • Source The students arrive at Hogwarts in a gale and are soaked by Peeves‘ water balloons. The First Years are sorted, Hermione discovers that there are house elves at Hogwarts, and Moody is the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Dumbledore announces the… Read More

GF16: The Goblet of Fire • Source The students learn about the Triwizard Tournament after dinner in the Great Hall. Next morning Fred and George fail to fool the Goblet of Fire. Harry, Ron and Hermione visit Hagrid, discovering that he fancies Madame Maxime of Beauxbatons. Read More

GF1: The Riddle House • Source We learn of the mysterious murders in the Riddle House fifty years ago, how Frank Bryce was accused but released for lack of evidence, and how the Riddle House fell into disrepair. In the present, Frank interrupts a sinister meeting and is killed when he overhears… Read More

GF20: The First Task • Source Harry and Hermione unsuccessfully try to find a spell to use against dragons. Harry warns Cedric Diggory about the dragons, the (fake) Professor Moody gives Harry a hint, and Hermione helps Harry learn to cast a Summoning Charm. The first task is to get… Read More

GF3: The Invitation • Source Dudley and the rest of the Dursleys are on a diet, and the Dursleys receive a letter from Mrs. Weasley inviting Harry to stay with her family and attend the Quidditch World Cup final. Read More

🎙️ GF6: Foreshadowing - Lovegoods and Apparition • Article

Posted October 14, 2019 by Susan in Harry Potter Lexicon Minute

In this Harry Potter Lexicon Minute I will discuss the sixth chapter of Goblet of Fire: The Portkey. When I discovered the Harry Potter Lexicon years ago, one of the things I loved most about the website were the chapter discussions. From each book, the Lexicon has descriptions… Read More

GF6: The Portkey • Source Apparition is discussed, Fred and George Weasley are caught with toffees, and everyone sets off via Portkey for the Quidditch World Cup site. Read More

GF7: Bagman and Crouch • Source They arrive at the campsite, erect their tents, tour the camp, meet Ludo Bagman (with whom Fred and George Weasley bet on the upcoming match), and excitement rises as game time draws near.  … Read More

GF8: The Quidditch World Cup • Source The spectators take their seats, Harry meets Winky (house elf for Barty Crouch), the Malfoys, and Mr. Oblansk (the Bulgarian Minister for Magic). The pre-game show features the Bulgarian and Irish team mascots, followed by the introductions of the team members, and the… Read More

GF9: The Dark Mark • Source Harry dreams about Quidditch, some wizards run amok, Ministry wizards attempt to stop them, and Harry, Ron and Hermione hide in the forest, encountering Draco Malfoy along the way. Harry discovers that he has lost his wand. they meet Ludo Bagman, hear noises in… Read More

Gimbi • Place A small city in western Ethiopia, Gimbi is home to the Gimbi Giant-Slayers, a Quidditch team that has twice won the All-Africa Cup (QA8).  … Read More

Gimbi Giant-Slayers • Sports teams A Quidditch team from Gimbi in Ethiopia. Read More

Ginny Weasley • Character Ginevra Molly Weasley (Ginny) is the youngest child of the Weasley family and the only daughter. Ginny is the youngest child and only daughter of Arthur and Molly Weasley (CS3), and the first girl born to the family in several generations (JKR). Though consistently underestimated by… Read More

Gladys Boothby • Character Gladys Boothby created the Moontrimmer racing broom in 1901, but was unable to keep up with commercial demand for it by Quidditch enthusiasts who wanted the broom’s new height-flying features (QA9). Read More

Gladys Boothby invents the Moontrimmer broom • Event The slender, ash-handled broom breaks the record for speed (QA9). Read More

Gloves • Clothing Gloves are a covering for the hand worn for protection against cold or dirt and typically having separate parts for each finger and the thumb. First-year students are required to buy a pair of thick protective gloves (dragon hide or similar) (PS5). The gloves have a protective function, for example when dealing… Read More

Goals • Quidditch There are three goal posts at each end of a Quidditch pitch – fifty-foot high poles with hoops on them. Read More

The Golden Snidget population begins to fall rapidly in Britain • Event The population of Snidgets drops due to hunting and its use in Quidditch. Read More

Golden Snitch • Quidditch The Golden Snitch, commonly referred to as a Snitch, is the smallest and fastest ball in the game of Quidditch. Read More

The Golden Snitch is invented and introduced into the game of Quidditch • Event It is invented as a substitute for the Golden Snidget in Quidditch, as the Snidget is now a protected species and can no longer legally be used in matches. The inventor of the Golden Snitch is said to be Bowman Wright (FW). Read More

Golden Snitch inventor Bowman Wright dies • Event

Golf • Sports and competitions A Muggle game described by Cormack McLoed, manager of the Magpies, as “hitting non-flying balls into holes in the ground.” Alasdair Maddock’s interest in playing golf resulted in his being sacked from the Magpies (DP3). All wizards aren’t as unfamilar with golf as McLoed was, however. When Oliver Wood was… Read More

Gonçalo Flores • Character Gonçalo Flores played Chaser for the Brazilian National Team at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. Read More

Arsenia Gonzales • Character Arsenia Gonzales was a Chaser for the United States National Team at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. Appearances Part of the team representing the United States in the 2014 Quidditch World Cup, Gonzales participated in the first round match against Jamaica (won by 240 points to 230)… Read More

Goodwin Kneen • Character Goodwin Kneen was a twelfth century wizard who wrote about a Yorkshire Quidditch match to his cousin in Norway (QA3, QA7). Read More

Dragomir Gorgovitch • Character Dragomir Gorgovitch was a Quidditch player (Chaser) who transferred to the Chudley Cannons team in the mid-1990s. Mentions Gorgovitch, who came to the Cannons around 1995, is the record holder for most Quaffle drops in a season (DH7). Ron borrowed Gorgovitch’s first name for the alias… Read More

Gorodok • Place A small town in Lithuania, northeast of Poland, Gorodok is home to the Gorodok Gargoyles (QA8). Read More

Gorodok Gargoyles  • Sports teams A Quidditch team from Lithuania in Northern Europe. Read More

Gregory Cotton • Character Gregory Cotton played Seeker for the Appleby Arrows Quidditch team in the 1990s (DP3). Following an airborne scuffle with Pride of Portree seeker Dougal McBride (resulting in Cotton’s winning the Snitch), his head was transfigured into a cabbage by his irate opposite number. The Referee discovered that both Seekers… Read More

Gregory Goyle • Character Gregory Goyle is one of Draco Malfoy’s thuggish cronies. Goyle has short, bristly hair that extends down onto his forehead. His eyes are small, dull, and deep set, and he speaks with a low, raspy voice. He’s a mean bully who enjoys whatever chance he gets to boss people around,… Read More

Glynnis Griffiths • Character Glynnis Griffiths played Seeker for the Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team in 1953. Read More

Wilda Griffiths • Character Wilda Griffiths was a Chaser for the Puddlemere United Quidditch team during the 1990s. Considered to be an outstanding Chaser, Griffiths was lured away from the Holyhead Harpies by a huge fee, much to the chagrin of their talented but dangerous captain Gwenog Jones. She was also said to… Read More

Gripping Charm • Spells A Gripping Charm is a spell that allows the enchanted object to be held more easily. Read More

Gripping Charms are discovered, revolutionizing the design of the Quaffle • Event

Grodzisk • Place The Grodzisk Goblins Quidditch team call this Polish county home. Josef Wronski – the Seeker who created the Wronski feint – played for this team (QA8).  … Read More

Grodzisk Goblins  • Sports teams The Grodzisk Goblins are a European Quidditch team from Grodzisk in Poland (QA8). The famous Seeker Josef Wronski, who created the dangerous Wronski feint move, played for the Goblins (QA8). Read More

Grogan Stump • Character Grogan Stump was a popular Minister for Magic who served from 1811 to 1819 (Pm). Read More

Stoyanka Grozda • Character Stoyanka Grozda was a Chaser on the Bulgarian National Team at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. Read More

Gryffindor beat Ravenclaw while Harry and Hermione are in the Forbidden Forest • Event During the Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw Quidditch match, from which Harry Potter is banned from playing, he and Hermione Granger go with Hagrid deep into the Forbidden Forest to meet his giant half-brother Grawp (OP30). In spite of Slytherin supporters singing “Weasley is our… Read More

Gryffindor beats Ravenclaw despite attempts by the Slytherins to sabotage Harry • Event Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw in Harry Potter’s third year is the first Quidditch match where he is allowed to fly on his new Firebolt broom, which was given back to him only in time for one practice session with the team (PA13). It is a “must win” situation… Read More

During the Gryffindor vs Hufflepuff match, McLaggen injures Harry • Event Luna Lovegood provides the commentary for the fourth Quidditch match of the season. Although playing as Gryffindor’s Keeper, Cormac McLaggen grabs a Beater’s bat and cracks Harry’s skull, knocking him unconscious. While Harry is taken to the Hospital Wing, Hufflepuff win the match by… Read More

Gryffindor Quidditch team • Sports teams The Gryffindor Quidditch Team of Hogwarts is drawn from the students of Gryffindor House. The team wear robes of scarlet red. Gryffindor traditionally fields a strong team, although they lost the Quidditch Cup to Slytherin for seven years between 1985 and 1991. With the addition of Harry Potter… Read More

Gryffindor's Quidditch team lose to Hufflepuff with Ron Weasley as Keeper • Event With Harry and the Weasley twins under a “lifetime ban” from playing Quidditch, Angelina Johnson captains a Gryffindor team with replacements Ginny Weasley as Seeker, and Jack Sloper and Andrew Kirke as Beaters. She sticks with Ron Weasley as their Keeper, even though he seems… Read More

The Gryffindor Quidditch team is particularly poor this year (1990-1991) • Event Going into this year, Oliver Wood is in his fourth year and is an excellent Keeper. On the other hand, most of the rest of the team are second years, so perhaps it’s just a matter of their being inexperienced. The team consisted of: Unknown Seeker replacing Charlie Weasley, seventh… Read More

The Gryffindor Quidditch team prepares for the 1989-1990 season • Event The team includes Charlie Weasley, sixth year Seeker, and Oliver Wood, third year Keeper. Read More

The Gryffindor Quidditch team is looking very promising this year (1993-1994) • Event Oliver Wood says that “Gryffindor hasn’t won for seven years now.” He is taking into account the fact that no Cup was awarded last year when he says this (so that it agrees with other such comments in the book, quoted below). The last time Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup,… Read More

The Gryffindor Quidditch team wins its first match with Ron as Keeper • Event The Gryffindor team wins against Slytherin in their first Quidditch match of the 1996-97 school year. This was largely thanks to Harry, who pretended to give the Felix Felicis potion to Ron Weasley before the game to bolster his confidence (HBP14). After the game, Ron… Read More

Gryffindors and Slytherins have their first flying lesson • Event Madam Hooch instructs the First Years in the basics of flying, using twenty of the school’s sub-par brooms. Neville injures himself falling off his his broom, and Madam Hooch escorts him to the Hospital Wing. While the class is thus unsupervised, Harry and Draco fight it out on brooms… Read More

Gryffindor win the Quidditch Cup after a difficult match against Slytherin • Event In this match, the Slytherin team members resort to dirty tactics to try and beat Gryffindor’s team in what is the last Quidditch match of the year. However, in spite of Slytherin’s efforts to foul and cheat, Harry Potter catches the Snitch and Gryffindor wins… Read More

Gryffindor wins the Quidditch Cup (1984) • Event It is the last time Gryffindor will win until 1993-94. We don’t know who wins the House Cup. Read More

Gryffindor wins the Quidditch Cup (1997) • Event The Gryffindor team, with Ginny Weasley as their Seeker and Ron Weasley in front of the goal hoops, won their final match against Ravenclaw by a margin of at least 300 points (needed in order to be that year’s Quidditch Cup winners). They won the Cup… Read More

Galvin Gudgeon • Character Galvin Gudgeon played Seeker for the Chudley Cannons Quidditch team (DP1). Read More

Gunhilda Kneen • Character

Gunhilda Kneen misses out on a Kwidditch match because of a case of Dragon Pox • Event Goodwin Kneen of Yorkshire wrote a letter to his cousin Olaf in Norway describing their Kwidditch match against a team from Ilkley. His wife Gunhilda was to play Catcher but had to sit out the match due to her illness from Dragon Pox. Instead… Read More

Guthrie Lochrin of Scotland writes of the discomfort of riding broomsticks • Event The Scottish wizard described the pain resulting from a short flight on an early broomstick (QA1). Read More

Gwendolyn Morgan • Character Gwendolyn Morgan was a Quidditch player and the Captain of the Holyhead Harpies team in 1953. After her Seeker, Glynnis Griffiths, caught the Snitch to give them the victory in a hard-fought seven-day match, the captain of the Heidelberg Harriers, Rudolf Brand, proposed marriage immediately he landed on… Read More

Gwenog • Character Gwenog was a friend of Gertie Kettle, a witch who was interested in the wizarding game being played on Queerditch Marsh. Gertie Keddle’s diary records that her friend Gwenog came over for tea and they then went out and watched some wizards and witches knocking around rocks while… Read More

Gwenog Jones • Character Gwenog Jones is the retired Captain and Beater of the only all-female professional Quidditch team, the Holyhead Harpies, and manager of the Welsh National Team in 2014. After a game she enjoys relaxing with friends, drinking butterbeer, and listening to The Weird Sisters (FW). Read More

Gwenog Jones, famous Captain and Beater for the Holyhead Harpies, is born • Event The formidable Jones goes on to gain the admiration of people ranging from her professors at Hogwarts to quidditch fans (DP, HPB14, FW). Read More

Gwenog Jones starts her first year at Hogwarts • Event She soon becomes a favorite of Horace Slughorn, the Potions Master (HBP6). Read More