Broom Sports

BROOM SPORTS

This class will be graded by the class professor as usual.

Q&A: (23)

What broom games are still played today?

Which games have been banned or died out?

Which one only survives as a children’s game?

Who invented Quodpot and how many players are on each team?

What is the goal of Shuntbumps?


Fill in the blank: (12)

Swivenhodge involves hitting an inflated __________ backwards and forwards across a hedge with brooms.

__________ was probably the most dangerous of all broom games and was thus banned in 1762.

__________ uses a ball called a Dom and a series of flaming hoops.

__________ is the premier sport of the wizarding world.

In the Annual Broom Race of Sweden, contestants race from __________ to __________.


Quidditch: (30)

Name ten Quidditch teams that play for the world cup and state a fact about each of them.

Q&A: (10)

What broom games are still played today? Swivenhodge, Quidditch, and Quodpot are still played today.

Which games have been banned or died out? Stichstock, Creaothceann, and Aingingein are the games that have been banned or died out.

Which one only survives as a children’s game? Shuntbumps

Who invented Quodpot and how many players are on each team? It was invented in the 18th century by Abraham Peasegood. There are 11 players on each team.

What is the goal of Shuntbumps? The goal is to knock everyone else off of their brooms, the winner is the last one still on their broom.


Fill in the blank: (10)

Swivenhodge involves hitting an inflated pig's bladder backwards and forwards across a hedge with brooms.

Creaothceann was probably the most dangerous of all broom games and was thus banned in 1762.

Aingingein uses a ball called a Dom and a series of flaming hoops.

Quidditch is the premier sport of the wizarding world.

In the Annual Broom Race of Sweden, contestants race from Kopparberg to Arjeplog.


Quidditch: (10)

Name ten Quidditch teams that play for the world cup and state a fact about each of them.

The American National Team plays on a pitch that always has a black sky and a Halloween theme.

The fans of the Bulgarian National Team wave flags that are red, white, and green. These are the same colors as the muggle Bulgarian flag.

Members of the French National Team are primarily women.

The Japanese Team plays over a giant koi pond, rather than a regular pitch.

The team from Peru is considered the best team from South America and is expected to be the first Latin team to win the World Cup.

During the 1473 World Cup final, the Transylvanian captain released 100 vampire bats onto the pitch from under his robes.

The Spanish National Team plays on a pitch that looks like a bull fighting arena.

The English National Team wears red and white and ride silver Nimbus 2000s.

The Nordic National Team represents Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, and plays in Scandinavia in a glacier.

The team from Flanders was in the finals of the 1473 world cup, in which every one of the 700 potential Quidditch fouls was performed.

Sources:
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Broom_games
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Quidditch_World_Cup

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