Quidditch (sport) Quidditch (sport) Quidditch is a sport of two teams of seven players each mounted on broomsticks played on a hockey rink-sized pitch. It is based on a fictional game of the same name invented by author J. K. Rowling, which is featured in the "Harry Potter" series of novels and related media. The game is also sometimes referred to as muggle quidditch to distinguish it from the fictional game, which involves magical elements such as flying broomsticks and enchanted balls. In the "Harry Potter" universe, a "muggle" is a person without the power to use magic. The pitch is rectangular
The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter it was "cool that their hero, Harry, was encountering some of the creatures of mythology." Colbert felt that knowing the origins of Rowling's character and creatures increased "the books' magic tenfold" and made the "Harry Potter" universe seem more lifelike. Feeling that he wanted to share this with others, Colbert spent a year researching the references in the novels and collected his discoveries for a guidebook to the magical world of Harry Potter. Colbert wrote "The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter" while teaching a seminar on self-publishing to graduate students at the University of North Carolina. He had it self-published