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The intricate design of the Golden Snitch has been a popular topic of discussion among Harry Potter fans for years. But did you know that J.K. Rowling actually took inspiration from a real insect when creating the Snitch’s appearance?

Quidditch makes use of three balls – the Quaffle, which is used by the chasers to score goals by throwing them through the opponent team’s hoops, which fetches the team 10 points. The second ball, called the Bludger is used by the beaters of the team to aim at the players of the opponent teams to distract and impede during the match. The Snitch as described above carries 150 points and is used to end the match when caught by the seeker of one of the playing teams. Quidditch is a name I invented. I just wanted a word which began with the letter 'Q' (I don't know why, it was just a whim)" ( AOL).

Matches are played on a large oval pitch with three ring-shaped goals of different heights on each side, between two opposing teams of seven players each: three Chasers, two Beaters, the Keeper, and the Seeker. The Chasers and the Keeper respectively score with and defend the goals against the Quaffle; the two Beaters bat the Bludgers away from their teammates and towards their opponents; and the Seeker locates and catches the Golden Snitch, whose capture simultaneously wins the Seeker's team 150 points and ends the game. The team with the most points at the end wins. For Harry Potter's seventeenth birthday, in 1997, Molly Weasley made him a Golden Snitch-shaped birthday cake, which was commented on by the then-Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour. [4] Flesh memory [ ] One tale concerning the Snitch is that, during a match on Bodmin Moor in 1884, it managed to avoid capture for six months until both teams finally gave up in disgust at the performance of their Seekers. Cornish wizards and witches insist to this day that the Snitch is still wild in the area, which is possible due to its magical properties. [1] Quidditch falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Magical Games and Sports, part of the Ministry of Magic ( GF3, GF5, OP7, QA5, QA6). The professional organization is called the International Association of Quidditch ( GF8). Professional matches are attended by trained mediwizards and while there are many injuries, there are few deaths from Quidditch accidents. However, referees have been known to disappear completely only to turn up weeks later in the middle of the Sahara. There are seven hundred possible ways to commit a foul in Quidditch, all of which occurred in a Quidditch World Cup match held in 1473 ( PS11, QA6, QWC). Baude, Will (14 May 2014). "The Volokh Conspiracy: More thoughts on the rules of Quidditch". The Washington Post (Opinion) . Retrieved 3 July 2021.

Carey, Alexis (15 April 2014). "From Harry Potter to Sydney schools, Quidditch has become a real competitive sport". Daily Telegraph (Sydney) . Retrieved 25 April 2014.Manfred, Tony. "Sorry Harry Potter Fans, Quidditch Is The Dumbest Sport Ever". Business Insider . Retrieved 10 September 2017. In response to allegations of J. K. Rowling's anti-trans positions, US Quidditch and Major League Quidditch announced in 2022 that they were renaming the sport "Quadball". [27] See also [ edit ] Making Golden Snitches was a very complicated process as it had to be handled with gloves only. Snitches had flesh memory, making it necessary to use a new Golden Snitch for every match. Even the makers of the Snitch wore gloves to prevent touching the Snitch. Not only is this a rather garish way to make your protagonist look good, it makes the rest of the game totally irrelevant. Who cares about the quaffle? Why even bother with goalies and beaters and all the other Seussian bits and bobbles that comprise a Quidditch match? Just have two seekers chase a Snitch around until one of them catches it and call it a day. That’s all Quidditch really is. The rest is window-dressing.

Starrs, D.Bruno (2007). "Quidditch: J. K. Rowling's Leveller". In Mead, David; Frelik, Pawel (eds.). Playing the Universe: Games and Gaming in Science Fiction. Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. pp.77–85. Flood, Alison (22 June 2016). "Quidditch leaves Harry Potter behind as (real) World Cup fever grows". The Guardian. Glue: Your last item in our materials list is glue. You can use either regular glue or glue dots. Both work well with this craft. a b Furness, Hannah. "JK Rowling invented Quidditch after a row with her boyfriend". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 7 May 2017.However, our best bet for the Golden Snitch is advanced drone technology which can be assigned a random flight path at the beginning of every match and a proximity sensor to speed up when the Seeker tries to catch it. We hope the Golden Snitch, and by extension, the game of Quidditch will be a reality in the real world.

Gibson, Megan. "J.K. Rowling Just Published a New Harry Potter Story". Time . Retrieved 7 May 2017. When asked if it was based on a real game: "Completely new. In America they say it’s a game like soccer, and if you've ever seen a game of football anything like Quidditch then ... um ... no, I just made it up. I always want to see a game where there were four balls in play at once .. or more than one ball in play, I just thought it would be funny ... and violent and it is and so it just loads of fun to write and that's probably the thing in the film I'm most looking forward to seeing, because I've been watching this inside my head for so long" ( BP). The insect in question is the Golden Snitch Beetle, also known as the Jewel Beetle. This beautiful insect has a shiny, metallic exoskeleton that comes in shades of gold and bronze. Its wings are also transparent, making it appear as if it is hovering in mid-air. A Golden Snitch Once Saved Harry Potter’s Life

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Doughty, Terri (2004). "Locating Harry Potter in the "Boys' Book" Market". In Whited, Lana A. (ed.). The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter: Perspectives on a Literary Phenomenon. University of Missouri Press. p.243. The chief of the Wizards’ Council Barberus Bragge, set a Golden Snidget free before a Quidditch match on the Quidditch field in 1269 which was the first recorded use of this bird. 150 galleons were given to the Seeker who caught the Snitch, and this trend was continued by rewarding 150 points to the player, and the team in extension, that caught the Snitch. This bird could fly up to very high speeds but eventually, many wizards and witches came to realize the number of birds that simply got crushed during Quidditch matches and the Golden Snidget soon became an endangered species. This is when the skilled metal-charmer Bowman Wright carved the first Golden Snitch using a walnut-sized metal ball that resembled the Golden Snidget in flight patterns and speed. Quidditch matches are played over an oval-shaped pitch, with a scoring area at each end consisting of three hooped goal posts, each at a different height. Each team is made up of seven players, consisting of three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper and one Seeker. And perhaps most fascinatingly, Golden Snitches have been used in the field of archaeology. Snitches are able to seek out and retrieve valuable artifacts that may be hidden or out of reach, making them invaluable tools for excavations. The game could only end when the Snitch had been caught, or by mutual agreement of the two teams' Captains; the latter was very rare, however, as one team would have had to have lost. [5] Going off of Ginny Weasley's statement, it would appear Snitches flew at varying speeds, or at least can wear out.