KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -A quidditch team is made of 7 players: 3 chaser, 2 beaters, 1 keeper, and 1 seeker. Each team also has one captain.

Detailed explanation-2: -During HBO’s airing of the Half Blood Prince movie, I noticed during Quidditch try-outs Harry wears #7, which I think was a fun easter egg considering the significance of the number seven (spoilers: seven Potters, seven Horcruxes, seven books, etc.)

Detailed explanation-3: -Harry plays in the Gryffindor Quidditch team as Seeker from year 1 (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) to year 6 (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), being team captain in year 6. Draco Malfoy plays opposite him on the Slytherin team, starting with year 2 (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets).

Detailed explanation-4: -Due to the need to maintain anti-Muggle security, the professional League was formed of the thirteen best teams at the time, and all others were asked to disband. Amateur teams were also permitted, once they met departmental requirements. The teams competed yearly for the League Cup.

Detailed explanation-5: -"I gave #7 to Harry Potter, because David Beckham had just won at the time, ‘’ she says. “I thought every single kid in England would get it. Now, they don’t know anymore. But at the time that it came out that Harry Potter was #7, it was a thing."