harry potter?

Question

is Quaffle something related to harry potter?
cause i saw it on some license plate and it basically screamed HARRY POTTER at me.

Answer 1

The quaffle is one of the balls used in playing Quidditch.
The Harry Potter lexicon (see web link, below) describes the Quaffle as:
A round red seamless leather ball, 12 inches in diameter - that is, about the size of a Muggle football - one of the four balls used in playing the game of Quidditch. The Quaffle is the ball with which Chasers score goals, and due to the nature of the game must be caught and thrown one-handed, since the player must at the same time control his or her broomstick (PS10, QA3, QA6).

The design of the modern Quaffle dates back to the first half of the eighteenth century. Originally Quaffles were not enchanted objects, but were ordinary leather balls, sometimes with finger holes or straps (QA6).

The red colour of the Quaffle was first applied in the winter of 1711 to make it easier to see when dropped to the ground. Ironically, soon afterward the modern Quaffle - technically named the Pennifold Quaffle after its inventor - was developed, making the colour change unnecessary: Daisy Pennifold had the idea of bewitching a Quaffle to slow its fall through air to about the speed of falling through water, so that Chasers had a better chance of catching the ball in mid-air rather than continually retrieving it from the ground (QA6).

In 1875, Gripping Charms were discovered, and afterward applied to the standard Quaffle to make it possible for a player to keep a one-handed grip on the ball (QA6).

Answer 2

Yes, it is.

A Quaffle is one of the four balls (There is also the Goldne Snitch, and two Bludgers) used in Qudditch, the sport played in the Harry Potter world...which is very similar to soccer in ways.

The Quaffle is twelve inches in diameter and seemless. Its also of a red color.
The Quaffle was not orginally enchanted, but was just a patched leather ball-and often had a strap as it had to be caught and thrown one-handed....Some also had finger holes.
The discovery of Gripping Charms made the straps and finger holes unnessary, as now the Chaser (Player that has to throw the Quaffle into the hoops, that the hoops are guarded by the Keeper.) can keep a one-handed hold on the charmed leather without any aids.


[It's better not to ask how I know all of this. I've been a HUGE Harry Potter fan since third grade...and now im going to be a Sophmore in High School in the fall. I own a copy of, "Qudditch Through the Ages.", and the whole series, and also basically made my life all about the fab series. :) ]

Answer 3

The Quaffle is a red ball used in the game of Quidditch. It's passed around by three playes called the Chasers and they try to shoot the Quaffle in one of the hoops.

Answer 4

The Quaffle is the ball that the Chasers, who score the points for the team, use in Quidditch. Its big, round, and red, and it kind of looks like a volleyball.

Answer 5

Yes, its related to harry potter.Its the ball which is used in playing quidditch.

Answer 6

The Quaffle is one of the three balls in the game Quidditch. The Quaffle is passed from chaser to chaser, with the objective to throw the Quaffle through one of the opposing goals for ten points.

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Answer 7

Yes. It it the ball used for scoring in Quidditch.

Answer 8

Yeah a quaffle is a ball played in quiiditch a game where you fly on brooms

Answer 9

It's the ball in Quidditch that's passed from player to player and thrown into the one of three hoops to score points.

Answer 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLud6yM47u8
watch this
a quaffle is a large brown wood ball that they use in Quitchitch, a game where Harry Potter is the seeker. the coach throws the quaffle into the air and the players try to get it and throw it or kick it into the goal hoops.