What is the hardest position in Quidditch?

"The Seeker is probably the hardest position to play," Coyle said. "You need to have the endurance of a Chaser and not be discouraged when you get beat because a strategy a lot of teams do is they employ a defensive Seeker to try and get points back.
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What is the best Quidditch position?

Many others will argue that seekers have the best position in quidditch. Seeker is the best known position because it is the position that Harry Potter played in the first introductions of the game. The argument for seekers is that they have the most fun role. They only have one job.
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What are the positions for Quidditch?

There are four positions in quidditch; chaser, seeker, beater, and keeper. The chasers try to score through the hoops with the quaffle, which is a slightly deflated volleyball. The keepers try to defend these hoops from goals.
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What Quidditch position is Harry Potter?

Harry Potter plays as Seeker for his house team at Hogwarts. Regional and international Quidditch competitions are mentioned throughout the series.
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What is a beater Harry Potter?

Beater is a position in the Wizarding sport of Quidditch. There are two Beaters on every Quidditch team, and they are the only players on the pitch who have bats. Their job is to keep the Bludgers away from their team and at the same time try and aim the Bludgers towards the opposite team.
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Which Quidditch Position Should You Play?



Which Quidditch ball is the biggest?

Usage. A Bludger was a black iron ball used in the wizarding sport of Quidditch. It was ten inches in diameter. There were two Bludgers used in every match, which were bewitched to fly around and try to knock the players off of their broomsticks.
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How long was Draco a seeker?

Draco Malfoy, Seeker (1992-1997) Scorpius Malfoy, Seeker (c. 2017 in one of the timelines following the use of the Experimental Time Turner) (CC3.
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Who is the best Quidditch player?

These are the ten best Quidditch players from Hogwarts!
  • Cedric Diggory.
  • Oliver Wood.
  • Rose Granger-Weasley.
  • James Potter.
  • Andre Egwu.
  • Charlie Weasley.
  • George Weasley.
  • Fred Weasley.
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Who was the youngest seeker before Harry?

Born in August 1881, Dumbledore would have started attending Hogwarts in September 1892 – exactly 99 years before Harry did. He was Sorted into Gryffindor and quickly went on to become one of the brightest students Hogwarts had ever had. Interestingly enough, Dumbledore might not just know who this player was.
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Who was Gryffindor seeker before Harry?

Charlie Weasley (1986–1991) Harry Potter (1991–1997) Ginny Weasley (1996) M. G. McGonagall (1970s) (possibly as Seeker)
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Is James Potter a seeker or chaser?

James potter was a seeker, not a chaser.
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Is Quidditch a real sport?

Quidditch is more widely known as the sport played by fictional character Harry Potter, but the sport has evolved into the real world and now its official league announced a huge shift away from its creator.
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What was Ginny's position in Quidditch?

Ginny becomes a permanent member of the Gryffindor Quidditch team as Chaser, and substitutes for Harry as Seeker when Severus Snape puts him in detention during the Quidditch Cup final.
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Are all seekers number 7?

Judging by who wears what number during the quidditch match in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince however, the possible position numbers may be one for keeper, two and three for beaters, four, five, and six for chasers, and seven for the seeker.
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Can you win Quidditch without catching snitch?

Every goal is worth 10 points and the team whose Seeker captures the Golden Snitch earns an additional 150 points. This means if a team is more than 15 goals ahead, it can still win even if their Seeker fails to catch the Snitch.
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Who gave Harry the Nimbus 2000?

In the movie, professor Minerva McGonagall gives Harry Potter a Nimbus 2000 when he joins the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
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Who won the Quidditch Cup in Book 1?

Gryffindor beat Slytherin. Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup.
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Did Slytherin ever win the House Cup?

Only Gryffindor and Slytherin are ever mentioned in the books to have won the House Cup. While Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff almost certainly have won the Cup, they have never been presented with it in the books. They may have won it while Harry was at school but during the years not specified.
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Is Harry or Ginny better Quidditch?

9 Ginny Was Better: Reliable Quidditch Partner

As expected from a Weasley, Harry can always rely on Ginny to reap successes for the team. This is why she outwitted the seasoned Ravenclaw Seeker Cho Chang and allowed Gryffindor to win the Quidditch Cup of 1996.
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Who was the best Gryffindor seeker?

6 Charlie Weasley

Many characters commented that Charlie could have gone on to become a professional Quidditch player had he not decided he was more passionate about dragons. He was the best Seeker at Hogwarts and the Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
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Is Hufflepuff good at Quidditch?

1980s. During the 1985–1986 school year, Hufflepuff finished in the bottom three as Gryffindor won the Inter-House Quidditch Cup. In the four following school years, Either Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin won the Quidditch Cup.
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Is Ginny the best Quidditch player?

Ginny Weasley

Since she never missed a match when she was needed, always kept a cool head and was clearly talented (so talented she went on to play professionally with the Holyhead Harpies), it seems only fair to give her the top spot.
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Why did Malfoy stop Quidditch?

4 Draco Quit Quidditch

Because of the strictness an severity of his tasks, Draco eventually loses all interest in his previous Hogwarts activities. His grades began to suffer during his sixth year, and he eventually loses interest in Quidditch. He even has a fellow Slytherin, Harper, take his place on the team.
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Which house has the best Quidditch team?

Ravenclaws, however, just seem to really like Quidditch! Based on these results, anyway. More often than not, Ravenclaws were top of the list when it came to picking favourite teams – seven of them, in fact.
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