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  • In the game, there are three chasers per team, whose jobs are to score goals using a volleyball, otherwise known as a quaffle, to Harry Potter readers.

    Emily Thorp: The Quidditch World Cup Starts Today! Emily Thorp 2011

  • In the game, there are three chasers per team, whose jobs are to score goals using a volleyball, otherwise known as a quaffle, to Harry Potter readers.

    Emily Thorp: The Quidditch World Cup Starts Today! Emily Thorp 2011

  • In the game, there are three chasers per team, whose jobs are to score goals using a volleyball, otherwise known as a quaffle, to Harry Potter readers.

    Emily Thorp: The Quidditch World Cup Starts Today! Emily Thorp 2011

  • In the game, there are three chasers per team, whose jobs are to score goals using a volleyball, otherwise known as a quaffle, to Harry Potter readers.

    Emily Thorp: The Quidditch World Cup Starts Today! Emily Thorp 2011

  • The chasers try to score through the hoops using a small ball called a quaffle; the keeper tries to keep goals from being scored; the beaters throw balls at opponents, which adds an element of dodge ball; and a seeker tries to catch the snitch.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • The chasers try to score through the hoops using a small ball called a quaffle; the keeper tries to keep goals from being scored; the beaters throw balls at opponents, which adds an element of dodge ball; and a seeker tries to catch the snitch.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • The chasers try to score through the hoops using a small ball called a quaffle; the keeper tries to keep goals from being scored; the beaters throw balls at opponents, which adds an element of dodge ball; and a seeker tries to catch the snitch.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • As player James Di Paolo explains, the "ball is called a quaffle and the chasers (players) are using this ball to throw in one of the three hoops on each side of the field."

    CTV News RSS Feed 2009

  • Soon, trotting around on brooms while trying to whip a "quaffle" through a hoop caught on.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • Teams score points by throwing the "quaffle" Benepe uses a volleyball through the hoops.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

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  • http://seattle.eater.com/2016/10/4/13163348/anchorhead-coffee-cafe-open

    The retail location serves Anchorhead's coffee, from espresso to bottled and cold brew on draft, plus beer and wine in the evenings. In the morning, look for pastries from Salmon Berry Goods that are baked in-house: sausage-fennel scones, bacon biscuits, cardamom buns. There's also a "quaffle," baked to order, which is constructed of a croissant dough that's rolled like a cinnamon roll, smashed on the waffle iron, and served with maple syrup.

    March 6, 2017