• Trivia Ron tells us that “… when I was three, Fred turned my teddy bear into a great big filthy spider because I broke his toy broomstick …” That means that Fred Weasley at age five was able to transfigure a teddy bear into a live spider (CS9). Clever boy! At age… Read More
• Broomsticks Thunderbolt VII brooms were ridden by the Nigeria National Team at the Quidditch World Cup in 2014. Thunderbolt Broom Manufacturers have a bad reputation for designing brooms that favour speed over safety (Pm). After the tail of a Thunderbolt VII broom disintegrated when hit by a Bludger during… Read More
• Broomsticks The Tinderblast was a broom produced by the German company Ellerby & Spudmore in 1940, twelve years before they released the Swiftstick. It was somewhat slower than the Comets and Cleansweeps of its time and thus was never used in sports (QA9). Read More
• Character Torquil MacTavish was a Scottish wizard who participated in a broom race that led to the destruction of the Colosseum. MacTavish and his Italian rival Silvio Astolfi flew a close race from Aberdeen to Rome. In the explosions at the end of the race that destroyed the Colosseum, MacTavish was… Read More
• Games, toys, and jokes Toy broomsticks are tiny broomsticks for toddlers, which rise about two feet in the air. Read More
• Broomsticks The Twigger was developed by Flyte and Barker in 1990 as an alternative to the popular and technically advanced Nimbus series of brooms. The Twigger was an expensive and good-looking product but ultimately its defects meant that it was only bought by wizards who wanted to flash their money… Read More