Quidditch World Cup - International vs National

[justcarol67]

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Steve (bboy_mn) wrote:
Well, we could reopen the old argument about how big the British
wizard world really is. Some say a few thousand, others, like myself,
say a few hundred thousand.

Carol responds:
For starters, we can look at the number of people who attended the
World Quidditch Cup (IIRC, about a hundred thousand--I know someone
will dutifully correct me but I know it was a very large number.)
Presumably most of them were English and Irish, with a largish
Bulgarian contingent (and about a dozen people from Beauxbatons.)

BTW, I think the large size of the audience is very much at odds with
what appears to be the number of students at Hogwarts, especially
since the student population includes near-morons like Crabbe and
Goyle. I don't think the figures can be reconciled or explained away
by saying that some British wizard kids don't attend Hogwarts. that
doesn't fit what we know of Dumbledore's philosophy--or Helga
Hufflepuff's, which is probably Professor Sprout's, too.

Steve (b-boy) wrote:
So, do British sports stadiums have concession at their games; beer,
hot dogs, ice cream, peanuts, soft drinks, hot drinks, cheeze nachos,
vinegar flavored crips? 

Carol:
If you mean British Quidditch stadiums, I'll bet the same vendors who
sold programs, omnioculars, and souvenir shamrocks before the game
were selling food and drinks during the game. Either they didn't enter
the box where the Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione were or JKR didn't
bother to report them because Harry's attention was elsewhere, but I
can't imagine them not trying to make money from such a large group of
spectators.

Carol