Quidditch is played on an elliptical field. Two teams of seven players armed with brooms each take either side of the field. Three hoops on each side of the field serve as goals. Teams score points by throwing the "quaffle" (Benepe uses a volleyball) through the hoops.

Each team has three "chasers." "They're the offense," Benepe says. "They're the ones moving the ball down the field and shooting it through the hoops to score."

Two players on each team are "beaters." Benepe explains that "in the books, they have sticks or paddles, and they try to swat these malevolent balls called 'bludgers' at their opponents. To simplify it in real life," he says, "we just use dodgeballs."

If you get hit by a dodgeball, you have to drop any ball you may be holding, be it bludger or quaffle, and run back to your team's hoops before resuming play. "It's sort of like you get knocked out," Benepe says.

There's also a position called a "seeker." Their job is to chase the "snitch." The snitch, otherwise known as the "Snitch Runner," is a guy with a sock hanging out of the back of his shorts. According to the official IQA rule book, "The Snitch Runner evades both Seekers at all costs, doing everything he can do to prevent the Snitch from being caught."

The last position on the team is the "keeper." "Their job is just to defend the hoops," Benepe says.

Sounds simple enough.