Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was founded in the tenth century by Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff and Salazar Slytherin. It was established to educate young wizards and witches as well as to keep students safe from muggle persecurion. Theory has it that Rowena Ravenclaw came up with the name of Hogwarts after dreaming of a warty hog that led her to a cliff by a lake. Since then, Hogwarts educated most wizarding children in the United Kingdom and its surrounding areas, keeping its location hidden from other wizarding schools and muggles.
“Draco Dormiens Numquam Titlladndus”
“Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon”
Approximately one hundred years after the school was founded, the Triwizard Tournament was established as an interscholastic competition among the three most prestigious magical schools in Europe: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang. The tournament continued for six centuries before being discontinued. There was an attempt to revive the tournament in the 1994-1995 school year, but the death of Cedric Diggory resulted in its permanent discontinuation.
Tryouts for House Quidditch teams happens at the very beginning of the school year. The Heads of house has a list pf applicants, which they will pass on to the team captain, so the captain can schedule tryouts at their leisure. First years are usually prohibited from joining a Quidditch team, because they are inexperienced with brooms, and are forbidden to own them for their first year. The Inter-House Quidditch Cup is awarded yearly to the House Quidditch team with the most total points over all matches played, rather than the number of victories. The Championship takes the form of a mini-league, with each house team playing each other throughout the course of the year. This results in three games for each team, and six games of Qidditch for the school to enjoy overall.