Grail

A grail is a feat wherein one team correctly answers all tossups heard in a match. The team does not need to answer all of the bonus parts correctly to achieve a grail.

Incomplete List of Teams That Have Achieved a Grail

Middle School

• Middlesex Middle A at 2015 Manheim Township Middle School Academic Challenge against Landisville Middle A (785-(-5))

High School

• Eden Prairie A at SOCIAL III in 2006, defeating North Saint Paul B 730–0
• St. Anselm's at the 2010 NSC (defeating Seven Lakes B 810–0)
• Auburn at the 2009 Loyburn (defeating St. Viator 725–0)
• St. Joseph (NJ) at the 2010 Caesar Rodney Rider Bowl (defeating Delcastle B 715–0)
• Maggie Walker twice at the 2009 Weekend of Quizbowl in consecutive rounds (defeating St. Catherine's 780–0 and St. Anselm's 565–(–5))
• Torrey Pines at the 2009 UCSD mirror of HFT (defeating Canyon Crest 630–(–5))
• Hunter in the finals of the 2010 Princeton High School Tournament (defeating Bergen County Academies 765-0)
• Copley at the 2010 FKT at Olmstead Falls (defeating Southeast B 640-0)
• Liberty at the 2012 North Kansas City Varsity Invitational Tournament (defeating Lafayette 565-0)
• Ladue twice at the 2012 Mort Walker Invitational (defeating Smith-Cotton and Rock Bridge B 750-0, both times), once at the 2012 Tiger Bowl (defeating Oakville B 930-10), once at the 2013 Mort Walker Invitational (defeating Tuscumbia 730-(-5)).
• Warren G. Harding at Ohio State's 2012 Buckeye Spring Tournament (defeating Coshocton 740-0)
• Rock Bridge at LIST II defeating Parkway South in 2012,700-0)
• Christiansburg at the 2012 Virginia Tech Spring Invitational against Honaker (710-(-10))
• Early College at Guilford at the 2012 Tar Heel Cup, defeating an exhibition team.
• Raleigh Charter at the 2012 GSAC XX, defeating Dinwiddie B, and at the 2014 Millbrook Fall Tournament, defeating Cleveland B
• High Tech at the 2012 FAcT (IS-121A), defeating Suffield B (775-0); then at the 2013 Princeton High School Tournament against Phoenixville B (755-0)
• Macomb A at the 2013 Springfield Invitational, defeating Bloomington B (655-0)
• Cistercian A at the 2013 St. Mark's Invitational against Parish Episcopal (710-(-5))
• Hickman at the 2013 Hallsville Invitational against Helias C (705-0)
• Detroit Catholic Central A twice at the 2013 University of Kentucky Spring Championship, against Shelby Valley C (15/5/0, 805 to -10) and Mercy Academy (11/9/0, 735 to -5) and again at WUHSAC defeating Oakville B (700-10).
• Wayzata A at the 2013 SOCIAL against Mounds Park B (865-0).
• Colonel By A at Lisgar's JAMES Mirror against Lisgar D (710 to 0)
• Colonel By A at the 2013 Ottawa Quiz Bowl tournament IX against Colonel By D (790-0)
• South Range at 2014 Mahoning County League against Poland Seminary (805-0)
• Saratoga at the 2014 BELLOCO tournament against Mills (640-(-30))
• Glasgow at 2014 NAQT Kentucky Championship against Ballard B (560 (-20))
• Enloe at 2014 Bacon Bowl at Millbrook against Smithfield-Selma B (770-0)
• Hallsville at 2014 SSNCT against Miami Community Charter (695-0) (22 toss-ups heard)
• Detroit Catholic Central B at 2014 Ohio Fall Kickoff Tournament at Sidney against Urbana B (730-0)
• Richard Montgomery at 2014 VCU Winter VII against "Homeschool Out of the Box" B (795-0)
• Maggie Walker A at 2014 VCU Winter VII against Mount Vernon B (745-0)
• Northmont A at 2014 Rowdy Raider Invitational against Culver B (740-(-5))
• Bellarmine A at 2015 Wildcat Classic against Dougherty Valley C (725--5)
• Arcadia C at 2015 SAT against Bishops B (795-0)
• La Jolla A at 2015 ATLAS II against Santa Monica C (730--5)
• La Jolla A at Triton Winter V against Scripps Ranch (750-0)
• Arcadia A at 2015 PI against Irvine (745--5)
• Souderton, in their first pyramidal tournament ever, against Renaissance Academy at Great Valley's 2015 winter tournament (690--5)
• Northmont A at 2015 Quizbowl Invitational for Northwest Ohio Academics against Mohawk A (815-0) and Lincolnview B (720-0)
• Glasgow at 2015 SSNCT against Woodland (765--10) (23 toss-ups heard)

College/Open

• Jonathan Magin and Rom Masrour at the 2008 Illinois Open Literature
• A Jerry Vinokurov-led open team (consisting of Eric Mukherjee, Andrew Hart, and Dennis Jang) at Cardinal Classic 2008, against Berkeley.
• Chipola College (Dallin Kelson playing solo) at the Valencia site of the 2010 Delta Burke (defeating Mercer B in the first round of the playoffs 620-0)
• Virginia A at the 2011 SCT East Carolina site, defeating Virginia Tech 680--5 (23 toss-ups heard)
• Cherchez La Femme Nikita Khrushchev (featuring Jake Sundberg, Mark Morris, Dargan Ware, and Megan Patterson) at the 2011 HSNCT Mirror in Chattanooga (defeating Chuck Pearson and Eli Miles of Shorter 655-(-15))
• Penn (Dallas Simons, Patrick Liao, Saajid Moyen, and Eric Mukherjee) at the mid-Atlantic mirror of QUARK (defeating Johns Hopkins B)
• Virginia A at Michigan Fall Tournament against Liberty A (820-0)
• Stanford A at 2013 ACF Fall against Berkeley D (690 to -10)
• Illinois B at 2014 SCT, defeating Northern Illinois 860-0 (24 toss-ups heard).
• Virginia A at 2014 ACF Nationals against Stanford (660 to -5)
• Stanford B at 2015 DII Berkeley SCT against UC Davis (720--5)

Individual Grail

An individual grail occurs when a single individual, playing solo or with teammates, answers every tossup in a regulation match. Jerry Vinokurov was one tossup short of this mark playing solo against Athens State B at 2006 ACF Nationals. Tom Waters, playing as an individual against GW B at a Maryland tournament in 1995, similarly managed 19 out of 20 tossups, R. Hentzel legendarily had an attempt at an individual grail foiled when he failed to identify an "Easy-Bake Oven."

• Tristan Willey (then of Macomb, but playing independently at the collegiate level) grailed against Central Michigan A at 2011 ACF Fall at NIU. [1].

• Seth Kendall of Kentucky grailed against UTK B at the 2005 ACF Fall.[2]

High School Individual Grails

Eric Xu of Western Albemarle grailed against Mount Vernon B at RAYNOR (run by Thomas Jefferson).

See Also

• Andrew Hart Grail