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*[[Stanford|Stanford A]] at [[2013 ACF Fall]] against Berkeley D (690 to -10)
 
*[[Stanford|Stanford A]] at [[2013 ACF Fall]] against Berkeley D (690 to -10)
 
*[[Illinois|Illinois B]] at 2014 [[SCT]], defeating [[Northern Illinois]] 860-0 (24 toss-ups heard).
 
*[[Illinois|Illinois B]] at 2014 [[SCT]], defeating [[Northern Illinois]] 860-0 (24 toss-ups heard).
*[[Virginia|Virginia A]] ([[Matthew Bollinger]], [[Evan Adams]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]], and [[Dennis Loo]]) at [[2014 ACF Nationals]] against Stanford (660 to -5)
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*[[Virginia|Virginia A]] at [[2014 ACF Nationals]] against Stanford (660 to -5)
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*[[Stanford|Stanford B]] at [[2015 SCT|2015 DII Berkeley SCT]] against UC Davis (720--5)
  
 
==Individual Grail==
 
==Individual Grail==

Revision as of 19:55, 7 February 2015

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

High School

College/Open

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

See Also