Andrew Hart Grail
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An Andrew Hart Grail is a term used when a team hears at least 10 bonuses in a packet and has a bonus conversion of 30, implying they answered all of the bonus questions correctly. The terms derive from the affinity Andrew Hart has for the bonus conversion statistic.
It was accomplished by middle school teams the following cases:
- Middlesex Middle A at 2015 Manheim Township Middle School Academic Challenge defeating Independence A 780-45, in which they heard 18 bonuses.
- BASIS Silicon Valley A at the 2018 Hillview Middle School Invitational defeating Challenger Berryessa A 445-305, where they heard 11 bonuses.
It was accomplished by high school teams in the following cases:
- Maggie Walker at the 2009 Weekend of Quizbowl in a 670–70 defeat of St. Christopher's, in which they heard 19 bonuses
- Georgetown Day at the 2009 Maryland Fall Tournament in a 450–245 defeat of St. Joseph (NJ), in which they heard 11 bonuses
- Fisher Catholic at the 2012 New Albany Fall Kickoff Tournament in a 390-300 defeat of Bexley A in which they heard 10 bonuses
- LASA at the 2012 TQBA Kickoff defeating George Ranch 495-70, in which they heard 12 bonuses.
- Norcross at ATTACK II, defeating Baconton Charter B 490-165 while hearing 12 bonuses.
- East Chapel Hill at the 2013 Wake Forest Brain Summit defeating Thomas Jefferson Classical 510-130, in which they heard 12 bonuses.
- Saratoga A at the 2014 Cal Cup #2 tournament defeating Dougherty Valley B 545-65, in which they heard 13 bonuses.
- Arcadia A at Triton Winter V, defeating Rancho Bernardo 425-160, in which they heard 10 bonuses
- Wilmington Charter at the 2019 Sean Moore Memorial Tournament defeating State College B 730-90, in which they heard 17 bonuses
A regular Andrew Hart Grail is believed to have been accomplished on college questions five times (twice by college teams and once by a HS team):
- Stanford at ACF Fall 2013 at UC Berkeley, defeating Berkeley A 475-155 while hearing 12 bonuses.
- Yale A at ACF Fall 2013 at Harvard, defeating Cornell A 395 to 365 while hearing 10 bonuses.
- Dorman at ACF Fall 2013 at Georgia Tech, defeating the College of Charleston 455-105 while hearing 12 bonuses.
- Gateway Arch Tut-Tutting (Mike Sorice, Charlie Dees, Max Schindler, and Farzad Alikozai) twice at [Windy City Open 3], an open mirror of the Delta Burke set.
- My Kife in the Bush of Ghosts (Dylan Minarik, Lloyd Sy, Evan Pandya, Alex Pandya) at the aforementioned Windy City Open 3, on one of the two packets the Sorice team also earned an Andrew Hart Grail on.
A Perfect Andrew Hart Grail is achieved when a team has a bonus conversion of 30 and hears all 20 bonuses in a packet. A Perfect Andrew Hart Grail is not known to have been accomplished at any level.