Grail
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A grail is a feat wherein one team correctly answers all 20 tossups in a packet. The team does not need to answer all of the bonus parts correctly to achieve a grail.
List of Teams That Have Achieved a Grail
- Jonathan Magin and Rom Masrour at the 2008 Illinois Open Literature Tournament
- 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's 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)
- 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)
- 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))
- Liberty at the 2012 North Kansas City Varsity Invitational Tournament (defeating Lafayette 565-0)