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
- Eden Prairie A at SOCIAL III in 2006, defeating North St. Paul B 730–0
- 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.
- 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)
- 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)
- Penn (Dallas Simons, Patrick Liao, Saajid Moyen, and Eric Mukherjee) at the mid-Atlantic mirror of QUARK (defeating Johns Hopkins B)
- Early College at Guilford at the 2012 Tar Heel Cup, defeating an exhibition team.
- Raleigh Charter at the 2012 GSAC XX, defeating Dinwiddie B
- High Tech at the 2012 FAcT (IS-121A), defeating Suffield B; then at the 2013 Princeton High School Academic Tournament against Phoenixville B.
- 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.
- Stanford A at 2013 ACF Fall against Berkeley D (690 to -10)
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 ACF Nationals 2006. 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].