D. High School Impromptu Event Prompts
Congress / Oratory R1
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
Anger
Honor
Pleasure
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
Bliss
Glory
Persistance
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
Sorrow
Trust
Poise
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
Pain
Elegance
Kindness
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
Maturity
Humor
Laziness
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
Courage
Passion
Apathy
Speaker 7
Speaker 7
Patience
Rage
Focus
Congress / Oratory / IMP R2
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." - The Godfather (1972)
"May the Force be with you." - Star Wars (1977)
"You can't handle the truth!" - A Few Good Men (1992)
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
"You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am." - On the Waterfront (1954)
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." - All About Eve (1950)
"You're gonna need a bigger boat." - Jaws (1975)
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." - The Wizard of Oz (1939)
"Love means never having to say you're sorry." - Love Story (1970)
"My mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." - Forrest Gump (1994)
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
"The stuff that dreams are made of." - The Maltese Falcon (1941)
"I'll be back." - The Terminator (1984)
"Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars." - Now, Voyager (1942)
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" - White Heat (1949)
"If you build it, he will come." - Field of Dreams (1989)
"Houston, we have a problem." - Apollo 13 (1995)
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
"There's no place like home." - The Wizard of Oz (1939)
"There's no crying in baseball!" - A League of Their Own (1992)
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." - Wall Street (1987)
Speaker 7
Speaker 7
"Show me the money!" - Jerry Maguire (1996)
"Well, nobody's perfect." - Some Like It Hot (1959)
"Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." - The Godfather Part II (1974)
Congress / Oratory / IMP R3
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
Any port in a storm
Bite the bullet
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
Hope springs eternal
Break a leg
Once in a blue moon
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
Not my circus, not my monkey
Every light casts a shadow
Barking up the wrong tree
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
Trust the process
By the skin of your teeth
Better late than never
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
I wouldn’t wanna be part of any club that’d have me
A penny wise, a pound foolish
Actions speak louder than words
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
Maybe yes, maybe no, but one thing is certain: maybe.
Don’t cry over spilled milk
A blessing in disguise
Speaker 7
Speaker 7
You opened this can of worms, now lie in it
Piece of cake
Kill two birds with one stone
Speaker 8
Speaker 8 (if needed)
It really do be like that sometimes
A penny for your thoughts
Costs an arm and a leg
Congress / Oratory / IMP Semi or Final
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
Alexander Graham Bell
Jane Goodall
Aristotle
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
Wright Brothers
Harriet Tubman
Plato
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
Nikola Tesla
Sojourner Truth
Socrates
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
Benjamin Franklin
Jane Goodall
Buddha
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
Marie Curie
Louis Braille
Karl Marx
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
Katie Bouman
Greta Thunberg
John Locke
Speaker 7
Speaker 7
Leonardo Da Vinci
W.E.B. Du Bois
Immanuel Kant
Speaker 8
Speaker 8 (if needed)
Henry Ford
Malcolm X
Niccolo Machiavelli
Speech / IMP Finals
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
“I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.” – Fannie Lou Hamer
“A champion is someone who gets up when he can’t.” – Jack Dempsey
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” - Confucius
Speaker 2
Speaker 2
“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” – Malcolm X
"The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us--that's where it's at." - Jesse Owens, U.S. track and field athlete
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” - Aristotle
Speaker 3
Speaker 3
“Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” - John Lewis
“You’ve got to love what you’re doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness or all the aches and pains, and continue to play for a long, long time.” – Gordie Howe
“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
Speaker 4
Speaker 4
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” – Ida B. Wells
“The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.” – Steve Young
“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.” - Soren Kierkegaard
Speaker 5
Speaker 5
“The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.” – Audre Lorde
“I’ve never lost a game. I just ran out of time.” – Michael Jordan
“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.” - Hannah Arendt
Speaker 6
Speaker 6
"The time is always right to do what is right." - Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., activist
“Pressure is a privilege, it only comes to those who earn it” – Billie Jean King
“In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.” - Diogenes
Speaker 7
Speaker 7
"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear." - Rosa Parks
“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” - Dalai Lama
Speaker 8
Speaker 8 (if needed)
“Our grandfathers had to run, run, run. My generation’s out of breath. We ain’t running no more.” - Kwame Ture
"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was” - Muhammad Ali
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.” - Heraclitus