D. Elementary Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 11:00 a.m.
Speaker 1
Temple
Koala
MonkeySpeaker 2
Armchair
Rice
EggSpeaker 3
Drum
Architect
TailSpeaker 4
Bat
Pouch
BreadSpeaker 5
Hostel
Tablet
SingerSpeaker 6
Wrist
Judge
CanoeSpeaker 7
Horn
Couch
Hamburger
Round 2 - 2:30 p.m.
Speaker 1
Wealth
loyalty
GossipSpeaker 2
Sanity
Confidence
FactSpeaker 3
rumor
imagination
improvementSpeaker 4
Inflation
Restoration
KindnessSpeaker 5
Courage
Wit
truthSpeaker 6
Surprise
helplessness
ChaosSpeaker 7
artistry
calmness
honesty
Round 3 - 6:00 p.m.
Speaker 1
You have little power over what’s not yours.
May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live. --Irish proverb
Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it anyways. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 2
A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood --Chinese Proverb
A leopard doesn’t change its spots.
Get out while the going (getting) is good.Speaker 3
Distant water does not put out a nearby fire. --Chinese Proverb
An idle brain is the devil’s workshop
A needle is not sharp at both ends. --Chinese ProverbSpeaker 4
Forgetting a debt doesn’t mean it’s paid. --Irish proverb
Willful waste makes woeful want.
After the feast comes the reckoning.Speaker 5
The axe forgets but the tree remembers. --African Proverb
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Don’t empty the water jar until the rain falls.Speaker 6
If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars? --African Proverb
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
Once bitten twice shySpeaker 7
Good swimmers are often drowned.
When using books, you'll regret reading few. --Chinese Proverb
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Round 4 - 7:30 p.m.
Speaker 1
Lost time is never found again. --Benjamin Franklin
It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it. --Pablo Casals
I’m sure I’ll get along somehow. Everything’s going to be all right. --Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)Speaker 2
I don’t think there’s any perfect way to protest. --Megan Rapinoe
Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation. --Aldous Huxley
To be great is to be misunderstood. --Ralph Waldo EmersonSpeaker 3
“It is difficulties that show what men are.” --— Epictetus
Love is putting someone else’s needs before yours --Frozen
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. --Anne FrankSpeaker 4
"The difference between the right word and the almost-right word is the difference between the lightning and the lightning-bug.” --— Mark Twain
Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. --Harry S. Truman
Even peace may be purchased at too high a price. --Benjamin FranklinSpeaker 5
The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly. --Jim Rohn
I am one with the Force and the Force is with me. --Chirrut, Rogue One
Courage is found in unlikely places. --JRR TolkienSpeaker 6
Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance. --Alex Rodriguez
A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. --Mickey Mantle
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. --Sigmund FreudSpeaker 7
The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it. --Walt Disney
the harder the conflict, the greater the triumph. --George Washington
Hakuna Matata! --The Lion King, 1994