A. Novice Extemp Event Prompts
Pattern A Round 1 - 9:15am (Extemp Draw 9am)
Speaker 1
Election 2022: Can the Democrats keep the House and Senate?
Biden’s agenda: Can Pelosi bring the factions together?
Universal preschool: Is it the right idea?Speaker 2
Election 2022: Will the Republicans win the House and Senate?
Supply chain problems: Can anything be done?
Critical Race Theory: Is its unpopularity a problem for Democrats?Speaker 3
Election 2022: Will Biden’s low popularity hurt the Democrat chances?
Biden’s tax hikes: Will they hurt the economy?
Proposed IRS changes: Are they an invasion of privacy?Speaker 4
Election 2022: Will the economy hurt the Democrats?
Progressive Democrats: Will they sink Biden’s agenda?
Gas prices: What can be done to bring them down?Speaker 5
Election 2022: Will the border crisis hurt the Democrats?
Southwest Airlines cancelations: Is the vaccination mandate going to further hurt the economy?
Vaccination mandates: Will they hurt the economy?
Speaker 6
Election 2022: Will the situation with Covid help or hurt the Democrats?
The infrastructure bill: Will it eventually pass?
The labor shortage: What can be done to ease it?
Speaker 7
Election 2022: Will inflation hurt the Democrats?
Biden’s energy policy: Is it good for America
Build Back Better: Can we afford it?
Pattern A Round 2 - 12:30pm (Extemp Draw 12:15pm)
Speaker 1
China: Will they test America on Taiwan?
England: Has Brexit been a failure?
Afghanistan: Can it maintain control amid ISIS terror?
Speaker 2
China: Will the Belt and Road Initiative mean eventual dominance?
The Vatican: Have they done enough to end child sex abuse?
Afghanistan: Will our withdrawal green light Al Qaeda resurgence?
Speaker 3
China: Will we ever know the origins of Covid-19?
Russia: What can be done to resolve the Ukraine conflict?
Afghanistan: Is Taliban 2.0 any different?
Speaker 4
China: Does the US need to clarify their defense of Taiwan?
Germany: After 16 years, what has Merkel achieved?
Azerbaijan: Can they hold Iran at bay?
Speaker 5
China: Have we already lost the cyberwar?
France: Will Macron’s France 2030 plan be successful?
Iran: Can they be prevented from achieving nuclear status?
Speaker 6
China: Do they have expansionist plans?
Australia: Was their reaction to Covid justified?
Israel: Are they the best defense to Iran’s nuclear ambitions?
Speaker 7
China: Does Taiwan need a nuclear defense?
England: Does Brexit need reform?
Iraq: What do the election results mean?
Pattern A Finals - 3:45pm (Extemp Draw 3:30pm)
Speaker 1
The American Family Plan: Is it right for America?
China: Should America have Taiwan’s back?
Worker shortage: What can be done to help American businesses?Speaker 2
The Biden Agenda: Is it going nowhere?
England: Does Brexit need a rewrite?
Stagflation: Is it on the horizon?Speaker 3
Energy costs: What should be done?
Afghanistan: Will EU aid avert a humanitarian crisis?
Social media giants: Do they need to be regulated?Speaker 4
Midterm elections: Will it be a Republican wave?
Russia: Did the Nobel Peace Prize go to the right person?
The economy: Is inflation and slow growth a deadly combination?Speaker 5
Supreme Court: Should it be expanded?
Iran: Will coming talks revive the JCPOA?
Inflation: What can be done to limit the damage?Speaker 6
The infrastructure bill: Should progressive Dems allow a vote?
Europe: Who is to blame for the gas crisis?
The looming national debt: How much is too much?Speaker 7
Vaccine mandates: Will they further stress business?
Haiti: Can anything be done to help another wave of migrants?
Unemployment: How do we encourage people to work?