B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 - 1:30pm
Speaker 1
Oven
Palm
Ambulance
Speaker 2
Couch
Conditioner
Suit
Speaker 3
Bridge
Glasses
Bookstore
Speaker 4
Belt
Bulb
Doctor
Speaker 5
Tablet
Bitterness
Notebook
Speaker 6
Architect
Head
Zebra
Speaker 7
Pouch
Cinema
Cookware
Round 2 - 3:00pm
Speaker 1
Liberty
experience
Laughter
Speaker 2
Perseverance
Argument
motivation
Speaker 3
Failure
excitement
Generation
Speaker 4
memory
Relaxation
patriotism
Speaker 5
Ability
helpfulness
sympathy
Speaker 6
hearsay
Growth
Communication
Speaker 7
Adventure
Opinion
Charity
Round 3 - 4:15pm
Speaker 1
If you carry the egg basket do not dance. --Ambede proverb
Blood is thicker than water
Every tub must stand on its own bottom.
Speaker 2
A fish and bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. --African Proverb
Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great. --Chinese Proverb
In hardship, we see true friendship. --Chinese Proverb
Speaker 3
The only free cheese is in the mousetrap.
Least said, soonest mended.
Good wine needs no bush.
Speaker 4
Enjoy it while it lasts
May the wind always be at your back. --Irish proverb
Pen is mightier than the sword
Speaker 5
You cannot name a child that is not born. --African proverb
Strike while the iron is hot
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Speaker 6
Don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Better safe than sorry
Speaker 7
A needle is not sharp at both ends. --Chinese Proverb
Absence makes heart grow fonder.
Variety is the spice of life.
Finals - 5:45pm
Speaker 1
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. --Woodrow Wilson
I don't care about the money. I care about the game. --Narcos
The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. The key to being happy isn't a search for meaning. It's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you'll be dead. --BoJack Horseman
Speaker 2
“A person who is demoralized is unable to accept true information.” --— Yuri Bezmenov
You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best. --Andrew Carnegie
Anything worth dying for is certainly worth living for. --Joseph Heller (Catch 22)
Speaker 3
Protesting is never a disturbance of the peace. Corruption, injustice, war and intimidation are disturbances of the peace. --Bryant McGill
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don't play together, the club won't be worth a dime. --Babe Ruth
“You can't get good at anything unless you do it day in and day out, over and over.” --— Steven Soderbergh
Speaker 4
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. --General George Patton
Like every other good thing in this world, leisure and culture have to be paid for. Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay. --Aldous Huxley
I don’t see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad --The Little Mermaid
Speaker 5
An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling lie. --Aldous Huxley
"If you're going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh; otherwise they'll kill you.” --— George Bernard Shaw
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. --Muhammad Ali
Speaker 6
Oh, my God, they killed Kenny! --South Park
"I help." --— Krzystof Kieslowski (When asked what a director does)
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. --Andrew Carnegie
Speaker 7
Those who are not interested in politics will be forever ruled by those who are. --G. Edward Griffin
When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth." --Khaled Hosseini
You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built in the human plan. We come with it. --Margareth Atwood