A. Novice Extemporaneous Event Prompts

Round 1 - 11:00am

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Should Ron Desantis drop out?

    2. Is Joe Biden too old to run? 

    3. Is Marjorie Taylor Green effective?

  2. Speaker 2


    1. Should Mike Pence drop out?

    2. Will Hunter Biden bring down his father? 

    3. Is Matt Gaetz effective?

  3. Speaker 3


    1. Should Nikki Haly drop out?

    2. Will the fraud conviction bring down Donald J. Trump?  

    3. Is Jim Jordan effective?

  4. Speaker 4


    1. Should Vivek Ramaswamy drop out?

    2. Was Jack Smith the right pick for Special Council? 

    3. Is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez effective?

  5. Speaker 5


    1. Should Chris Christie drop out?

    2. Is Merrick Garland independent enough? 

    3. Is Kamala Harris effective?

  6. Speaker 6


    1. Should Tim Scott drop out?

    2. Does Kari Lake have a shot? 

    3. Is Hakeem Jeffries effective?

  7. Speaker 7


    1. Should Asa Hutchinson drop out?

    2. Is Donald J Trump too old to run?

    3. Is Gavin Newsome effective?

Round 2 - 2:15pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Will tension in Nagorno-Karabakh ever be resolved?

    2. Is this North Korea’s moment? 

    3. Rate my job performance: Benjamin Netanyahu 

  2. Speaker 2


    1. Will tension in the South China Sea ever be resolved?

    2. Is this Saudi Arabia’s moment? 

    3. Rate my job performance: António Guterres

  3. Speaker 3


    1. Will tension at the US-Mexico border ever be resolved?

    2. Is this Turkey’s moment? 

    3. Rate my job performance: Giorgia Meloni

  4. Speaker 4


    1. Will tension in Darfur ever be resolved?

    2. Is this Venezuela’s moment? 

    3. Rate my job performance: Xi Jinping

  5. Speaker 5


    1. Will tension between India and Canada ever be resolved?

    2. Is this Taiwan’s moment? 

    3. Rate my job performance: Luiz Lula da Silva

  6. Speaker 6


    1. Will tension in Niger ever be resolved?

    2. Is this India’s moment? 

    3. Rate my job performance: Rishi Sunak

  7. Speaker 7


    1. WIll tensions between Hezbollah and Israel ever be resolved?

    2. Is this Finland’s moment? 

    3. Rate my job performance: Kim Jong Un

Final Round - 5:15pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Boom or Bust: Saudi Arabia’s “The Line”

    2. Solar power: Worth it?  

    3. Should “X” (formerly Twitter) survive?

  2. Speaker 2


    1. Boom or Bust:  ChatGPT

    2. Carbon mineralization: worth it?  

    3. Should Fox News survive?

  3. Speaker 3


    1. Boom or Bust: Autonomous Vehicles

    2. Climate Corps: Worth it? 

    3. Should Amazon survive?

  4. Speaker 4


    1. Boom or Bust: Augmented Reality

    2. Desalination Plants: Worth it?

    3. Should TikTok survive?

  5. Speaker 5


    1. Boom or Bust: Mars travel

    2. Electric vehicles: Worth it? 

    3. Should Burning Man survive?

  6. Speaker 6


    1. Boom or Bust:  Blockchain technology

    2. Climate-resilient crops: Worth it? 

    3. Should “Truth Social” survive?

  7. Speaker 7


    1. Boom or Bust: Moon landings

    2. Oil: Worth it?  

    3. Should high interest rates survive?