A. Open Extemporaneous Event Prompts
Round 1: 9am - Extemp Draw 8:45am
Speaker 1
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What can Finland and Sweden do to expedite their membership in NATO?
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How can the world further crack down on Russian oil exports?
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What are Lula’s biggest challenges in getting Brazil back on track?
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Speaker 2
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Are the Philippines being adequately protected from China?
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Should Biden delay F-16 sales to Turkey?
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How will the EU’s pledge to double their military aid programme to Ukraine impact the conflict?
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Speaker 3
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What does it mean that Israel isn’t sending weapons to Ukraine?
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Did India increase its defense budget enough to address concerns about China?
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Was it the right call to strip Andrea Cozzolino and Marc Tarabella of legal immunity in Qatargate?
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Speaker 4
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Will the recent UK protests be successful?
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What are the potential risks and benefits of Indian Prime Minister Narenrda Modi visiting the White House?
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How should the US respond to Xi Jinping’s ambitions toward Taiwan?
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Speaker 5
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Is the wayward Chinese “weather balloon” an overblown mistake or something more sinister?
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Is Chile’s government doing enough to address wildfires?
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Will the International Monetary Fund resume lending to Pakistan?
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Speaker 6
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Will the economic advantages of Mexico’s Maya Train outweigh the environmental costs?
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Will the Adani Group’s financial turmoil be a temporary dip or a domino to an Indian economic downturn?
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Should NATO provide long-range missiles to Ukraine?
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Speaker 7
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What can the world learn from Canadian gun control laws?
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Will former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro face the same legal treatment as Donald Trump for inciting a storm on the capital?
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How can Japan better support Taiwan?
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Round 2: 1pm - Extemp Draw 12:45pm
Speaker 1
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Who stands to gain the most in the wake of Google, Microsoft and Facebook mass layoffs?
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Are the latest job growth numbers a cause for celebration?
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Is now a good time to buy Apple stock?
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Speaker 2
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Will the latest federal interest rate increase mean for homebuyers?
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Will AI ETFs upend the stock market?
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Is now a good time to buy Amazon stock?
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Speaker 3
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How have the oil sanctions on Russia had any economic impact?
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Is now a good time to buy Meta stock?
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What regulations can be placed on crypto exchanges to return investor confidence?
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Speaker 4
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Is now a good time to buy Alphabet stock?
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Is Salesforce done with layoffs?
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Is Netflix password sharing restrictions a sign of changes to come for streaming services?
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Speaker 5
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Will egg prices crack any time soon?
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Should Lilly be worried about latest stock dive?
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Which crypto exchanges will survive and which will crumble in the fallout of the FTX scandal?
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Speaker 6
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Should Disney be worried about Nelson Peltz?
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Is now a good time to buy Bitcoin?
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Should investors be concerned about a ‘sudden stop’ in the economy?
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Speaker 7
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Will Hong Kong’s offer of free plane tickets be successful in reviving tourism?
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Is now a good time to buy Microsoft stock?
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Is now a good time to buy Tesla stock?
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Finals: 4pm - Extemp Draw 3:45pm
Speaker 1
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How will domestic regulations for TikTok change in the next year?
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What should be the top priorities in President Biden’s State of the Union address?
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What cases on the 2023 Supreme Court docket will have the greatest impact for years to come?
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Speaker 2
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Will student debt forgiveness happen before the 2024 elections?
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What concessions will democrats have to make to raise the debt ceiling?
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Who will win Super Bowl LVII?
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Speaker 3
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Is Biden’s infrastructure investment into rail lines a long term win or short sighted mistake?
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What lessons can be learned from Biden and Trump’s Classified Document scandals?
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What can be done to curtail sexual misconduct in US Olympic teams?
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Speaker 4
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What will be the ramifications of the College Board’s new AP syllabus?
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Who should be the next National Economic Council Director?
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Did California make the right call regarding the Colorado River negotiations?
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Speaker 5
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Why don’t more Americans know about IRS Free File?
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Will Senator Dianne Feinstein choose to retire this year?
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How will the end of the Covid Public Health Emergency impact the United States?
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Speaker 6
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George Santos: secret genius or political punchline?
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Will ConocoPhillips get their Alaska drilling deal approved?
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How can the K-12 educator retention crisis be solved?
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Speaker 7
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Is Study Hall a viable educational opportunity?
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Will the Super Bowl have a largely positive impact on Phoenix?
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What does it mean that Sarah Huckabee Sanders was chosen to deliver the GOP’s response to the State of the Union?
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