B. Novice Extemp Event Prompts

Round 1 10:15

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  How should the Democrats campaign in the Georgia Senatorial run-offs?

    2.  Should early voting become a staple of future elections in all fifty states?

    3.  How can a Vice President Harris achieve the goals she outlined?

  2. Speaker 2


    1. How should the Republicans campaign in the Georgia Senatorial run-offs?

    2. Will President Biden consider his slim victory a mandate to change the system?

    3. Should the U.S. eliminate farm subsidies?

  3. Speaker 3


    1. Will Biden be able to keep his promise to not raise taxes on those making less than $400,000?

    2. How can the federal government encourage more Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccine if and when it becomes available?

    3. Can the US start to reach for equality without fixing the economy?

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  Will the Democrats try to pack the Supreme Court?

    2.  Are both political parties failing black America?

    3.  Can the U.S. economy handle a tax increase while trying to recover from COVID-19?

  5. Speaker 5


    1. Why did the Republicans pick up seats in the House?

    2.   Does the U.S. need to embrace a more coordinated response to COVID-19 rather than allowing each state to act independently?

    3.  What is next for the campaign to defund the police?

  6. Speaker 6


    1. Will the Hunter Biden controversy go away now that the election is over?

    2. What should President Biden do to unify the country?

    3. How will COVID-19 alter the operations of American colleges?

  7. Speaker 7


    1. Will the Democrats seek to punish President Trump?

    2. What role will an Ex-President Trump play in the next four years?

    3. What steps do states need to take to stop the second wave of COVID infections?

Round 2 1:15

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Who are the best bets for the Biden cabinet?

    2. Will the Green New Deal lead to greater sacrifice in the effort to save the planet?

    3. What will President Biden’s policy be towards Russia?

  2. Speaker 2


    1. Is the airline industry  the biggest economic loser of COVID-19?

    2.  What role will AOC and the squad play in the new administration?

    3.  What will President Biden’s policy be towards China?

  3. Speaker 3


    1. Will the cities calm down now that the Democrats won?

    2.  What will President Biden’s policy be towards Iran?

    3.  Does the U.S. need fewer regulations on pharmaceutical drugs?


  4. Speaker 4


    1.  What will President Biden’s policy be towards NATO?

    2. What can be done to improve online education?

    3.  Will the states see a huge cash infusion with a Biden White House?

  5. Speaker 5


    1. What will President Biden’s policy be towards India?

    2. With a public option, would Bidencare be better than Obamacare?

    3.  What can be done to improve online education?

  6. Speaker 6


    1. What will President Biden’s policy be towards Africa?

    2.  What can we expect in 2021 for the stock market?

    3.  What should President Biden do to unify the country?

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  What will President Biden’s policy be towards Israel?

    2.   Who are the best bets for the Biden cabinet?

    3.    How would further declines in the value of the dollar impact the U.S. economy?

Finals 4:30

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Is the era of global free trade over?

    2.  What can we expect in 2021 for the price of precious metals?

    3. From the perspective of Vladimir Putin, what is Russia’s biggest strategic problem?

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  Is the UN doing enough to coordinate global action on COVID-19?

    2.  How is the rise of China changing the world?

    3.  Is the liberal international order falling apart?

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Who should lead Germany after Angela Merkel?

    2.  Are international sanctions a poor way to influence change?

    3.  Will the end of the UN arms embargo on Iran create more instability in the Middle East?

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  Is China winning the COVID-19 vaccine race?

    2.  Is Japan an underappreciated global power?

    3.  Does the recent murder of a French teacher serve as an indictment of France’s approach toward integrating immigrants into its society?

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  Should the G20 extend the African debt moratorium?

    2.  Will the COVID-19 pandemic provide a boost to the fortunes of Latin America’s left-wing parties?

    3.  Does reentry into the Paris Accords give false hope for defeating climate change?

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  Will new COVID lockdowns do lasting damage to Western European economies?

    2.  Are Mexico’s feminist protests succeeding?

    3.  Should Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala or Yoo Myung-hee be the next head of the WTO?

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  Is Tanzania sliding into a dictatorship?

    2.  Under what conditions would another Scottish independence referendum be acceptable?

    3.  Can Europe economically afford another round of COVID-19 lockdowns?