A. Open Extemp Event Prompts
Round 1 - 10:30am PST
Speaker 1
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Is U.N. intervention warranted in Colombia?
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Will Yair Lapid be able to form a government where Netanyahu could not?
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How can Mexico rebuild it’s crumbling infrastructure?
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Speaker 2
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Is Australia’s India Travel Ban a legal safety precaution or a human rights violation?
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Is now the time that Scottish independence will actually happen?
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Will EU policies to tighten foreign investment backfire?
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Speaker 3
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Is China maneuvering to finally annex Taiwan?
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Are Colombian protests a warning to the region?
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What does the rise in the popularity in India’s Bharatiya Janata Party mean for the country?
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Speaker 4
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Is China’s space program out of this world?
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Is it time that France canceled Napoleon?
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What does the election of Tanzania’s new president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, mean for the country?
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Speaker 5
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Is the UK’s deployment of the Royal Navy to Jersey an overreaction?
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What does the recent victory of Isabel Diaz Ayuso mean for the political climate of Spain?
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How can India’s government get ahead of the Covid- 19 pandemic?
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Speaker 6
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Should the Association of Southeast Asian Nations intervene in Myanmar?
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How should the BIden administration respond to heightened aggressive maneuvers in the South China Sea?
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Should Mount Everest be completely closed for tourism due to rising Covid-19 rates?
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Speaker 7
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Can the Amazon be saved?
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How can Israel’s parliament end their political stalemate?
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WIll anything actually come from the G-7’s list of complaints against China and Russia?
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Round 2 - 8:00am PST
Speaker 1
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Is Biden correct that ‘America’s democracy is rising anew’?
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How will the results of the census impact Congress?
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Should the national Seafood Council be resurrected?
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Speaker 2
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Will Biden give in on corporate tax increases?
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Will curbing drug costs be a priority for Congress?
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Will Gavin Newsome be recalled?
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Speaker 3
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Is Biden right to back waiving international patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines?
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Should Congress raise the debt-limit?
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Will Puerto Rico gain state-hood in the near future?
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Speaker 4
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Is it possible to reach Biden’s new vaccine deadline for all adults?
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Will DC achieve statehood?
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What is up with Cyber Ninjas in Arizona?
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Speaker 5
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Should small business owners fear Biden’s plan to beef up the IRS?
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Will the National Guard get the benefits they are asking for?
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Will Republicans be successful in passing antitrust reform?
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Speaker 6
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Did Biden raise the refugee cap enough?
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Will Congress approve recurring stimulus checks?
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Did the CDC misuse the Public Health Service Act when enacting the nationwide eviction moratorium?
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Speaker 7
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Can Biden’s American Families Plan be successful?
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Are the White House and Congress doing enough to address issues surrounding maternal health in the US?
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Is Florida’s Senate Bill 90 a good idea?
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Round 3 - 2:45pm PST
Speaker 1
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Is the US in another housing bubble?
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Has Venezuela's economy bottomed out?
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How is Canada’s economy growing so quickly?
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Speaker 2
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Are US inflation concerns legitimate?
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What impact will sinking pharma shares have on the global economy?
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What would an infrastructure boom mean for the American economy?
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Speaker 3
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Did the Covid relief checks make a difference to the economy?
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Will the UK economy be negatively impacted by inflation?
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What can Mexico do to help their young workers find employment?
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Speaker 4
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Is there a path back to economic talks for China and Australia?
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How can India’s economy recover from the country’s latest Covid surge?
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What is the future for bitcoin?
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Speaker 5
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What impact will sinking pharma shares have on the global economy?
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Has China’s economy recovered fully from the pandemic?
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Can Mexico’s economy recover from the March contractions?
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Speaker 6
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What do the new jobless numbers mean for the US economy?
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Will Canada’s housing frenzy last or crash?
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Can Japan’s economy weather the change in Olympic location?
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Speaker 7
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The paycheck protection program is out of money, now what?
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What will it take for the Philipine economy to recover from Covid?
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Will the Belt and Road Initiative diversify Kuwait’s economy?
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& Imp Finals - 10:30am PST
Speaker 1
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Can the model minority myth be overcome?
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What is the best way to combat Covid Vaccine misinformation?
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Will there be meaningful pushback against the Olympic ban of BLM apparel?
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Speaker 2
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What is the most effective thing that can be done to combat the mental health crisis Asian American’s are facing?
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Are social media platforms doing enough to combat Covid-19 vaccine misinformation?
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Will Columbia officials be able to have meaningful conversations with protestors?
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Speaker 3
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Will the US ever officially acknowledge the genocide of Native Americans?
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Which state has handled the Covid-19 vaccine rollout the best?
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Will Chile’s constitutional reform be successful?
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Speaker 4
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Will the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Missing and Murdered Unit make a real difference?
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Will the FBI label the Proud Boys as a domestic terrorist organization?
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What should the Biden administration prioritize achieving in 2021?
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Speaker 5
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What will it take to get the Federal government to provide California Native Americans with the appropriate healthcare funding?
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Will the movement to pay US moms be successful?
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Will the Biden presidency prove to be good for the environment?
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Speaker 6
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Are we taking QAnon seriously enough?
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What is the best way for the US to deal with their student loan crisis?
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Will the farmer protests in India prove successful?
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Speaker 7
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Should there be concern regarding the record low birth rates in the US?
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Is it enough that Biden cancelled the border contracts?
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What are the 3 most important places for Covid vaccines to be required?
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