B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1 - 1:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Grapes
    2. Ocean
    3. Necklace
  2. Speaker 2


    1. Oil
    2. Book
    3. Restaurant
  3. Speaker 3


    1. Freezer
    2. Lemon
    3. Piano
  4. Speaker 4


    1. Sandals
    2. Tongue
    3. Jaw
  5. Speaker 5


    1. Fruit
    2. Model
    3. Farm
  6. Speaker 6


    1. Potato
    2. Suitcase
    3. Train
  7. Speaker 7


    1. Lips
    2. Turtle
    3. Father

Finals - 5:55pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Imagination is more important than knowledge. --Albert Einstein
    2. When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night’s sleep for the chance of extra profits. --Warren Buffett
    3. Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. --Benjamin Franklin
  2. Speaker 2


    1. Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! --Andrew Carnegie
    2. Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems. --Brian Tracy
    3. Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass. --Benjamin Franklin
  3. Speaker 3


    1. Keep all your eggs in one basket, but watch that basket closely. --Warren Buffett
    2. At twenty years of age the will reigns at thirty, the wit and at forty, the judgment. --Benjamin Franklin
    3. A leader is a dealer in hope. --Napoleon Bonaparte
  4. Speaker 4


    1. You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward. --Andre Agassi
    2. After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. --Aldous Huxley
    3. The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. --Benjamin Franklin
  5. Speaker 5


    1. Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and you can't compare two things to see if they're 'equally infinite.' --Fred Rogers
    2. Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy. --George Washington
    3. No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. --Andrew Carnegie
  6. Speaker 6


    1. People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are. --Aldous Huxley
    2. It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. --Horace
    3. "Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom." --Thomas Jefferson
  7. Speaker 7


    1. "Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you're thinking or feeling unless you share it." --Fred Rogers
    2. In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. --Benjamin Franklin
    3. Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are dead. --Aldous Huxley

Round 2 - 3:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    1. Sensitivity
    2. Insanity
    3. Generation
  2. Speaker 2


    1. Dedication
    2. Goal
    3. Determination
  3. Speaker 3


    1. Strictness
    2. Relief
    3. Compassion
  4. Speaker 4


    1. Law
    2. Ability
    3. Love
  5. Speaker 5


    1. Hatred
    2. Luck
    3. Contentment
  6. Speaker 6


    1. Success
    2. Kindness
    3. Weakness
  7. Speaker 7


    1. Silliness
    2. Energetic
    3. Awe

Round 3 - 4:15pm

  1. Speaker 1


      1. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

    • What goes around comes around 

    1. A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures. --Irish proverb
  2. Speaker 2


    1. One shouldn’t miss the forest for the trees 
    2. Pen is mightier than the sword 
    3. A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. --Irish proverb
  3. Speaker 3


    1. Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still. --Chinese Proverb
    2. As you sow, so you shall reap.
    3. You can't teach an old dog new tricks. 
  4. Speaker 4


      1. You’ll never plough a field by turning it over in your mind. --Irish proverb

    • Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today 

    1. You cant have an omelete unless you break the egg. 
  5. Speaker 5


    1. You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your father was. --Irish proverb
    2. Better late than never.
    3. Every cloud has a silver lining 
  6. Speaker 6


      1. No matter how tall the mountain is, it cannot block the sun. --Chinese Proverb

    • A picture is worth a thousand words

    1. A jack of all trades is master of none.
  7. Speaker 7


    1. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. 
    2. All that glitters is not gold 
    3. Be a mountain or lean on one. --Somali proverb