2026 NOF Onyx Invitational

National Online Forensics - Jan 17 | Status: Completed | 1:00 PM Pacific

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  D. Elementary Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1

  1. Speaker 1


    Market
    Telephone
    Soap

  2. Speaker 2


    Chest
    Noise
    Baby

  3. Speaker 3


    Factory
    Surgeon
    Galaxy

  4. Speaker 4


    Donkey
    Table
    Finger

  5. Speaker 5


    Wolf
    Judge
    Host

  6. Speaker 6


    Grandfather
    Aircraft
    Pyramid

  7. Speaker 7


    Hen
    Rice
    Restaurant

Round 2

  1. Speaker 1


    sadness
    Mercy
    Philosophy

  2. Speaker 2


    Opportunity
    Gossip
    Irritation

  3. Speaker 3


    Death
    Envy
    Relief

  4. Speaker 4


    excitement
    Disturbance
    knowledge

  5. Speaker 5


    Fiction
    Liberty
    Hate

  6. Speaker 6


    Fact
    Freedom
    Wariness

  7. Speaker 7


    Belief
    Trust
    Frailty

Round 3

  1. Speaker 1


    If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars? --African Proverb
    If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
    To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

  2. Speaker 2


    When a twig grows hard, it is difficult to twist it.
    A good listener is a silent flatterer.
    A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground. --Igbo proverb

  3. Speaker 3


    The highest branch is not the safest roost.
    A rich man’s joke is always funny.
    Eagles don’t catch flies.

  4. Speaker 4


    Where there’s smoke there’s fire
    Good bargains empty the purse.
    A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns. --Irish proverb

  5. Speaker 5


    Anger and madness are brothers. --African proverb
    Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
    Where there is love, there is no darkness. --African Proverb

  6. Speaker 6


    You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink
    It takes two to tango.
    The only free cheese is in the mousetrap.

  7. Speaker 7


    Enjoy it while it lasts
    The family that prays together stays together.
    A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Elim 1

  1. Speaker 1


    You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
    The fear of loss is a path to the dark side.
    Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow. --Chinese Proverb

  2. Speaker 2


    Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. --Abigail Adams
    Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there. --Bo Jackson
    Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late. --Benjamin Franklin

  3. Speaker 3


    Life is a harsh sentence to lay down for yourself
    I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy to be told instead that she has leadership skills. --Sheryl Sandberg
    The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. --Abraham Lincoln

  4. Speaker 4


    A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide. --Mickey Mantle
    "Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.” --— Ray Bradbury
    To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less. --Andre Malraux

  5. Speaker 5


    I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.
    “He who is not angry when there is just cause for anger is immoral.” --— Thomas Aquinas
    “It is difficulties that show what men are.” --— Epictetus

  6. Speaker 6


    Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. --Gary Snyder
    How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning? --Fred Rogers
    "Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.” --— Oscar Wilde

  7. Speaker 7


    The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing. --Benjamin Franklin
    Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one. --John Lennon
    It is not the length of life, but the depth.

Elim 2

  1. Speaker 1


    ROUND 4: QUOTATIONS
    “Character is what you do when no one is watching.” --John Wooden
    “The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do.” --Swati Sharma

  2. Speaker 2


    “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” --John Wooden
    “We become what we think about.” --Earl Nightingale
    “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” --C.S. Lewis

  3. Speaker 3


    “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” --Theodore Roosevelt
    “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” --Edmund Burke
    “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” --Roy T. Bennett

  4. Speaker 4


    “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” --Maya Angelou
    “Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” --Peter Marshall
    “Never confuse motion with action.” --Ernest Hemingway

  5. Speaker 5


    “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.” --Ernest Hemingway
    “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” --E.E. Cummings
    “Act without expectation.” --Lao Tzu

  6. Speaker 6


    “Quality is not an act, it is a habit.” --Aristotle
    “Nothing will work unless you do.” --Maya Angelou
    “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” --Plato

  7. Speaker 7


    “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” --Confucius
    “Be curious, not judgmental.” --Walt Whitman
    “Success is peace of mind.” --John Wooden