A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1

  1. Speaker 1


    Umbrella
    Forest
    Remote

  2. Speaker 2


    Popcorn
    Tea
    Beans

  3. Speaker 3


    Plant
    Sofa
    Tissue

  4. Speaker 4


    Telephone
    Mirror
    Panda

  5. Speaker 5


    Pyramid
    Boots
    Underwear

  6. Speaker 6


    Buckles
    Rice
    Tie

  7. Speaker 7


    Hat
    Sister
    Garage

Round 2

  1. Speaker 1


    Curiosity
    Fragility
    Courage

  2. Speaker 2


    Awe
    Company
    submission

  3. Speaker 3


    Restoration
    wish
    impression

  4. Speaker 4


    Weariness
    Rhythm
    Hope

  5. Speaker 5


    Maturity
    Gain
    Disregard

  6. Speaker 6


    Confidence
    Opinion
    Reality

  7. Speaker 7


    Apprehension
    Clarity
    Goal

Round 3

  1. Speaker 1


    Govern a family as you would cook a small fish - very gently. --Chinese Proverb
    The course of true love never did run smooth.
    He who hesitates is lost.

  2. Speaker 2


    A good listener is a silent flatterer.
    Every horse thinks its own pack is heaviest.
    Where there is love, there is no darkness. --African Proverb

  3. Speaker 3


    Enjoy it while it lasts
    The longest way around is the shortest way home.
    To kill two birds with one stone

  4. Speaker 4


    If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
    Solve one problem, and you keep a hundred others away. --Chinese Proverb
    May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past. --Irish proverb

  5. Speaker 5


    Those who just want speed don't succeed. --Chinese Proverb
    Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
    One beam, no matter how big, cannot support an entire house on its own. --Chinese Proverb

  6. Speaker 6


    Two wrongs don’t make a right
    No medicine exists that can cure hatred. --African Proverb
    Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

  7. Speaker 7


    Practice makes perfect
    To get lost is to learn the way. --African Proverb
    Politeness costs little but yields much.

Finals

  1. Speaker 1


    It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. --Aristotle
    I find your lack of faith disturbing. --Darth Vader, A New Hope
    Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. --Albert Einstein

  2. Speaker 2


    Hope is a waking dream. --Aristotle
    "A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.” --— George Bernard Shaw
    The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. --James Madison

  3. Speaker 3


    A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. --Edward Abbey
    The less you talk, the more you're listened to. --Abigail Van Buren
    Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

  4. Speaker 4


    Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people. --Anwar Sadat
    The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. --Benjamin Franklin
    Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good will and kind conduct more speedily changed. --John Jay

  5. Speaker 5


    The function of freedom is to free someone else. --Toni Morrison
    The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
    Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

  6. Speaker 6


    How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names. --Alice Walker
    Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. --Aldous Huxley
    Quality is not an act, it is a habit. --Aristotle

  7. Speaker 7


    It's up to you how far you go. If you don't try, you'll never know
    Not all those who wander are lost. --J.R.R. Tolkein (The Fellowship of the Ring)
    Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. --Dale Carnegie