2026 SCJFL October Elementary School Tournament
Roosevelt Elementary - Oct 10 | Status: Completed | 6:40 PM Pacific
Tournament Time: 6:40 PM Pacific
A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1
Speaker 1
1. Saxophone
2. Sunglasses
3. Belt
Speaker 2
1. Pyramid
2. Shampoo
3. Guest
Speaker 3
1. Cabin
2. Hammer
3. Antlers
Speaker 4
1. Grandmother
2. Pharmacy
3. Strawberry
Speaker 5
1. Mouth
2. Desk
3. Bill
Speaker 6
1. Blender
2. Radio
3. Bird
Speaker 7
1. Leg
2. Microscope
3. Spaghetti
Speaker 8
1. Bucket
2. Suitcase
3. Spoon
Speaker 9
1. Oven
2. Panda
3. Buffalo
Speaker 10
1. Frog
2. Jumper
3. Star
Round 2
Speaker 1
1. Contentment
2. Appetite
3. Goodness
Speaker 2
1. Sleep
2. Artisty
3. Advantage
Speaker 3
1. Relaxation
2. Philosophy
3. Awareness
Speaker 4
1. Luck
2. energy
3. Fascination
Speaker 5
1. patriotism
2. Tolerance
3. Bravery
Speaker 6
1. Clarity
2. Happiness
3. Sorrow
Speaker 7
1. Pain
2. sophistication
3. hearsay
Speaker 8
1. Disappointment
2. self-discipline
3. Union
Speaker 9
1. Curiosity
2. Worry
3. Poverty
Speaker 10
1. Loss
2. Divorce
3. Disquiet
Round 3
Speaker 1
1. A rich man’s joke is always funny.
2. To kill two birds with one stone
3. Among the blind, one-eyed man is king.
Speaker 2
1. If you carry the egg basket do not dance.
2. Once bitten twice shy
3. To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
Speaker 3
1. An idle brain is the devil’s workshop
2. It’s easy to halve the potato where there’s love.
3. Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today.
Speaker 4
1. Do not call a dog with a whip in your hand.
2. Best things in life are free.
3. When the cat’s away, the mice will play.
Speaker 5
1. Fortune favors the brave.
2. A hundred no's are less agonizing than one insincere yes.
3. The longest way around is the shortest way home.
Speaker 6
1. If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
2. Words must be weighed, not counted.
3. A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
Speaker 7
1. You can’t judge a book by its cover.
2. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
3. While the cat’s away, the mice will play
Speaker 8
1. Time is money.
2. Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
3. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.
Speaker 9
1. It takes more than one cold day for a river to freeze a meter deep.
2. Before preparing to improve the world, first look around your own home three times.
3. The longest mile is the last mile home.
Speaker 10
1. An empty vessel makes much noise
2. Why buy a cow when milk is so cheap?
3. If you can’t beat them, join them.
Finals
Speaker 1
1. Never be the only one, except, possibly, in your own home. - Alice Walker
2. You will always be in my heart
3. In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers. - Fred Rogers
Speaker 2
1. Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. - Arthur Ashe
2. It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels. - Aldous Huxley
3. One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation. - Arthur Ashe
Speaker 3
1. Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. - Louis D Brandeis
2. I didn't fear failure. I expected failure. - Amy Tan
3. A leader is a dealer in hope.
Speaker 4
1. Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. - Herber Hoover
2. Content makes poor men rich discontent makes rich men poor. - Benjamin Franklin
3. We must be our own before we can be another’s
Speaker 5
1. Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
2. “Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.” - — Napoléon Bonapart
3. If watchin' is all you're gonna do, then you're gonna watch your life go by without ya
Speaker 6
1. I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody. - Barack Obama
2. Learning something new is fun. - Alex Trebek
3. Every moment is a fresh beginning.
Speaker 7
1. I believe activism is the true source of change in the world. Pushing to change social structures in communities that you are a part of is critical for making real lasting change. - Marley Dias
2. You may delay, but time will not. - Benjamin Franklin
3. Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. - Benjamin Franklin
Speaker 8
1. Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended. - Benjamin Franklin
2. To us, family means putting your arms around each other and being there. - Barbara Bush
3. It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle
Speaker 9
1. Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent anyway. - Mother Teresa
2. Well done is better than well said. - Benjamin Franklin
3. He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Speaker 10
1. So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable. - Aldous Huxley
2. Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. - Albert Einstein
3. There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment in history, or nothing happens. - Coretta Scott King