A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 2 - 5:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Beauty

    Company

    opportunism

  2. Speaker 2


    Failure

    wish

    patriotism

  3. Speaker 3


    Divorce

    Disregard

    Hate

  4. Speaker 4


    Power

    Dexterity

    calmness

  5. Speaker 5


    Liberty

    Idea

    parenthood

  6. Speaker 6


    Skill

    stupidity

    Infancy

  7. Speaker 7


    idiosyncrasy

    Trend

    Justice

Finals - 8:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. --Benjamin Franklin

    There’s always a bigger fish. --Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace

    “Good stories seldom come from happy experiences.” --— Tim Kreider

  2. Speaker 2


    It’s amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. --Harry S. Truman

    To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself; that, my friend, is very hard to do. --Bruce Lee

    “He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.” --— Friedrich Nietzsche

  3. Speaker 3


    Activism has been very productive in our society. --Anthony Fauci

    If you somehow believe that correcting the intolerance of others should be done by attacking, smearing, shouting and name-calling others, you've become your own enemy. --Katherine Brodsky

    "In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." --— Robert Frost

  4. Speaker 4


    "There will be many fire alarms in your life, but few fires.” --— Adam Carolla

    If you want to make enemies, try to change something. --Woodrow Wilson

    Never give up. Keep trying and pushing and struggling, even if you don't know what your goal is or why you would want to achieve it. --Jack Handey

  5. Speaker 5


    No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. --Elbert Hubbard

    You just have to find your activism and don’t let anyone tell you what that should look like. If you’re doing the work, and you’re getting someone to think, you’re on the right path. --Angie Thomas

    Sometimes you try your hardest, but things don't work out the way you want them to --Lilo & Stitch

  6. Speaker 6


    “As government expands, liberty contracts.” --— Ronald Reagan

    “Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” --— Elbert Hubbard

    I’m bad, and that’s good. I will never be good, and that’s not bad. There’s no one I’d rather be than me --Wreck-It-Ralph

  7. Speaker 7


    Never tell me the odds. --Han Solo, The Empire Strikes Back

    We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. --Aristotle

    Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense. --Amelia Earhart

Round 3 - 6:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    It takes more than one cold day for a river to freeze a meter deep. --Chinese Proverb

    Blessings come in disguise. --Chinese Proverb

    The fool speaks, the wise man listens. --African Proverb

  2. Speaker 2


    Make hay while the sun shines.

    Keep the general goal in sight while tackling daily tasks. --Chinese Proverb

    If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try spending the night with a mosquito. --African Proverb

  3. Speaker 3


    Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.

    Better to be poor and healthy than rich and sick.

    Better little than too little. --Cameroonian proverb

  4. Speaker 4


    Every dog has its day

    Seeing is believing

    Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great. --Chinese Proverb

  5. Speaker 5


    Bitter pills may have blessed effects.

    Don’t cast pearls before swine.

    When using books, you'll regret reading few. --Chinese Proverb

  6. Speaker 6


    A smile dispels many worries. --Chinese Proverb

    Every man is sociable until a cow invades his garden. --Irish proverb

    A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns. --Irish proverb

  7. Speaker 7


    Small as it is, the sparrow has all the vital organs. --Chinese Proverb

    A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish great things. --Chinese Proverb

    Want a thing long enough and you don't. --Chinese Proverb

Round 1 - 4:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Detective

    Razor

    Toothpaste

  2. Speaker 2


    Vase

    Socks

    Milk

  3. Speaker 3


    Costume

    Zoo

    Xylophone

  4. Speaker 4


    Microscope

    Chair

    Grapes

  5. Speaker 5


    Lips

    Police station

    Veterinarian

  6. Speaker 6


    Hamburger

    Lemon

    Mango

  7. Speaker 7


    Beans

    Oil

    Gift