A. Open Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1 - 4:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Spoon
    Vehicle
    Daughter

  2. Speaker 2


    Mango
    Dog
    Snowman

  3. Speaker 3


    Boxers
    Belt
    Orange

  4. Speaker 4


    Bikini
    Cane
    Dress

  5. Speaker 5


    Brass
    Guitar
    Cow

  6. Speaker 6


    Pig
    Alligator
    Blouse

  7. Speaker 7


    Plant
    Newspaper
    Boots

Round 2 - 5:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Loneliness
    Brutality
    Rhythm

  2. Speaker 2


    honesty
    Marriage
    excitement

  3. Speaker 3


    Company
    Courage
    Strength

  4. Speaker 4


    sympathy
    Disregard
    Anger

  5. Speaker 5


    Sorrow
    Sacrifice
    Wealth

  6. Speaker 6


    Generosity
    Sleep
    Artisty

  7. Speaker 7


    Worry
    Strictness
    idiosyncrasy

Round 3 - 6:30pm

  1. Speaker 1


    Do not look where you feel. Look where you slipped. --African Proverb
    Even a hare will bite when it is cornered. --Chinese Proverb
    Knowledge is a garden. If it isn’t cultivated, you can’t harvest it. --African Proverb

  2. Speaker 2


    All good things come to an end
    A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.
    The higher the monkey climbs the more he shows his tail.

  3. Speaker 3


    What’s good for the goose, is good for the gander.
    Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today. --African Proverb
    Clothes do not make a man.

  4. Speaker 4


    No shortcuts exist to the top of a palm tree. --African Proverb
    When the shepherd comes home in peace, the milk is sweet. --Ethiopian proverb
    Eagles don’t catch flies.

  5. Speaker 5


    Forgive and forget
    Where there is love, there is no darkness. --African Proverb
    Necessity is the mother of invention

  6. Speaker 6


    Too many cooks spoil the broth
    No man is an island.
    He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. --Chinese Proverb

  7. Speaker 7


    There's no place like home.
    Laughter is the best medicine
    A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns. --Irish proverb

Finals - 8:00pm

  1. Speaker 1


    There’s always a bigger fish. --Unknown
    When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself. --Benjamin Franklin
    Rule No. 1: never lose money; rule No. 2: don’t forget rule No. 1 --Warren Buffet

  2. Speaker 2


    "All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is exclusively my own.” --— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.  --Winston Churchill
    Only art and music have the power to bring peace. --Yoko Ono

  3. Speaker 3


    Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.  --Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.  --Warren Buffet
    I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money. --Barack Obama

  4. Speaker 4


    “Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him" --— James Allen
    It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. --Antoine de SaintExupery (The Little Prince)
    So soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free, you will have a hundred lawyers proving that 'freedom does not mean abuse, nor liberty license,’ and they will define freedom out of existence.

  5. Speaker 5


    "I wish I had invented a way not to die.” --— Thomas Edison
    "The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.” --— Benjamin Franklin
    The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet. --Theodore Hesburgh

  6. Speaker 6


    Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you’re proud to live. --Anne Sweeney
    They say nothing lasts forever but they're just scared it will last longer than they can love it.  --Ocean Vuong
    Adventure is out there.  --From the movie Up

  7. Speaker 7


    "I was not a perfect risk, but I was a risk worth taking.” --— Dwight Gooden
    “We may hate each other, but let’s at least quit pretending we hate hating each other; we love hating each other.” --— Tim Kreider
    Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. --Albert Einstein

  8. Speaker 8


    - “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” --Eleanor Roosevelt

    - “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” --Mark Twain

    - “Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.” --John Lennon