A. Novice Extemp (Sat) Event Prompts

1A: PER, ADS, POI, PRO, DUO, OP, EXT (840/910)

  1. Speaker 1


    Speaker One:

    1. What will be the impact of the Supreme Court’s emergency ruling on Vasquez Perdomo v Noem?

    2. What is scary about the government shutdown?

    3. What happened to the support for conservatives in the podcasting world?

     

  2. Speaker 2


    Speaker Two:

    1. What will happen to James Comey?

    2. Did the democrats take an impactful stand during the government shutdown?

    3. Has the deployment of the National Guard had a frightening impact on American cities?

     

  3. Speaker 3


    Speaker Three:

    1. Popular or pumpkin: How will Bari Weiss affect the future of CBS News?

    2. What will be the impact of the NFL’s selection of Bad Bunny for the Superbowl half-time show?

    3. Will Trump invoke the Insurrection Act?

     

  4. Speaker 4


    Speaker Four:

    1. Is the Department of Justice nonpartisan? Or is that a myth?

    2. What is the most likely impact of a Supreme Court decision in Chilez v. Salazar?

    3. What have been the impacts of the government shutdown?

     

  5. Speaker 5


    Speaker Five:

    1. What will be the impact of Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy on the democratic party?

    2. What will happen to Letitia James?

    3. Does Trump have a ghost of a chance at winning the Nobel Peace Prize in the future?

     

  6. Speaker 6


    Speaker Six:

    1. What will be the impact of schools like Brown University and MIT declining Trump’s demands?

    2. After the alleged horrors, will Ghislaine Maxwell receive a pardon?

    3. Has Trump made good on his promise to use the government shutdown to hurt Democrats?

     

2A: PER, ADS, POI, PRO, DUO, OP, EXT (1125/1155)

  1. Speaker 1


    Speaker One:

    1. Is the UK’s Online Safety Act a trick or a treat for their citizens?

    2. Will the Israel-Palestine peace deal last?

    3. What happened to the longstanding peace between Pakistan and the Taliban?

     

  2. Speaker 2


    Speaker Two:

    1. Will the US bombings of alleged “Venezuelan drug boats” have a haunting impact?

    2. Has Emmanuel Macron had an effective run as President of France?

    3. Will the peace deal between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda hold?

     

  3. Speaker 3


    Speaker Three:

    1. Should the Catholic Church do more to help abuse survivors?

    2. What has been the impact of the latest Israel-Palestine ceasefire?

    3. What has been the impact of the Nepalese revolution?

     

  4. Speaker 4


    Speaker Four:

    1. Which country in Africa is on the biggest economic rise?

    2. Why are world governments labeling ANTIFA a terrorist organization?

    3. Are passports becoming obsolete with the new European Entry/Exit System?

     

  5. Speaker 5


    Speaker Five:

    1. What is the future of far right groups in Asia?

    2. Who is Maria Corina Machado, and why does her spirit matter?

    3. Is Hungary violating EU treaty values through its crackdowns on public expression?

     

  6. Speaker 6


    Speaker Six:

    1. What is happening in Madagascar following the military coup?

    2. Scare or fair: What have been the global impacts of the Trump tariffs?

    3. What will be the impacts of global warming on Antarctica?

     

FINALS A: PER, ADS, POI, PRO, DUO, OP, EXT 250/320

  1. Speaker 1


    Speaker One:

    1. Will Prop 50 pass?

    2. Why did Newsom veto the bill that would ban “forever chemicals”?

    3. How can [your region] stop the haunting of an unaddressed issue?

     

  2. Speaker 2


    Speaker Two:

    1. Prop 50: What’s at stake?

    2. What will be the impact of California’s Assembly Bill 56? (Social media warning label law)

    3. How can [your region] make an unaddressed issue less scary?

     

  3. Speaker 3


    Speaker Three:

    1. If Prop 50 passes, what will happen?

    2. Should California be taking more action to prepare for natural disasters?

    3. How can [your region] stop the curse of an unaddressed issue?

     

  4. Speaker 4


    Speaker Four:

    1. How will Prop 50 impact California?

    2. What will be the impact of California’s Assembly Bill 1043 have? (Age verification law)

    3. How can [your region] cast a spell to fix an unaddressed issue?

     

  5. Speaker 5


    Speaker Five:

    1. Why is Newsom supporting Prop 50?

    2. What will be the impact of California’s Senate Bill 40? (Insulin copayment cap law)

    3. How can [your region] deal with an unaddressed monster?

     

  6. Speaker 6


    Speaker Six:

    1. If Prop 50 fails, what awaits?

    2. What impact will California’s Senate Bill 243 have? (Companion chatbots law)

    3. How can [your region] put an unaddressed issue to rest?

     

  7. Speaker 7


    Speaker Seven:

    1. If Prop 50 passes, what’s next?

    2. How will climate change impact California in the next 50 years?

    3. How can [your region] scare away an unaddressed issue?