B. Novice Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1 (10:00am)
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
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They’re gonna clean up your looks with all the lies and the books to make a citizen out of you - My Chemical Romance
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Is it worth it, can you even hear me? - The Used
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We’re always sleeping in and sleeping for the wrong team - Fall Out Boy
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Speaker 2
Speaker 2
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I set my clocks early cause I know I’m always late - Fall Out Boy
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It’s much better to face these kinds of things with a sense of poise and rationality - Panic! At the Disco
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Inhale the future slow, I exhale the past, let go - Pierce the Veil
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Speaker 3
Speaker 3
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There’s no better vengeance than learning to enjoy again - Pierce the Veil
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Can’t fight against the youth, you’ll never take us alive - Panic! At the Disco
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This ain’t a scene, it’s a goddamn arms race - Fall Out Boy
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Speaker 4
Speaker 4
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Never the same person when I go to sleep as when I wake up - Fall Out Boy
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Each day gets more and more like the last day - The Used
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If I’m just bad news, then you’re a liar - Taking Back Sunday
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Speaker 5
Speaker 5
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Ohio is for lovers - Hawthorne Heights
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Do or die, you’ll never break me, because the world can never take my heart - My Chemical Romance
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These words are all I have so I’ll write them - Fall Out Boy
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Speaker 6
Speaker 6
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Why don’t you show me a little bit of spine - Fall Out Boy
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Don’t rain on my parade, it’s gonna glow in the dark - Pierce the Veil
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I’m tired, and I’ve felt it for a while now - The Used
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Speaker 7
Speaker 7
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People will dissect us till this doesn’t mean a thing anymore - Fall Out Boy
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I’m just the way that the doctor made me - My Chemical Romance
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I’ve got so much to give but I would kill just to feel less invisible - Pierce the Veil
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Round 2 (1:30pm)
Speaker 1
Day 2 Round 2 - Interesting Facts
Speaker 1
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In the 1830s, tomato ketchup was sold as a medicine to treat ailments like indigestion, diarrhea, and jaundice.
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Bananas are slightly radioactive because they contain potassium-40, a natural isotope.
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Your brain burns 400-500 calories a day.
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Speaker 2
Speaker 2
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A cloud weighs around a million tonnes.
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Giraffes are 30 times more likely to get hit by lightning than people.
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Your brain is constantly eating itself. This process is called phagocytosis.
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Speaker 3
Speaker 3
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Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5 per cent.
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The Sun makes a sound but we can't hear it.
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Chainsaws were first invented for childbirth.
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Speaker 4
Speaker 4
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Ants don’t have lungs. They instead breathe through spiracles, nine or ten tiny openings.
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A horse normally has more than one horsepower.
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In the Olympics, competitive art was once an official sport.
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Speaker 5
Speaker 5
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The longest recorded period of human constipation is 45 days.
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There are more bacterial cells in your body than human cells.
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You can see stars as they were 4,000 years ago with the naked eye.
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Speaker 6
Speaker 6
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Laughing came before language.
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Dolphins use unique whistles to identify each other and respond when their name is called.
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Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins.
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Speaker 7
Speaker 7
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Penicillin’s first name was “mold juice.”
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Identical twins do not have the same fingerprints.
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In your house, dead skin cells are the main factor in dust.
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Finals (4:45 pm)
Speaker 1
Speaker 1
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“Victory or death! Preferably victory, though.” - Helldivers 2
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"Just give the word and I will kill the clown. We would be praised as heroes." - Minthara, Baldur’s Gate 3
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"You found your purpose didn't you?" - Ayre, Armored Core 6
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Speaker 2
Speaker 2
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“I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted.” - Helldivers 2
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“This clock is stuck between a tick and a tock, almost as though time itself were holding its breath" - Narrator, Baldur’s Gate 3
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"Hate to say it, but Rubicon still needs me. So, buddy... who needs you?" - Rusty, Armored Core 6
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Speaker 3
Speaker 3
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“Withdraw from the battlefield with your dignity intact.” - Helldivers 2
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"I would kiss you but neither of us deserves that" - Barcus, Baldur’s Gate 3
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"You're not the mutt I thought you were, you are below that... YOU ARE VERMIN!" - Snail, Armored Core 6
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Speaker 4
Speaker 4
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“Just living is not enough, one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” - Helldivers 2
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“Even the waves of fate can break upon the shores of will.”, Baldur’s Gate 3
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“This ghost of me won’t last long, leave a spot for me in hell.” - Iguazu, Armored Core 6
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Speaker 5
Speaker 5
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“We fight, so you don’t have to!” - Helldivers 2
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"Those who wield too much power...Those who only bring chaos...They are simply not part of the program..." - Nine Ball, Armored Core 6
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“Take away their free will, and they call you a tyrant. Allow them to indulge it, and they become tyrants." - Raphael, Baldur’s Gate 3
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Speaker 6
Speaker 6
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“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.” - Helldivers 2
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"What good is this heart of stone, for it to be shattered?" - Laezal, Baldur’s Gate 3
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“The others are so busy fighting and shouting slogans that they’ve given up on thinking.” - Ayre, Armored Core 6
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Speaker 7
Speaker 7
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“There are wonderful things in this world, worthy of protection!” - Helldivers 2
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"You think you'd give up anything for a cure. But the Devil won't take anything - he'll take everything." - Wyll, Baldur’s Gate 3
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"But it's good to make a choice. Sit on the fence, and you make no enemies... or friends…” - Carla, Armored Core 6
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