B. Open Extemp Event Prompts
NPDA/Ext/Imp/Interp/Orig Round 1 10:45am-12:15pm
Speaker 1
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Speaker 1
1. Can Trump win the 2024 presidential election?
2. Is capital punishment carried out by nitrogen gas constitutional?
3. Was the interest rate cut a good idea?
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Speaker 2
1. Can Harris win the 2024 presidential election?
2. What effect will the settlement by Newsmax have on the other?
3. Is inflation going to keep decreasing?
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Speaker 3
1. Will the Vice President debate affect the outcome of the election?
2. Will Biden’s Executive order on guns help solve the problem?
3. What effect will a port workers strike have on the economy?
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Speaker 4
1. Will Harris tax plan help the economy?
2. Does Caitlin Clark’s success mean WNBA has a bright future?
3. Will the U.S. Economy enter a recession?
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Speaker 5
1. Should Trump do another presidential debate?
2. Will FEMA be able to successfully respond to Hurricane Helene?
3. Will the Los Angles port workers strike?
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Speaker 6
1. Can Democrats successfully keep their Senate majority?
2. Will football be banned in the United States?
3. Will Crypto currency have a major growth in the next year?
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NPDA/Ext/Imp/Interp/Orig Round 2 2:30pm-4:00pm
Speaker 1
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Speaker 1
1. Can there be a cease-fire agreement in Palestine?
2. Will Trump’s tariff policy help the economy?
3. Should the Army Core of Engineers be held responsible for the North Carolina
dam breaches?
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Speaker 2
1. Will Russia win the war?
2. Will Eric Adams indictment effect the upcoming presidential election?
3. Is the Anti-gang mission in Haiti going to succeed?
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Speaker 3
1. Will Ted Cruz survive the challenge for his senate seat?
2. Can the U.S. broker a deal in the Israel Palestine war?
3. Can Argentina decrease their poverty problem?
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Speaker 4
1. Should Eric Adams resign as mayor of New York City?
2. What affect will the pager attack have on the rest of the world?
3. What effect will the foreign interference have on the U.S. Presidential election?
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Speaker 5
1. Does the immigration crisis spell doom for the Democrats?
2. Will Ukraine win the war?
3. Is Israel’s attacks in Lebanon and Syria guaranteeing more counties entering the
war?
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Speaker 6
1. Can the U.S. broker a deal in the Russia Ukraine war
2. Does Mark Robinson have a good chance to win to be North Carolina’s
governor?
3. What can Trump do to stop the recent Harris surge in battleground states?
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NPDA Round 3/Ext/Imp/Int/Orig Finals 6:15pm-7:45pm
Speaker 1
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Speaker 1
1. The Economist declares Xi Jinping’s paranoia is hurting China: Should we agree?
2. Will the impact of the UN cybersecurity rule coming into effect significantly hurt EU automakers?
3. Concerning Iran’s actions in the Middle East, is it fair to say President Biden needs the US to do more, to do less, or is doing just enough?
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Speaker 2
1. Unless action is taken, the US trade program, The African Growth and Opportunity Act, will expire in 2025- Should it?
2. For the savvy investor is now the time to take advantage of the bargains to be had or just stay away from China’s stock market?
3. How realistic is the fear that Russia is developing nuclear weapons to use in space?
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Speaker 3
1. Should China be doing more than slashing lending rates as the economy falters?
2. Thailand and Indonesia ramp up incentives to boost EV demand: Good policy or just good politics?
3. What’s the likelihood that Iran can walk the line between disrupt US interests in the Middle East without provoking a direct confrontation?
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Speaker 4
1. How much faith should we have in Pakistan’s proposed coalition government?
2. How should Taiwan respond to China after the deaths of fishermen?
3. Considering Russia’s banana rejection, should Ecuador continue to help source arms for Ukraine?
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Speaker 5
1. Did the US do the right thing to veto the UN’s Gaza cease-fire plan?
2. Would Trump’s proposed 60% tariffs effectively decouple the US and China’s economies?
3. Is it too soon for international central banks to declare victory over inflation?
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Speaker 6
1. Considering Prime Minister Orban’s relationship with Russia, how confident should we be that Hungary will actually follow through on ratifying Sweden’s bid to join NATO?
2. Ukraine’s leadership overhaul- meaningful or just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic?
3. Considering how heavily China depends on the Red Sea, what is the likelihood the US could get their support in stopping Houthi attacks?
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Speaker 7
1. A year from now, are we looking back and saying the offensive into Rafah marked the official start to the Israel-Egypt War?
2. Will recessions in Germany, Japan, and the UK spur a global recession?
3. From a pure foreign policy perspective- politics and personalities aside- who is the better president going into 2024- Biden or Trump?
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