J. Elementary Impromptu Event Prompts
Round G3/J1
Speaker 1
1. Armchair
2. Snowman
3. Composer
Speaker 2
1. Buffalo
2. Plant
3. Costume
Speaker 3
1. Butter
2. Whisker
3. Brass
Speaker 4
1. Lawyer
2. Trousers
3. Sari
Speaker 5
1. Blender
2. Bikini
3. Purse
Speaker 6
1. Ribs
2. Panther
3. Dress
Speaker 7
1. Heels
2. Jaw
3. Dentist
Speaker 8
1. Pipe
2. Theater
3. Goat
Speaker 9
1. Sandwich
2. Remote
3. Shoes
Speaker 10
1. Shower
2. Bulb
3. Pumpkin
Elim 1: A/B - Prelim 2: J
Speaker 1
1. Comfort
2. Luxury
3. Defeat
Speaker 2
1. Artisty
2. grief
3. Childhood
Speaker 3
1. Annoyance
2. Hurt
3. sympathy
Speaker 4
1. Strictness
2. hearsay
3. Infancy
Speaker 5
1. Chaos
2. Philosophy
3. Sleep
Speaker 6
1. Deceit
2. Freedom
3. Disturbance
Speaker 7
1. Principle
2. Success
3. wish
Speaker 8
1. Trust
2. Pain
3. Courage
Speaker 9
1. Delay
2. Goal
3. Sensitivity
Speaker 10
1. motivation
2. Talent
3. Awareness
Elim 1: E/F
Speaker 1
1. Action speaks louder than words.
2. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
3. What goes up must come down.
Speaker 2
1. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
2. Where one door shuts, another opens
3. A good book is like a good friend.
Speaker 3
1. He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
2. When the shepherd comes home in peace, the milk is sweet.
3. A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what a ship is for.
Speaker 4
1. The axe forgets but the tree remembers.
2. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
3. Beauty is only skin deep.
Speaker 5
1. Good bargains empty the purse.
2. A clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.
3. You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
Speaker 6
1. Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
2. Kind words will unlock an iron door.
3. A man without a smiling face must not open shop.
Speaker 7
1. The harder you work, the luckier you get.
2. A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
3. Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
Speaker 8
1. Still waters run deep.
2. The early bird gets the worm
3. Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
Speaker 9
1. Forgive and forget
2. It takes two to make a quarrel.
3. You’ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your father was.
Speaker 10
1. Where water is the boss, there the land must obey.
2. Look before you leap
3. What can you expect from a pig but a grunt?
5:30 PM Round
Speaker 1
1. No news is good news
2. When it rains, it pours.
3. Night brings counsel.
Speaker 2
1. A little fire that warms is better than a big fire that burns.
2. Strike while the iron is hot
3. Two good talkers are not worth one good listener.
Speaker 3
1. Don't judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes.
2. Early bird catches the worm
3. Knowledge is power.
Speaker 4
1. Laughter is the best medicine
2. Forgetting a debt doesn’t mean it’s paid.
3. An ounce of protection is worth a pound of cure.
Speaker 5
1. A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood
2. All things are difficult at the start.
3. He who hesitates is lost.
Speaker 6
1. The child of a rat is a rat.
2. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
3. Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands.
Speaker 7
1. Its better to be safe than sorry
2. May the hinges of our friendship never grow rusty!
3. Hindsight is better than foresight.
Speaker 8
1. Don’t throw the baby with the bathwater.
2. As you sow, so you shall reap.
3. A happy heart is better than a full purse.
Elim 1 - G/J
Speaker 1
1. Champions keep playing until they get it right. - Billie Jean King
2. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
3. Hunger is the best pickle. - Benjamin Franklin
Speaker 2
1. Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy. - George Washington
2. Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. - John C. Maxwell
3. Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. - Bruce Lee
Speaker 3
1. It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. - Benjamin Franklin
2. “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” - — Buddha
3. Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. - Aristotle
Speaker 4
1. All it takes is faith and trust
2. I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life. - Barbara Bush
3. I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. - Anne Frank
Speaker 5
1. “Everyone is the most important person in the world—at least to that one person.
2. I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man. - Alexander Hamilton
3. There are three essentials to leadership: humility, clarity and courage. - Fuchan Yuan
Speaker 6
1. Hope is a waking dream. - Aristotle
2. “There's a difference between failures and things that are bad.” - — Steven Soderbergh
3. Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. - John F. Kennedy
Speaker 7
1. When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old. - Bill Clinton
2. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
3. Do not go gentle into that good night. - Dylan Thomas
Speaker 8
1. Venture outside your comfort zone. The rewards are worth it
2. Destiny helps people believe there's an order to this horseshit. - Geralt of Rivia
3. Chaos is the most dangerous thing in this world. - Geralt of Rivia
Elim 2: C/D/J
Speaker 1
1. A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. - Max Lucado
2. Practically perfect in every way - Mary Poppins
3. I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.
Speaker 2
1. Friendship is essentially a partnership. - Aristotle
2. In a dark place we find ourselves and a little more knowledge lights our way.
3. Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history. - Aldous Huxley
Speaker 3
1. Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages. - George Washington
2. Today is a good day to try
3. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now. - Fred Rogers
Speaker 4
1. If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same… yours is the earth and everything that’s in it, - Rudyard Kipling
2. Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. - Bill Gates
3. You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. - Indira Gandhi
Speaker 5
1. “It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” - — Benjamin Franklin
2. On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.
3. In youth, we learn; in age, we understand - Marie von Ebner–Eschenbach
Speaker 6
1. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love. - Fred Rogers
2. I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody. - Barack Obama
3. The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Speaker 7
1. The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. - Kenneth Blanchard
2. I find your lack of faith disturbing. - Darth Vader, A New Hope
3. I am the one who knocks. - Breaking Bad
Speaker 8
1. Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness. - Aldous Huxley
2. Experience teaches only the teachable. - Aldous Huxley
3. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.