A. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Bones

    2.  Fork

    3.  Popcorn

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  Strawberry

    2.  Wings

    3.  Vehicle

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Casino

    2.  Cabin

    3.  Aircraft

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  Chicken

    2.  Sweater

    3.  Bus stop

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  Black

    2.  Castle

    3.  Chocolate

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  Galaxy

    2.  Violin

    3.  Father

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  Tissue

    2.  Medicine

    3.  Notebook

Round 2

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Friendship

    2.  Worry

    3.  submission

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  Maturity

    2.  humor

    3.  Dedication

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Peace

    2.  Restoration

    3.  Appetite

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  Goal

    2.  sadness

    3.  Belief

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  Intelligence

    2.  imagination

    3.  Generation

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  romance

    2.  Uncertainty

    3.  Education

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  forgiveness

    2.  Service

    3.  Solitude

Round 3

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Genius can be recognized by its childish simplicity.

    2.  It takes two to make a quarrel.

    3.  If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  He who digs a grave for his enemy might as well be digging one for himself.

    2.  The course of true love never did run smooth.

    3.  Familiarity breeds contempt.

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  A person leaves a reputation, as a swallow leaves its call.

    2.  Best things in life are free.

    3.  It’s better to lose the battle and win the war.

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony.

    2.  An empty vessel makes much noise

    3.  If you bow at all, bow low.

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  A doctor who invoked a storm on his people cannot prevent his house from destruction.

    2.  It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.

    3.  If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  May misfortune follow you the rest of your life, and never catch up.

    2.  One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.

    3.  Married couples tell each other a thousand things without speech.

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  The more acquaintances you have, the less you know them.

    2.  Good wine needs no bush.

    3.  Blessings come in disguise.

MS Elim 1 / ES Elim 1

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Hope springs eternal in the human breast. - Alexander Pope

    2.  To have long term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way.

    3.  Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle

    2.  I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children. - Jackie Kennedy

    3.  Honesty has a power that very few people can handle.

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Life is a journey, not a destination.

    2.  Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts. - Daniel Patrick Moynihan

    3.  He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. - Benjamin Franklin

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  Quality is not an act, it is a habit. - Aristotle

    2.  “I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves.” - — Frank Zappa

    3.  The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. - Mark Twain

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die. - Les Brown

    2.  “Just as war is the natural consequence of monopoly, peace is the natural consequence of liberty.” - — Gustave de Molinari

    3.  Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  Remember who you are

    2.  There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. - Aristotle

    3.  Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them. - Benjamin Franklin

  7. Speaker 7


    “Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.” --Dale Carnegie
    “The world belongs to the energetic.” --Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” --William 

MS Elim 2 / ES Elim 2

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness. - Benjamin Franklin

    2.  My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character which inspires confidence. - General Montgomery

    3.  “Cinema lies, sport doesn’t.” - — Jean-Luc Goddard.

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  People might not protest for overtly political or social causes, but when they can’t feed themselves and their family, they will take to the streets. - Marcus Samuelsson

    2.  You're never going to kill storytelling, because it's built in the human plan. We come with it. - Margareth Atwood

    3.  Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  “Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

    2.  When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old. - Bill Clinton

    3.  The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. - James Madison

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  There is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings. - Arthur Rubinstein

    2.  He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. - Benjamin Franklin

    3.  The wound is the place where the light enters you. - Rumi

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul. - Emily Dickinson

    2.  After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. - Aldous Huxley

    3.  Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games. - Babe Ruth

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it. - Helen Keller

    2.  You're mad. Bonkers. Off your head. But I'll tell you a secret, all the best people are - Alice in Wonderland

    3.  We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent. - Barack Obama

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. - Albert Einstein

    2.  I'm not a regular mom. I'm a cool mom. - Mean Girls

MS Elim 3

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them. - John C. Maxwell

    2.  Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. - John F. Kennedy

    3.  Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. - Benjamin Franklin

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  I don't care about the money. I care about the game.

    2.  I work really hard to just focus on the joy of the work that gets to be done. - Ava DuVernay

    3.  Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself. - Benjamin Franklin

    2.  Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. - Benjamin Franklin

    3.  It is better to be alone than in bad company. - George Washington

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward. - Andre Agassi

    2.  Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere

    3.  I got a bad feeling about this. - Lando Calrissian, The Rise of Skywalker

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. - Latin Proverb

    2.  The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be. - Bruce Lee

    3.  When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. - Benjamin Franklin

    2.  Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. - Langston Hughes

    3.  Leadership is the key to 99 percent of all successful efforts. - Erskine Bowles