B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Swimming pool

    2.  Doctor

    3.  Wolf

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  Sari

    2.  Remote

    3.  Wrist

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Pasta

    2.  Toy

    3.  Table

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  Lawyer

    2.  Tunnel

    3.  Laptop

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  Couch

    2.  Son

    3.  Cookware

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  Cane

    2.  Castle

    3.  Shrimp

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  Composer

    2.  Waiter

    3.  Skyscraper

  8. Speaker 8


    1.  Soup

    2.  Garlic

    3.  Onion

  9. Speaker 9


    1.  Smoke

    2.  Shark

    3.  Arrow

  10. Speaker 10


    1.  Bank

    2.  Clock

    3.  Shoes

Round 2

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Timing

    2.  Care

    3.  Coldness

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  Annoyance

    2.  Patience

    3.  Laughter

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Principle

    2.  Evil

    3.  Power

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  Shock

    2.  Childhood

    3.  Peculiarity

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  Joy

    2.  redemption

    3.  truth

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  Generation

    2.  Satisfaction

    3.  Inflation

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  Opinion

    2.  Failure

    3.  Riches

  8. Speaker 8


    1.  Speed

    2.  Wisdom

    3.  Despair

  9. Speaker 9


    1.  Company

    2.  favoritism

    3.  Marriage

  10. Speaker 10


    1.  Mercy

    2.  Success

    3.  Communication

Round 3

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

    2.  One who bathes willingly with cold water doesn’t feel the cold.

    3.  Facts beat eloquence.

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

    2.  Keep the general goal in sight while tackling daily tasks.

    3.  Even a hare will bite when it is cornered.

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  You show me the man, and I’ll show you the rule.

    2.  Good medicine tastes bitter.

    3.  It’s no use crying over spilt milk

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  All good things come to an end

    2.  Small men think they are small; great men never know they are great.

    3.  Wisdom is wealth.

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  The calm comes before the storm.

    2.  If you want to know the end, look at the beginning.

    3.  Think thrice before you act.

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  Don’t think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm.

    2.  It is often that a person’s mouth broke his nose.

    3.  Tenacity and adversity are old foes.

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  Be a mountain or lean on one.

    2.  Politeness costs little but yields much.

    3.  A wise person will always find a way.

  8. Speaker 8


    1.  Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.

    2.  The early bird catches the worm

    3.  Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

  9. Speaker 9


    1.  Where there is love, there is no darkness.

    2.  Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.

    3.  Beggars can’t be choosers.

  10. Speaker 10


    1.  Make hay while the sun shines.

    2.  True love means what’s mine is yours.

    3.  Those who just want speed don't succeed.

Elim 1

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  “Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” - — Buddha

    2.  “In any war, the first casualty is common sense, and the second is free and open discussion.” - — James Reston

    3.  As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. - Andrew Carnegie

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  Education is the mother of leadership.

    2.  “Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.” - — James Allen

    3.  Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Any truth is better than indefinite doubt. - Arthur Conan Doyle

    2.  Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them. - Albert Einstein

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

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper. - T.S. Eliot

    2.  Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. - Lillian Dickson

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

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better. - Bill Bradley

    2.  Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it. - Albert Einstein

    3.  We've let the blade of our innocence dull over time, and it's only in innocence that you find any kind of magic, any kind of courage.

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure. - James Altucher

    2.  No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right. A single experiment can prove me wrong. - Albert Einstein

    3.  Life is a journey, not a destination.

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards - Abraham Lincoln

    2.  Lost Time is never found again - Benjamin Franklin

    3.  Let go of your hate. - Luke Skywalker, Return Of The Jedi

  8. Speaker 8


    1.  Many of the truths that we cling to depend on our viewpoint. - Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi

    2.  We don't appreciate what we have until it's gone. Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it. - Boris Yeltsin

    3.  No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. - Elbert Hubbard

  9. Speaker 9


    1.  “Exhausting someone in argument isn’t the same as convincing them.” - — Tim Kreider

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

    3.  Remember that credit is money. - Benjamin Franklin

  10. Speaker 10


    1.  What we learn from history is that people don’t learn from history.

    2.  I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. - Florence Nightingale

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

Elim 2

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. - Confucius

    2.  I don’t see how a world that makes such wonderful things could be bad

    3.  One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain. - Bob Marley

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult. - Friedrich Nietzsche

    2.  “The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.” - — Ludwig von Mises

    3.  Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances. - -Ralph Waldo Emerson

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. - Abraham Lincoln

    2.  Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else. - Fred Rogers

    3.  Truth never damages a cause that is just. - Mahatma Gandhi

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  Sometimes we must let go of our pride and do what is requested of us. - Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones

    2.  Don’t wait for a better world. Start now to create a world of harmony and peace. It is up to you, and it always has been. You may even find the solution at the end of your fork.

    3.  The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Albert Einstein

    2.  Whoever is new to power is always harsh. - Aeschylus

    3.  You don’t lead by hitting people over the head - that’s assault, not leadership. - Dwight Eisenhower

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. - Aldous Huxley

    2.  He that lives upon hope will die fasting. - Benjamin Franklin

    3.  “All this talk: the state should do this or that, ultimately means: the police should force consumers to behave otherwise than they would behave spontaneously.” - — Ludwig von Mises

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny.

    2.  The connections we make in the course of a life--maybe that's what heaven is. - Fred Rogers

    3.  Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.

  8. Speaker 8


    1.  A queen is never late. Everyone else is simply early

    2.  To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you really do not. - Germany Kent

    3.  Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. - Bill Gates

  9. Speaker 9


    1.  The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. - Albert Einstein

    2.  We are the change that we seek. - Barack Obama

    3.  You are nothing. A scavenger girl is no match for the power in me. I am all the Sith. - Emperor Palpatine, The Rise of Skywalker

  10. Speaker 10


    1.  “If you aren't willing to be mocked, you’ll never be able to lead.” - — Naval Ravikant

    2.  I am the danger. - Breaking Bad

    3.  She warned him not to be deceived by appearances, for beauty is found within - Beauty and the Beast