B. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts

Round 1

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Country

    2.  Hen

    3.  Television

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  Wrist

    2.  Ship

    3.  Temple

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Pigeon

    2.  Restaurant

    3.  Horse

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  Apartment

    2.  Piano

    3.  Governor

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  Saxophone

    2.  Hair

    3.  Film

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  Skyscraper

    2.  Pancake

    3.  Street

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  Pencil

    2.  Cravat

    3.  Frock

  8. Speaker 8


    1.  Finger

    2.  Boxers

    3.  Pig

  9. Speaker 9


    1.  Bill

    2.  Hostel

    3.  Crest

  10. Speaker 10


    1.  Sheep

    2.  Alligator

    3.  Lips

Round 2

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  enthusiasm

    2.  forgiveness

    3.  Friendship

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  helpfulness

    2.  misery

    3.  rumor

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Wit

    2.  Adventure

    3.  Nap

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  artistry

    2.  Tiredness

    3.  truth

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  Ego

    2.  stupidity

    3.  Unemployment

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  imagination

    2.  Wealth

    3.  Strength

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  humor

    2.  Skill

    3.  Divorce

  8. Speaker 8


    1.  Appetite

    2.  Surprise

    3.  Education

  9. Speaker 9


    1.  Liberty

    2.  Sorrow

    3.  favoritism

  10. Speaker 10


    1.  Opinion

    2.  Disappointment

    3.  Care

Round 3

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  Small is beautiful.

    2.  A clever person turns great troubles into little ones, and little ones into none at all.

    3.  If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try spending the night with a mosquito.

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  To know another is not to know the person's face, but to know the person's heart.

    2.  A cat has nine lives

    3.  Habits are cobwebs at first; cables at last.

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Where there’s smoke there’s fire

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

    3.  Do not follow a person who is running away.

  4. Speaker 4


    1.  Great minds think alike

    2.  The young bird does not crow until it hears the old ones.

    3.  One shouldn’t miss the forest for the trees

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  You can’t always get what you want

    2.  A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures.

    3.  Let sleeping dogs lie.

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  One beam, no matter how big, cannot support an entire house on its own.

    2.  A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.

    3.  There's no place like home.

  7. Speaker 7


    1.  Tis better to spend money like there’s no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there’s no money!

    2.  If you want your children to have a peaceful life, let them suffer a little hunger and a little coldness.

    3.  Every family has its problems.

  8. Speaker 8


    1.  A jack of all trades is master of none.

    2.  What’s good for the goose, is good for the gander.

    3.  Barking dogs seldom bite.

  9. Speaker 9


    1.  Grief divided is made lighter.

    2.  There’s no need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

    3.  Where the tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

  10. Speaker 10


    1.  Every dog has its day

    2.  The show must go on

    3.  Rain does not fall on one roof alone.

Elim 1

  1. Speaker 1


    1.  There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people. - Anwar Sadat

    2.  Mystery is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more meaning than we can comprehend. - Dennis Covington

    3.  “When we die, all our secrets are loosed [...] all that’s left of us is stories.” - — Tim Kreider

  2. Speaker 2


    1.  “A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.” - — Mary Kay Ash

    2.  Your eyes can deceive you; don’t trust them.

    3.  “Time moves differently in hospitals—both slower and faster. The minutes stand still, but the hours evaporate.” - — Tim Kreider

  3. Speaker 3


    1.  Half a truth is often a great lie. - Benjamin Franklin

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

    3.  The road to success is always under construction. - Arnold Palmer

  4. Speaker 4


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

    2.  Beauty is worse than wine, it intoxicates both the holder and beholder. - Aldous Huxley

    3.  No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. - Abraham Lincoln

  5. Speaker 5


    1.  Things don't have to change the world to be important.

    2.  Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. - Billy Graham

    3.  The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. - Benjamin Franklin

  6. Speaker 6


    1.  It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. - Horace

    2.  “To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.” - — Albert Camus

    3.  Whatever you are, be a good one. - Abraham Lincoln

  7. Speaker 7


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

    2.  It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else. - Erma Bombeck

    3.  “In one way we think a great deal too much of the atomic bomb. [...] Let that bomb, when it comes, find us doing sensible and human things [...] not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about bombs.

  8. Speaker 8


    1.  I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. - Lucille Ball

    2.  Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself. - Henry James

    3.  You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad. - Aldous Huxley

  9. Speaker 9


    1.  Content makes poor men rich discontent makes rich men poor. - Benjamin Franklin

    2.  No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. - Andrew Carnegie

    3.  You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best. - Andrew Carnegie

  10. Speaker 10


    1.  It takes courage for a person to listen to his own goodness and act on it.

    2.  The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. - Benjamin Franklin

    3.  I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy to be told instead that she has leadership skills. - Sheryl Sandberg