A. Middle School Impromptu Event Prompts
Round 1
Speaker 1
1. Cardigan
2. Chocolate
3. Sky
Speaker 2
1. Whisker
2. Cashier
3. Fan
Speaker 3
1. Whale
2. Trousers
3. Eyes
Speaker 4
1. Airport
2. Tea
3. Coffee
Speaker 5
1. Tongue
2. Candy
3. Road
Speaker 6
1. Pad
2. Chaise longue
3. Pen
Speaker 7
1. Tie
2. Phone
3. Sun
Speaker 8
1. Mouth
2. Soap
3. Flag
Speaker 9
1. Dolphin
2. Estate
3. Jersey
Speaker 10
1. Brother
2. Horn
3. Bat
Round 2
Speaker 1
1. Warmth
2. Surprise
3. Luck
Speaker 2
1. Disappointment
2. memory
3. Weakness
Speaker 3
1. opportunism
2. Laughter
3. Dictatorship
Speaker 4
1. Calm
2. Customer service
3. graciousness
Speaker 5
1. Satisfaction
2. Coldness
3. Divorce
Speaker 6
1. Principle
2. motivation
3. Bravery
Speaker 7
1. Irritation
2. Right
3. knowledge
Speaker 8
1. Apprehension
2. Artisty
3. Strength
Speaker 9
1. Insanity
2. enhancement
3. Deceit
Speaker 10
1. Faith
2. Talent
3. Skill
Round 3
Speaker 1
1. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
2. There is no time like the present.
3. It’s never too late to mend
Speaker 2
1. Forgive and forget
2. Each has his own task, and nobody is dispensable.
3. Never test the depth of the water with both feet
Speaker 3
1. The food which is prepared has no master.
2. Lie down with dogs and you’ll rise with fleas.
3. Adversity and loss make a man wise.
Speaker 4
1. Absence makes heart grow fonder.
2. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
3. One who bathes willingly with cold water doesn’t feel the cold.
Speaker 5
1. Where water is the boss, there the land must obey.
2. A wise person will always find a way.
3. Different strokes for different folks.
Speaker 6
1. If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
2. Easy come, easy go.
3. Happiness is the best cosmetic.
Speaker 7
1. The first to arrive is the first to succeed.
2. The death of an elderly man is like a burning library.
3. You can’t always get what you want
Speaker 8
1. To kill two birds with one stone
2. Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today.
3. A rising tide lifts all boats.
Speaker 9
1. You show me the man, and I’ll show you the rule.
2. Beauty is only skin deep.
3. What can you expect from a pig but a grunt?
Speaker 10
1. Wisdom is wealth.
2. Good medicine tastes bitter.
3. Empty bags can’t stand upright.
Round 4
Speaker 1
1. Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. - Mahatma Gandhi
2. A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse—not a remarkable mathematician.
3. Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual - and the soul of a people. - Anwar Sadat
Speaker 2
1. I am the one who knocks. - Breaking Bad
2. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. - Albert Einstein
3. There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
Speaker 3
1. Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. - Aldous Huxley
2. Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.
3. I don’t feel that because I’m First Lady, I’m very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone. - Betty Ford
Speaker 4
1. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. - Lao Tzu
2. If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing. - Benjamin Franklin
3. I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
Speaker 5
1. You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face; You must do the thing you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt
2. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. - Confucius
3. Open different doors, you may find a you there that you never knew was yours. Anything can happen - Mary Poppins
Speaker 6
1. You got the makings of greatness in you, but you gotta take the helm and chart your own course. Stick to it, no matter the squalls
2. Let go of your hate. - Luke Skywalker, Return Of The Jedi
3. He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. - -Samuel Johnson
Speaker 7
1. There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. - Benjamin Franklin
2. Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others. - Barry Bonds
3. Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others. - Bar Refaeli
Speaker 8
1. Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect. - Fred Rogers
2. Attitudes reflect leadership, captain
3. The number one responsibility for each of us is to change ourselves with hope that others will follow.
Speaker 9
1. We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right. - Aretha Franklin
2. So soon as you make a declaration on paper that speech shall be free, you will have a hundred lawyers proving that 'freedom does not mean abuse, nor liberty license,’ and they will define freedom out of existence.
3. Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them. - Bruce Lee
Speaker 10
1. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be! - Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quixote)
2. A woman is like a teabag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. - Eleanor Roosevelt