Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck!
1. Should all states follow President Biden’s executive action on marijuana possession?
2. How should the U.S. respond to North Korea’s recent missile launches?
3. Should states require all schools to have SROs?
4. Five years later, has the #MeToo movement been a success?
5. Are President Biden’s recent remarks about the world being on the cusp of nuclear “Armageddon” unhelpful?
6. Does the U.S. need a more focused foreign policy?
7. How will OPEC+’s production cut affect the U.S. economy?
8. If Democrats prevail in the midterm elections will it be because they won them or Republican lost them?
9. Is the U.S. making progress in the fight against teen vaping?
10. Do sports leagues need to overhaul how they handle player concussions?
1. How confident should Lula’s allies be that he will beat Bolsonaro in a runoff?
2. Will Liz Truss still be Great Britain’s prime minister in January?
3. How should Xi Jinping go about reopening China?
4. Will the appointment of Sergei Surovikin change Russia’s fortunes in its war with Ukraine?
5. What was the biggest driver in OPEC+’s decision to reduce production?
6. Will Qatar’s big bet on the World Cup pay off?
7. Is the killing of ISIS’ leaders making the organization less effective?
8. Does Thailand need greater gun control?
9. Why is the Iranian government struggling to stamp out recent protests?
10. Should the Cuban government push through greater privatization of the island’s economy?
The first standings of the 2022-2023 Extemp Central National Points Race have been released! These results reflect the outcomes of the National Speech and Debate Season Opener at the University of Kentucky and the Yale University Invitational. You can find them by clicking on the “National Points Race” tab at the top of the page or by clicking here.
The next National Points Race competition will be the New York City Invitational, which will take place next weekend. It will be a fifth tier event that will award points to all finalists and 40 points to the winner.
Paltzik becomes the first person in the history of the Yale University Invitational to win it three consecutive times. Prior to this year there had been three extempers in Yale’s history to win back-to-back titles: Josh Bone of Milton Academy (MA) in 2002 and 2003, Daniel Rauch of Millburn High School (NJ) in 2004 and 2005, and Kate Fisher of St. Mary’s Hall (TX) in 2017 and 2018.
It is also the sixth straight time dating back to last year’s Yale tournament that Paltzik won a National Points Race event after reaching the final round.
Katherine Lee of Plano West Senior High School (TX) was the third place finisher, ending up one cumulative rank behind Tubb. If not for Yale’s tabulation system that counts all ranks from prelims to finals, Lee would have finished second as she placed one rank behind Paltzik in the final round and beat Tubb by eight ranks.
Lee’s teammate, Kyle Letterer, finished fourth, while Kevin Li of Ridge High School (NJ) was fifth, and Dana Ko of Pine Creek High School (CO) was sixth.
There were seventy-eight extempers competing at Yale, so all extempers who reached the semi-final round earn a bid leg to the University of Kentucky Tournament of Champions (TOC). Although the Extemp TOC has not released its qualification system for 2022-2023 it can also be assumed that all semi-finalists earn a bid leg to that tournament as well.
Yale is a fourth tier event in the National Points Race. Paltzik will earn seventy points for her victory and all extempers who reached the semi-final round will earn points. New National Points Race standings will be released on Friday.
Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. What steps can the world take to curtail the actions of predatory nuclear states?
2. How will Italy’s new government affect the country’s relationship with the EU?
3. Can further talks bring the Yemeni Civil War to a conclusion?
4. How much damage is the Russo-Ukrainian War having on the Global South?
5. Should the recent coup in Burkina Faso bother the West?
6. Is Europe responsibly dealing with migrant flows across the Mediterranean?
7. Would a UN withdrawal of its peacekeepers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo worsen the country’s security situation?
8. How should South Korea respond to North Korea’s recent missile tests?
9. Is the UN Security Council still relevant?
10. Are global inflationary pressures easing?
1. Should the U.S. provide any support for Iranian protesters?
2. What would a “hard landing” for the U.S. economy in 2023 look like?
3. If President Biden chooses to run for re-election in 2024, should he choose a different running mate?
4. Will the public’s unfavorable perception of the Supreme Court increase after its next term?
5. What does the Army’s failure to meet its recruiting goal mean for U.S. national security?
6. Do NFTs have a future?
7. In a post-COVID environment, should states scrap truancy laws?
8. Who will win the Nevada Senate race?
9. Should the GOP give up in its quest to repeal the Affordable Care Act?
10. What impact will Hurricane Ian have on the Florida gubernatorial election?
Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. What should the Biden administration do if the Supreme Court overturns affirmative action this term?
2. How big of a threat is the New York lawsuit to the Trump empire?
3. What aid should the U.S. provide to Puerto Rico?
4. Are the chances of a “soft landing” to tame inflation gone?
5. What should the U.S. response be if Russian forces use nuclear weapons in Ukraine?
6. Are California’s green energy dreams out of step with the state’s existing infrastructure?
7. Is the Supreme Court trending against capital punishment?
8. Are pollsters accurately predicting how the 2022 midterms will go?
9. Does the Biden administration have an effective Middle East strategy?
10. How should the U.S. Census Bureau handle growing evidence of miscounts from 2020
1. Should the world take Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons over Ukraine at face value?
2. Does the ICC have enough teeth to deter human rights abuses?
3. Is it time for countries to abolish COVID-19-related travel restrictions?
4. Has the Palestinian Authority lost its credibility with the Palestinian people?
5. Should King Charles III become more politically involved?
6. How big of a threat are recent protests to Iran’s Islamic Republic?
7. If Vladimir Putin was overthrown, who should lead Russia?
8. Can the Philippines simultaneously strengthen ties with the U.S. and China?
9. What should India do with its G-20 presidency?
10. Should Egypt form a closer relationship with Sudan?
Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz.
1. Should Chinese directly aid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine?
2. Will new Israeli elections produce another political logjam?
3. Should the EU expel Hungary?
4. What steps should the WHO take to better combat monkeypox in Africa?
5. Will William Ruto be able to satisfy his campaign promises to Kenya’s poor?
6. Is a global recession next year inevitable?
7. How can the Nigerian government better tackle oil theft?
8. Is Venezuela’s parallel government still worthy of international support?
9. Are term limits necessary a necessary democratic safeguard?
10. Can Pierre Poilievre lead Canada’s Conservative Party back to power?
1. Should U.S. employers relax COVID-19 vaccination mandates?
2. Have American schools done enough to combat pandemic learning loss?
3. Will Lisa Murkowski return to the U.S. Senate next year?
4. Has the Biden administration finally found its footing?
5. Will the 2020s be the decade where American labor regained its strength?
6. Should the U.S. adopt a digital dollar?
7. How should the Biden administration respond to Republican efforts to bus migrants to sanctuary cities?
8. Will Lindsey Graham’s abortion proposal make it more difficult for the GOP to win control of the Senate?
9. Has the January 6 committee lived up to expectations?
10. Is nitrogen hypoxia a constitutionally permissible form of capital punishment?
For the third straight year, the National and Debate Season Opener, hosted by the University of Kentucky, took place in a virtual environment. The first national circuit event in the country in the National Points Race drew a field of twenty-eight extempers, representing ten states.
Charlotte Reitman of the University School (FL) won a very close final round, winning the tiebreaker of judge’s preference two-to-one over Evelyn Tsoi of Velasquez Academy (CA). Guhan Krishnan of Mason High School (OH) finished one rank behind Reitman and Tsoi.
Lahari Donepudi of Dublin Jerome High School (OH) and Matthew Abrahms of George Washington High School (CO) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, and each earned a first place rank in the final round.
Sam Kang of the Hawken School (OH) rounded out the final round, finishing sixth.
Reitman’s victory nets her forty National Points Race points as the Season Opener is a fifth tier tournament. The first National Points Race standings will be released after the Yale Invitational in early October.
Here are the results of the 2022 National Speech and Debate Season Opener (Click here for tab sheet):