1. Is there a something rotten with the state of Venezuela’s banks?
2. Has Russia effectively thwarted Georgia and Ukraine’s steps toward NATO membership?
3. What should be Yukiya Amano’s first priority as the new head of the IAEA?
4. Why is Greece on the brink of bankruptcy?
5. Will EU expansion plans into the Balkans delay Turkey’s admission into the organization?
6. Can Tony Abbott resuscitate Australia’s Liberal Party?
7. Is domestic criticism of Stephen Harper’s stance towards China misplaced?
8. Will the Tamils be the kingmaker in the Sri Lankan presidential election?
9. Do Chinese efforts to prosecute Liu Xiaobo show that a crackdown on human rights defenders has become standard operating procedure for the Chinese government?
10. Which is worse: the bombing of Iran or Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon?
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1. Are efforts to construct a “green” economy too optimistic?
2. Is Obama’s offer of assistance to small business coming too late?
3. Should the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions be audited by Congress?
4. Will General Motors ever find its way back into the black?
5. Should TARP funds be used for job creation?
6. Did the Supreme Court make the right ruling in Smith v. Alvarez?
7. Should the U.S. government play a stronger role in guiding the nation’s food and nutritional choices?
8. What does the Atlanta mayoral race say about race relations in America?
9. Is Obama’s foreign policy alienating allies and failing to win friends?
10. Will the Blagojevich trial help the GOP capture Obama’s old Senate seat?
1. With a reported deal on healthcare in the Senate does that mean that healthcare reform is finalized?
2. Will Congress get more serious about cutting the deficit next year?
3. Is Obama’s AIDS policy insufficient?
4. Should the University of North Dakota drop its Fighting Sioux nickname?
5. Were the conclusions reached by the Congressional Oversight Panel concerning the TARP Program accurate?
6. Will the one drug method of lethal injection quell criticisms of the practice?
7. Does the media need to leave Tiger Woods alone?
8. Will Martha Coakley be the next senator of Massachusetts?
9. Have Democrats failed to clean up Capitol Hill?
10. Should the U.S. significantly increase the amount of its drone attacks in Pakistan?
1. Will Japan’s stimulus package help it stave off deflation?
2. Can Afghanistan build an effective army within the next two years?
3. Will Iran arrest Mousavi?
4. Can a Palestinian boycott on Israeli products from the West Bank cause Israel to reconsider its settlement policy?
5. Will Romania’s presidential election result stand?
6. Should Turkey’s Constitutional Court ban the DTP?
7. Does the the reelection of Evo Morales breathe new life into Latin America’s socialist movement?
8. Is the conviction of Amanda Knox a stain on Italian justice?
9. Will Michel Barnier wreck havoc on London financial services?
10. Is the Honduran Congress making a mistake in not allowing Zelaya to finish the law several weeks of his term?
1. Is Switzerland’s vote to ban minaret construction a setback for efforts to better integrate Muslims into European society?
2. How will Australia’s defeat of a carbon trading system impact Copenhagen?
3. Will North Korea’s freeze on cash transactions accelerate the country’s economic collapse?
4. Would a positive ruling by the ICJ in Kosovo’s favor lead to it being recognized by more countries in the international community?
5. Will the troubles at Dubai World force the UAE’s economy to become more transparent?
6. Has the recent Honduran election finally resolved the country’s political crisis?
7. Will South Africa be able to afford Zuma’s new plan to provide treatment to all children with HIV?
8. Why did Mujica distance himself from Chavez in the Uruguay runoff?
9. Would it be in Germany’s best interests to stop the prosecution of John Demjanjuk?
10. Will extra US troops make a difference in Afghanistan?
1. Is the Salahi issue overblown?
2. Why are Obama’s approval ratings falling among white voters?
3. Is Obama’s foreign policy projecting weakness?
4. Are the cost estimates for healthcare reform legislation too optimistic?
5. Would an Ensign resignation held or hinder GOP efforts to defeat Harry Reid in 2010?
6. Will this week’s jobs summit produce any significant results?
7. Is the White House ignoring Climategate at their peril?
8. Will David Paterson’s unilateral action on the New York state budget help his re-election prospects?
9. Is a second stimulus package needed?
10. Does the GOP need the “birther” movement to go away?
1. Will major modifications have to be made to the healthcare bill in the Senate in order for it to pass?
2. Can Obama follow through on a planned pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2020?
3. Could Lou Dobbs be a serious presidential contender?
4. Should the way teachers get tenure be re-evaluated?
5. Will the RNC’s idea of denying funding for candidates that do not support establish party principles only leave the GOP in the political wilderness?
6. Has the gay marriage movement lost its momentum?
7. How realistic is a push for comprehensive immigration reform next year?
8. Will Sanford be impeached?
9. How would a News Corp. alliance with Bing affect the search engine business?
10. Will unemployment remain above nine percent through the end of 2010?
1. Does the massacre in Mindanao pose an immediate threat to Filipino democracy?
2. Was the EU’s selection of Rompuy as its first president a missed opportunity?
3. Would a prisoner swap with Hamas make Israel appear weak in the eyes of its enemies?
4. As it draws to a close, has the Khmer Rouge trial been a healing experience for Cambodia?
5. What is the probability that Iraq will have a national vote in January?
6. Does India need the U.S.?
7. Is the gradual abolition of term limits in Latin America as alarming as it seems?
8. Will “Climategate” derail Copenhagen?
9. Is ElBaradei’s optimistic outlook about achieving an Iranian nuclear accord misguided?
10. Will Traian Basescu win re-election in Romania?
1. Has the UN food summit been a failure?
2. Does the status of Franco-German relations dictate the direction and power of the EU?
3. Should Brown back Blair for EU president?
4. Does Uribe need to do more to protect labor unions?
5. How likely are Kurds to boycott the Iraqi elections?
6. Does Latin America have a role to play in the Middle East peace process?
7. Is China gaining a significant amount of influence on U.S. domestic policy?
8. What is behind Russia’s preemptive nuclear strike policy?
9. Should Cambodia have extradited Shinawatra?
10. What is the purpose of Chavez’s threats of war with Colombia?
1. Is Obama making a major political mistake in putting Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in U.S. federal court?
2. Does Lou Dobbs departure from CNN spell trouble for the network’s future?
3. Will the Stupak amendment sink healthcare reform?
4. How will the filibustering of David Hamilton impact Obama’s selection of judicial nominees?
5. Is it too late for Obama to get serious about cutting federal spending?
6. After a dismal showing in the New York mayoral race, has Bloomberg ceased to be a presidential threat?
7. Is Bernanke’s insistence on having low interest rates negatively impacting the dollar?
8. Will GM ever make a profit again?
9. How can the U.S. Postal Service be saved?
10. Will David Paterson’s attacks on Obama pay off?
1. If healthcare reform fails, is Obama’s presidency doomed?
2. Should Obama get rid of “don’t ask, don’t tell”?
3. Did failures in U.S. intelligence lead to the Fort Hood shooting?
4. Should Obama have attended the Berlin Wall celebrations?
5. Are U.S. economic policies growing too hostile to private businesses?
6. Does the New York Times have an anti-Catholic bias?
7. Are government bailouts of the newspaper industry something that should be explored?
8. Is Harry Reid’s Senate seat in serious jeopardy next November?
9. Can Rajiv Shah revitalize USAID?
10. Should the Obama administration explore New Deal style public works programs in order to help America’s economic recovery?
Here are your International extemp questions for the week of November 10th-16th. United States questions will be released tomorrow morning. Since there is more content on the site now, if you can’t find the questions in the future just click on the Weekly Questions category on the right column of the web page.
1. Water shortages in Venezuela: Who is to blame?
2. Who will win Uruguay’s runoff election?
3. How serious is Europe’s illegal immigration problem?
4. Does the UN’s withdrawal of workers after a Kabul attack significantly hamper the Afghan reconstruction effort?
5. Twenty years after the fall of the wall, has Western democracy finally triumphed over tyranny in Eastern Europe?
6. Should the ICC prosecute senior Kenya officials over election violence?
7. Does Chile need to reconsider its land restoration policies for its indigenous peoples?
8. Will the sacking of Michele Pierre-Louis damage Haiti’s ability to bring in foreign aid?
9. Has Netanyahu beaten Obama?
10. Does Yemen or Somalia pose a bigger terror risk for the international community?
1. Will Germany’s new government be more open to letting Turkey into the EU?
2. After the election debacle, does the Afghan government have any credibility left?
3. Is the U.S. wrong to consult Burma despite next year’s flawed election setup?
4. Why did Klaus change his mind on Lisbon?
5. Will the release of Simon Mann enhance Equitorial Guinea’s international standing?
6. Are crackdowns on the press making Iran’s economic situation worse?
7. If Zelaya is reinstated, is it a significant blow for Latin American democracy?
8. Who should be the first EU president?
9. How should Poland react to Russia’s recent nuclear attack simulation?
10. Was Norway’s decision to raise interest rates wise?
Starting this month, Extemp Central will be providing you twice the number of extemp questions per week. Each Tuesday and Wednesday, ten extemp questions will be released for either United States or International extemp. Today, United States extemp is on the table so International extempers will have to check back tomorrow for their batch of questions.
1. Will Charlie Crist be conservatives next victim?
2. How much input will the GOP provide to the Senate climate bill?
3. Will Obama’s smart grid investment be a bust?
4. Are accusations that tea party protesters are overthrowing the GOP inaccurate?
5. Does the current healthcare bill do enough to encourage innovation?
6. If one member of Obama’s cabinet should be cut loose after his first year in office, who should it be?
7. How will CIT’s bankruptcy impact future bailouts?
8. Is Obama’s foreign policy towards Russia too weak?
9. Has America abandoned its space program?
10. Is California’s crusade against flat screen televisions justified?
1. Who will win the New Jersey gubernatorial race?
2. Is it too late to save the Afghan election?
3. Will a public option opt-out in the Senate healthcare bill enable it to overcome a filibsuter?
4. Should Congress rein in Obama’s czars?
5. What explains José Mujica’s electoral success?
6. Will Karadzic’s war crimes trial be a boon for international justice?
7. What is the key to Pakistan achieving success in South Waziristan?
8. Can Nigeria’s amnesty for militants in the Niger Delta bring the calm the country needs?
9. Will the perceived ineffectiveness of the stimulus bill hurt Democrats in 2010?
10. Did Obama act too early in declaring a national emergency over swine flu?