Prompts for Practice: National Online Forensics College Championships

We at NOF attempt to create original prompts for our competitions and after the competition is finished, we want students to have the opportunity to practice using these prompts outside of competition.

Here is a selection of Impromptu, IPDA and Extemporaneous prompts from our latest competition.

Impromptu

• "I don't care about the money. I care about the game." - Narcos

• "The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. The key to being happy isn't a search for meaning. It's to just keep yourself busy with unimportant nonsense, and eventually, you'll be dead." - BoJack Horseman

• Let each man exercise the art he knows. --Aristophanes

• "I am the danger." - Breaking Bad

• "Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." - Sam Levenson

• "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill

• "As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." -John Green (The Fault in Our Stars)

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

• I always just want to move along to the next step. - Ben Silbermann

IPDA

• The greatest US president was George Washington

• The French revolution was a success

• The Confederacy should have been allowed to secede from the United States

• The Space Race was a waste of money

• The Treaty of Versailles was a fair peace settlement

• The United Nations does more harm than good

• The World Trade Organization does more harm than good

• The Olympics do more harm than good

• NATO does more harm than good

• The World Health Organization does more harm than good

NOF Parli

• Free will is an illusion

• Vegetarian diets do more harm than good

• Space exploration is worth the cost

• Gun control laws are not effective

• US military aid to Ukraine is justified

• Universal basic income would do more harm than good

Extemp

• Does Powell have Volker envy?

• Are cryptocurrencies dead?

• Following the Credit Suisse collapse, is the global banking system in jeopardy?

• Does the ICC’s issuance of an arrest warrant against Putin have any tangible effect on Russia?

• How can healthy groceries become more accessible to low-income families in food deserts?

• Will Saudi Arabia join BRICS?

• Was the first veto of Biden’s presidency used effectively?

• Should Miami Beach disincentivize spring-break vacationing following recent gun violence?