Leadership
Debate jargon
Global Conflicts
Past topics
Mystery
100
Who is a debate national qualifier two years in a row
Who is Krissie
100
What is the side that supports the resolution.
What is the affirmative
100
The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union that never became a direct full-scale war was called this.
What is the Cold War?
100
This March/April 2026 LD topic argued whether the U.S. military should follow a principle of staying out of foreign conflicts.
What is non-intervention?
100
Lincoln - Douglas is named after two people one was Abraham Licoln who was the other?
Who is Stephen Douglas?
200
Who is the biggest gambler?
Who is Calder
200
What is a short summary what you are going to say before your speech.
What is signposting?
200
The long conflict involving the U.S. and communist forces in Southeast Asia was this war.
What is the Vietnam War
200
One proposed PF topic for 2025–2026 asked whether this European country should rejoin the European Union.
What is the United Kingdom?
200
What do all impacts lead too?
What is Nuclear war?
300
Whose birthday is it?
Who is Miranda
300
What is an argument that flips the opponent’s claim and says it actually helps your side.
What is a turn?
300
The genocide in Rwanda in 1994 primarily involved these two ethnic groups.
Who are the Hutu and Tutsi?
300
What country previously banned corporate acuisition of single family home?
What is the Netherlands?
300
Who is this rapper? (hes the son of someone)
Who is Osamason?
400
Who skipped a round to go to burger king?
Who is Ermias
400
A criticism of underlying assumptions, language, or power structures in debate.
What is a kritik?
400
This term describes conflicts fought indirectly through allied states instead of direct fighting between superpowers.
What is a proxy war?
400
What was the December 2025 lincoln douglas topic?
What is Resolved: The United States ought to rewild substantial tracts of land
400
Who has licked a tire?
Who is Sadie?
500
Who has eaten a pigeon before?
Who is Benjamin
500
A debate argument claiming a policy causes a major harmful outcome, often with probability and magnitude analysis.
What is a disadvantage?
500
This African nation experienced a devastating civil war involving “blood diamonds.”
What is Sierra Leone?
500
Where is debate nationals being hosted this year
What is Richmond, Virginia
500
What is the room number of the room we in?
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