Policy
Public Forum
Lincoln-Douglas
Big Questions
Miscellaneous
100

Sides in policy debate are determined (When?)...

What is BEFORE EACH ROUND?

100

Public Forum Debate is _____ Minutes long

What is 45?

100

The Lincoln-Douglas topic changes

What are every 1-2 months?

100

The Big Questions time limit is

What is 45 MINUTES?

100

Preliminary rounds of debate typically have  ___ judge(s)

1

200

Reading cases quickly to cover massive amounts of information

What is SPREADING?

200

The abbreviation for Public Forum Debate

What is PF? 

OR

What is PUF?

200

The number of people involved in Lincoln-Douglas

What is 2?

200

The focus of Big Questions debate is

Philosophical issues

200

An argument made against one of your opponent's claims

What is REBUTTAL?

300

Policy debate consists of ___ person(s) per team

What is 2

300

The amount of prep time given in Public Forum is

3 MINUTES

300

Why the truth of the claim matters

What is IMPACT?

300

Teams in BQ can be (3 answers)

What are:

1 vs. 1

1 vs. 2

2 vs. 2

300

A guide for the judge of how your speech will be structured

What is ROAD MAP?

400

The abbreviation for Policy Debate

What is CX?

400

Sides and speaking order in Public Forum are determined by a

WHat is COIN FLIP?

400

What a debater is upholding as a reason to affirm or negate the resolution

What is VALUE?

400

The number of Big Questions topics per year

What is 1?

400

The individual time allotted to each team to request to use between speeches 

What is PREP TIME?
500

Affirmative's federal policy for change, meant to address the problems of the world now

What is PLAN?

500

3 minute long span of time where all participants in the debate may speak and question each other

What is GRAND CROSS?

500

Research and reasoning that proves the claim is true

What is WARRANT?

500

Final speech that justifies your reasons for why your argument is better

What is RATIONALE?

500

The debate team president is

Who is MCKENZIE?!

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