Logical Fallacies
This fallacy attacks the persons instead of the arguement.
What is ad hominem?
Name one of the two past presidential candidates who faced off in the 1958 debates centered on slavery.
Who are Abraham Lincoln or Stephen Douglas?
The formal statement of the proposition being argued, often beginning "Resolved..."
What is the resolution?
This ancient Greek philosopher used relentless questioning and mentored Plato.
Who is Socrates?
Winner of Master's Reykjavik's 2021 Valorant.
Who is SEN?
Claiming a small first step will inevitably set off a chain of events leading to disaster.
What is slippery slope?
The Massachusetts senator who debated Richard Nixon in the first televised presidential debate in the 1960. (Hint: Maybe don't let the breeze in)
Who is JFK?
In policy debate, the period when one side questions the other directly.
What is Cross-examination?
Britains WWII PM, famed for speeches like "We shall fight on the beaches."
Who is Winston Churchill?
How many possible combinations of a rubiks cube are there (closest wins).
What are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 combinations?
Dragging in an unrelated topic to distract from the real issue.
What is a red herring?
The activist argued "The american dream is at the expense of the American N*gro" at the 1965 Oxford Union debate.
Who is Malcolm X?
The obligation to prove one's case; falling to do so can lose the round.
What is the burden of proof?
The Roman orator whose speeches against Catiline are studied to this day.
Who is Cicero?
What is a blob of toothpaste called.
What is a nurdle?
Arguing a claim is true because it hasn't been proven false (or vise versa).
What is an appeal to ignorance?
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four Sisters and Three Brothers!
The Latin phrase meaning "after this, therefore because of this, "after this, therefore because of this," often used when confusing correlation with causation.
What is post hoc ergo propter hoc?
((6767/67) x (((67) + 67)(67)))/(67-67)
What is Undefined?