Current Events
This bill was the brainchild of President Donald Trump and was originally very popular online for its funny tagline of "BBB"
What is the Big Beautiful Bill
Two of your coaches/chaperones attended this college
What is UCLA? (Go Bruins)
This speaker has a dream
Who is Dr. MLK Jr.
We use this website to navigate tournaments easily; this word also refers to the group of people running the tournament AND the room within which they reside.
What is Tabroom?
The meaning of PM
What is the prime minister, the first speaker of the governemnt?
This "closed" passageway, located near the Arabian Peninsula, is incredibly important for oil trade, as is likely the reason your mom complains about gas prices.
What is the Strait of Hormuz
This coach is a a planning commissioner for the city of Malibu
"Ain't I a Woman" was given by this US abolitionist, a woman's rights activist, and temperance advocate.
Who is Sojurner Truth?
The amount of time you get after motion drop to prepare a well-thought-out case with examples and statistics.
What is 20 minutes?
A question or statment asked in the middle of a speech, interrupting the speaker for no more than 15 seconds.
What is a POI
The home city of Coach Aiden
Where is Houston Texas
What is 87 years?
DOUBLE JEOPORDY
This is a description of a judge's preferences, which you can view before your round.
What is a Paradigm
This is what we call trophies on the Debate Team
What is Hardware
This new US press secretary likely did not do debate in high school, after she took 3 questions before saying "the president will take the rest."
Who is Katie Zacharia?
This chaperone won the Showcase Showdown on an episode of The Price is Right.
Ms. Snodgrass
Greta Thunberg's speech asks this rhetorical question to UN climate leaders
In elimination rounds, your single judge is swapped out for this?
What is a panel?
This type of response is necessary when doing a nonunique. It serves to turn the other side's offense into your offense.
What is a turn?
Protests starting in India were sparked by a controversial court remark by India's chief justice comparing jobless young people to this bug.
What is a Cockroach
This coach studies/studied classical music at Ucla, focusing on voice performance specifically opera.
The speech, called "Hope," referred to the hope that those in the LGBTQ+ community should have, which was given by this lactose-esque speaker
Who is Harvey Milk?
The first tiebreaker for all debate events
What are Speaker Points
The only four terminal impacts.
What are climate change, death, structural violence, and principle impacts?