Laws...
This law which states that “Anything that can go wrong”?
What is Murphy’s Law
This pseudo-country is found off the coast of the Asian continent. What others may call ‘Chinese Taipei’, this island produces 20% of the world’s semiconductors
What is Taiwan / Democratic Republic of China
From country to pop, this American singer-songwriter writes songs that you can’t just “Shake it off”
Who is Taylor Swift
In the “Matrix” what color pill does Neo choose?
What is the red pill
The term associated with responding to the arguments made by your opponents
What is Clash/Rebuttal
This legal tradition is based on jurisprudence and precedence, associated with the English.
What is Common Law
This bay in the Indian Ocean shares its name with a ferocious tiger
What is Bay of Bengal / Bengal Bay
The first video to break YouTube (and reach 1 billion views)
What is Gangnam Style
The story of a young boy who befriends a flying lizard and proceeds to kill another larger fire-breathing lizard
What is HTTYD 1
The term associated with a debater completing a round without their partner
What is Ironpersoning
“Energy cannot be created or destroyed”, this is a law of what?
What is Thermodynamics
“26 + 6 = 1” is quite a math equation. But for this republican movement, 1 refers to this country
What is Ireland / Republic of Ireland
This dynamic American band is headed by the vocalist Hayley Williams, this band will guide you through “Hard Times”
What is Paramore
In Harry Potter, what does the Imperius curse do?
What is makes the victim completely under the casters control
The term associated with laying out the overview of your speech and arguments, typically utilized at the beginning of a speech
What is Signposting/Roadmapping
The spiritual belief that positive/negative thoughts bring positive/negative experiences into someone’s life
What is the Law of Attraction
This country shares the longest land border with France
What is Brazil
What song, first released by Adele in 2011 as her first number one single in the UK, later became the background of a popularized 2019 Tik Tok meme?
What is Someone Like You
What is the name of Vito’s youngest son in the movie The Godfather?
What is Michael
The term associated with attempting to figure out how you placed in silent rounds according to the next round’s draw.
What is Backtabbing
This legal tradition is based on defined sets of codified laws, associated with the French.
What is Civil Law
This mountain range separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. Found in the countries of Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia; you’ll need a ‘map’ for this range.
What are the Atlas Mountains
This song, by the artist Hudson Mohawke, was popularized in 2022 through TikTok discourse for its ‘sexual’ utilization
What is Cbat
The names of the stepsisters from Disney’s Cinderella
What is Drizella and Anastasia
According to the “Debater’s Glossary” attached in the CUSID masterfile (which you all had access to prior to this Jeopardy via our Discord), this debate strategy has been defined as “To purposefully give an extreme case because of drunkenness or because of an often misguided belief that it makes the case tighter. E.g. "We're going to implement the death penalty and we think that it should be in place for all crimes.””
What is the Balls to the wall strategy