Debate Format
Debate Terms
Debate Rules
Motion Types
Random Debate Stuffs
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What does WSDC stand for?
World Schools Debating Championships
100
What does POI mean?
Point of Information: A question/statement asked against the current speaker by the opposing team
100
What is the maximum permissible length of a YTN-HUFS Elementary School reply speech?
3 minutes and 30 seconds
100
What type of motion is this? (Ex: art values motion) This house would ban smoking?
Health Policy Motion
100
is held in which university?
HUFS (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
200
What is the debating format for the Get-Together?
Modified CNDF (Canadian National Debate Format)
200
What does FIAT mean?
The power/resources that the government team is using to enact their policy
200
How long is protected time in constructive speeches?
1 Minute
200
What type of motion is this? (Ex: art values motion) This house believes that traditional depictions of Disney princesses do more harm than good
Art and Media Values Motion
200
What does SNT stand for?
Show and Tell
300
How long are constructive speeches in Asian Parliamentary?
7 minutes
300
What is delta?
The degree of change
300
What is the minimum speaker score you can get at YTN-HUFs English Debate Championships? (If the speaker stood at the podium and only cried)
60
300
What type of motion is this? (Ex: art values motion) This house would remove all patents on green technology
Climate Policy Motion
300
What does JDL stand for?
Jeju Debate Lab
400
How many members can be on one WSDC team?
Up to five members
400
What is an SME?
Small and Medium-sized Enterprise. Referring to businesses with a limited number of employees and revenue, generally under 500 people depending on the region.
400
In a debate veto, how many motions do you start with before veto?
Three motions
400
What type of motion is this? (Ex: art values motion) This house, as a young adult living in Iran, prefers a world where the Iranian Revolution had not happened
Politics Actor Motion (or IR I guess)
400
Which country has won WSDC (World Schools Debating Championships) the most times?
Austrailia (nine times)
500
What are all of the four teams in a British Parliamentary Debate called?
Opening government, opening opposition, closing government, closing opposition
500
What does it mean for an argument to be mutually exclusive?
That the claim will only occur on one side of the bench
500
How long is a British Parliamentary debate in total? (excluding time between speeches and excluding grade time)
56 minutes
500
What type of motion is this? (Ex: art values motion) This house predicts the collapse of the AI bubble in the next decade
Techology predicts motion
500
Which university has won WUDC the most?
University of Oxford