Meta Debate
What is the best strategy to run as the PM?
Content dumping
Accept: 5 minutes straight mech
Which exec has the record for the latest summative submission?
Jason (5 months)
How do you win on back half?
Name the head coach / founder of Ethos Academy
Jason Xiao
You are the LO and realize you only have 30s left and you have an unfinished constructive and no refutation, which should you prioritize and why?
Prioritize constructive, because that is the main part of your case. Your partner can lie and say that the refutation was integrated.
How many Merivale students were in the Merivale Ottawa Championships finals?
Bonus: name them
5 (Annie, Kevin, Benyang, Sonia, Ella)
What are two common logical fallacies that are seen in rounds?
Strawman, post hoc ergo propter hoc
Accept: circular reasoning, false dichotomy, casual causation
What prestigious English school is currently the home of two previous Team Canada debaters?
Oxford (Gaby Lin and Tanush Agarwal)
What is the importance of framing in a debate?
Framing helps you push burdens in the round by showing the judge what to prioritize, and forces the teams to debate on your grounds rather than theirs.
What were the grade 12 execs working on over the past weekend?
Mock chemistry IA
History IA
What is 'spec' in debate?
Specialized knowledge, information such as facts, statistics, historical knowledge that is not a priori to the round.
Name at least one of the two most critically acclaimed university debaters in the world.
Shengwu Li, Bo Seo, Will Jones & James Dray, Hamza Chaudhry, Tin Puljic, Ryan Lafferty, Elizabeth Li
As a Member speaker, how do you identify the most strategic points to run?
Does your argument have the potential to introduce a new clash
What are the names of the honourary WSDC coaches for Ethan and Jackie's team?
Partial points: name their institutions
Ryan Lafferty (Dartmouth)
Raymond Qiu (Queen's)
What is the name of the 3x australasian champion who wrote First Principles Guide to Debating?
Tim Sonnreich
Which two debate club execs are members of Team Andromeda?
Bonus: name all 5 members
Ethan, Jackie (+ Arik, Jeanette, John)
For the motion "This house would ban zoos" what is the most prevalent clash that would be present during the debate and how would you clash it as the opposition whip?
up to execs
Which MHS washroom was closed due to flooding last year?
Geo/history hall washroom
Which LSE debater swept the WUDC debate scene for the past 3 years?
Bonus points: name the year he graduated
Hamza Tariq Chaudhry, graduated from LSE & Polisci in 2022
What place did Monash B (grand champions) break at the 2010 WUDC?
1st team on 17 points