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What country is famous for the Eiffel Tower?
What is France?
What do you call the topic or statement being debated?
What is a Motion?
In the motion “This House believes that school uniforms are beneficial,” what does “This House” refer to?
What is the Government/Proposition side?
A British Parliamentary debate has four teams.
True
How many speakers are there in a standard BP debate?
8
What is the capital of the United States?
What is Washington, D.C.?
What is a POI?
What is a Point of Information?
What does “THBT” stand for?
What is This House Believes That?
Each team has two speakers in a British Parliamentary Debate
True
How many teams participate in a standard BP debate?
What country has London as its capital?
What is the United Kingdom?
What is rebuttal?
What is responding to and challenging an opponent’s arguments?
In “This House would ban homework,” what type of motion is this?
What is a policy motion?
A POI is normally offered during protected time
False
What are the two teams on the Opposition side called?
Opening Opposition and Closing Opposition
What international organization is headquartered in New York City and works on global cooperation and peace?
What is the United Nations?
What do you call the main reason or logic supporting an argument?
What is a mechanization?
What does “This House regrets...” generally ask debaters to do?
What is debating whether a past decision, event, or development was harmful or undesirable
The Closing Government team must bring a new contribution to the debate
True
What are the two teams on the Government side called?
Opening Government and Closing Government
What two countries are separated by the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ?
What is North Korea and South Korea?
What is “weighing” in a debate?
What is comparing the importance or impact of competing arguments to show why one matters more?
In a motion beginning “This House supports...,” what is the Government side generally expected to do?
What is defending the stated position and explain why supporting it is preferable to the alternative?
The Government side automatically wins because they propose the motion
False
Put the eight speakers in order, starting with the first speaker
Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition, Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Leader of Opposition, Member of Government, Member of Opposition, Government Whip, Opposition Whip