Round 2

Persuasion

100

Save the children! 

What is Pathos?

200

We should take a plane from point A to point B, where younger beings are. Then move the younger beings onto the plane, back to point A. Mission accomplished!

What is Logos?

300

According to Dr. Always Right, youth are important and a plethora of studies suggest that we should care about them

What is Ethos?

400

Here. In this classroom! There are children! And they, just like you, should be saved, and brought back to their own classroom!

What is Kairos?

500

As a star spangled nation, the children are our future, raised on tales of Winnie the Pooh and Sesame Street. 

What is Mythos?

Tactics

100

(Blank) is the purpose of a "Link Wall" on a kritik?

What is -- to shield the alternative and prevent a permutation

200

Counterplans have to be topical? True / False

What is false

300

Permutation, do the CP, then the plan is a (blank) 

What is severance? 

400

Permutation: Do the plan, the counterplan, and increase the number of patent judges 

What is intrinsicness?

500

Permutation shields the link means that the links are so strong that the permutation doesn't matter

What is true?

Research

100

These six characteristics are required for a proper citation

What are, author name, author qualifications, publication date, publication, title, and link or page number

200

These tactics allow you to get past paywalls

What are several correct answers

300

These institutions, mostly in Washington D.C., pay scholars to sit around and write cards for debaters all day

What are think tanks?

400

This popular website can be used, both to help understand concepts, and for its citations

What is Wikipedia?

500

There is no substitute for this activity, which will make you unstoppable in debates

What is reading the source literature?

Topic 2.0

100

A (blank) allows someone else to use copyrighted or patented material, but gives the creator money for that use

What is a license? 

200

These images or videos use artificial intelligence to make it seem like someone did or said something that they didn't do

What are deepfakes?

300

This phenomena lures immigrants, especially those with specialized skills, from one country to another?

What is Brain Drain?

400

These five swing states are most likely to determine the next US President?

What are Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Georgia?

500

The federal government incentivizes the creation of these products, which are not commercially viable since they don't have many potential buyers, but are essential for the health and wellbeing of many people

What are Orphan Drugs?

Misc.

100

This tool allows you to influence who judges you at regional competitions?

What are Prefs?

200

This school of thought encourages us to change our relationship to suffering

What is nihilism?

300

This political movement opposes elites and prefers majoritarian solutions to problems?

What is populism?

400

These two potential responses to Topicality can save the affirmative team from defeat, but only if you don't forget to argue the standards too

What are "We Meet" and "Counter-Interpretations"

500

In Varsity, you often need to win this, instead of just looking for dropped arguments.

What is clash?