Name that Event
A simulation of the U.S. legislative process in the Senate and the House, students generate a series of bills and resolutions for debate
What is Congress?
The length of an Extemporaneous Speech
What is 7 min?
The NSDA currently features fourteen styles of speech and debate as so-called main events, but only four of these trace their inception all the way back to the very first national tournament: one debate event and three speech events. Two of these (Humorous Interpretation and Original Oratory) are mentioned elsewhere in this 1DS. Name BOTH of the remaining two. [NOTE: TWO ANSWERS REQUIRED]
What is Policy/Cross-Examination Debate and Dramatic Interpretation?
This former Speech and Debater competed in Mississippi 45 years ago. Now she is retired but still credited with being the creator of daytime television talk show. Josh Nichols is her #1 fan, even though he accidently hit her with his car.
Who is Oprah Winfrey
The NSDA recognizes particularly dedicated coaches by awarding them honors named for what precious gemstone? Coaches receive their first of these after completing five years of coaching and attaining 15,000 merit points and can earn additional such honors upon repeating these accomplishments. A bit ironically, this probably isn't the hardest question in this 1DS.
What is Diamond?
Using a play, short story, or other published work, students perform a selection of one or more portions of a piece up to ten minutes in length, usually of a comedic nature.
What is Humorous Interpretation?
The length of a Humorous/Dramatic interpretation
What is 10 minutes?
The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) was known by another name for the majority of its history. In 2014, the organization adopted its current designation, thereby ending decades of confusion between its original initialism and that of a major professional sports association. Provide the initialism or the fully spelled-out name of either of the two organizations in question.
What is the NFL- National Forensics League or National Football League?
Growing up in New York, this actor spent his time in Humorous Interpretation 35 years ago. He was also the star in: Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, and Click.
Who is Adam Sandler?
Speech and debate go way back! Even today, many a speech-and-debate coach will prime their students early on with an introduction to Aristotle's three modes of persuasion, as laid out in the philosopher's treatise Rhetoric, which dates from the 4th century BCE. Name the original Greek terms for all three modes, two of which have become relatively common English words in their own rights with distinct (though related) meanings. [NOTE: THREE ANSWERS REQUIRED]
What are Pathos, Ethos, and Logos?
Students are presented with a choice of three questions related to current events in the U.S. and, in 30 minutes, prepare a seven-minute speech answering the selected question.
What is Extemp?
The length of a Public Forum Summary
What is 3 minutes?
This educator founded the National Forensic League.
Who is Bruno E. Jacob?
This debater was born and raised in Indiana, where he eventually became a State Representative, and even the governor. However, in 2017 he attained a much higher office than ever before.
Who is Mike Pence
In 2016, NPR's Radiolab put out an episode called "Debatable," which explores the challenges that face marginalized students from less experienced teams as they seek to break into competitive debate. Much focus was paid to the common though controversial practice of speaking at a blistering pace in order to read an (ideally) insurmountable quantity of contentions and evidence into the discourse. By what gerund is this practice generally known? Though the answer may make you think of butter, the term is actually derived from a blend of two words that very accurately describe the practice
What is Spreading (Speed-Reading)?
A program of thematically-linked selections of literary merit, chosen from two or three recognized genres of competitive interpretation.
What is Program of Oral Interpretation?
The time of Grand Crossfire in Public Forum
What is 3 minutes?
The original goal of the NFL was to recognize excellence in these two activities.
What is Speech and Debate?
Speaking of alumni, the NSDA boasts quite a number of famous "graduates" too, including Oprah Winfrey, Brad Pitt, James Dean, Jordan Peele, and Elizabeth Warren. Of particular note, though, is which actor and singer, who attained three(!) national titles (two in Original Oratory and one in Humorous Interpretation), even earning two of those in the same year (1999)? This celebrated public speaker is probably best known for having voiced a very cool side character in a pair of Disney films.
Who is Josh Gad?
Not to be confused with the sort of place many coaches might like to unwind after a long weekend tournament, what is the name of the NSDA-managed website that has become a crucial tool in most speech-and-debate competitions? Its name is a reference to the physical location in which the results of a competition are compiled and determined.
What is tabroom?
A debate in which the topic is picked at the time of the actual debate, and the debaters are given 1 minute to prepare their speeches.
What is Extemporaneous Debate?
The length of the questioning period on a 1st negative speech in Congressional Debate
What is 2 minutes?
The NFL was founded in this state.
What is Wisconsin?
A certain NSDA alum made history in 2024 for a one-night-only performance on Broadway. What made her achievement so special was her day job: none of the other 115 people who have held her position had ever appeared on Broadway before. This actual job, which she'd begun two years earlier (thereby making history for a very different and more prominent reason), requires skills and knowledge that lead many to expect that she would have excelled in one of the debate events as a student. In fact, she was a finalist in Humorous Interpretation at the 1988 National Speech and Debate Tournament, revealing just how far back those Broadway ambitions go. Name this trailblazer.
Who is Ketanji Brown-Jackson?
High school speech and debate, nerdy though it may be, occasionally makes its way into the pop culture sphere. Two prominent examples can be viewed on Netflix: one in a 2002 episode of a cult classic series in which one of the namesake characters and her amusingly aggressive partner defeat their opponents in a debate on physician-assisted suicide at Chilton Preparatory School, and the other from a 2022 episode of a Mindy Kaling-helmed series in which the protagonist steals her opponents' binder to get a competitive edge that she winds up not even needing. Name either of these TV shows.
What is Gilmore Girls or Never have I ever?