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100

What are the 4 components of an advantage/disadvantage?

Uniqueness, links, internal links, & impacts.

100

This nation won the FIFIA 2026 World Cup

Who is Spain

100

Who is O'Dowd's Debate Coach 

Coach Preethi

100
What celebrity marriage happen on July 3rd 

Who is Taylor Swift & Travis Kelce

100

An "Off Time Roadmap" is

What is an overview of your speech said before you start your time

200

What is uniqueness?

What is happening right now/in the status quo.

200

It took the New York Knicks this many games to beat the San Antonio Spurs?

What is 5

200
This team won the 2026 Debate Showcase

Who is Westly & Archie

200

For America's 250 Birthday, this game brought 1 boy and 1 girl from each state to compete in a series of athletic events.

What is the Patriot Games

200

 "Net Benfits" includes what important phrase.

What is the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people

300

What word indicates a policy round

What is should
300

This United States Senator died in July

Who is Lindsey Graham (R- SC)

300

The theme for O'Dowd's 2026 - 2027 school year

What is belonging? 

Everyone fits in the O. Seen. Known. Loved.

300

This was the highest grossing movie of the Summer of 2026

What is Spiderman Brand New Day

300

What do you call the 2 negation speeches that occur right after each other? 

What is NegBlock

400

What is the difference between a link and an internal link?

Link - immediately after the plan

Internal Link - short-term impacts

400

For America''s 250 Birthday, San Fransisco launched fireworks from this iconic landmark?

What is the golden gate bridge?

400

This couple won the Season 8 of Love Island USA

Who is Trinity Tatum and Bryce Alakai

400

The supreme court in Trump v. Barbara struck down an executive order regarding what legal principle

What is birthright citizenship

400

What is "Weighing Impacts"

What is explaining why your impacts are more important than your opponents

500
The M. in PMTR stands for

What is Magnitude

500

The supreme court's landmark case Louisiana v. Callais weakened this 1965 civil rights act?

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965

500

San fransisco International Airport was renamed after what iconic California representative

Who is Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

500

University of California Berkeley's Center for Democracy was named after what iconic California Representative

Who is Representative Nancy Pelosi (DCA)

500

What is a perm?

If a counterplan can be done in the same world the aff can do both the plan and counterplan.