Extemp Questions Seen at a Tournament - January 11th

Domestic

What are the most important promises Donald Trump has kept and the most important promises he has broken?

Is there a better way to choose a major party Presidential nominee than the current system?

What should be the criteria for participation in the next Democratic Party Presidential candidate debate?

Who will be the next Democratic Presidential candidate to drop out of the race?

What will be the political fallout of the GOP’s strategy involving the impeachment trial?

Was Nancy Pelosi wise is holding the Articles of Impeachment? 

Will the Democrats gain a majority in the Senate in 2020?

What will be the result of the court ruling that gerrymandering is permissible?

Can Mike Bloomburg buy the Democratic Presidential nomination?

Would it be a good strategy for Donald Trump to skip debates leading up to the general election? 

Has support for Elizabeth Warren’s Democratic Presidential nomination peaked?

Will witnesses be called during the impeachment trial? 

International

Is the killing of Qasem Soliemani justified morally?

Does the Republican assertion that debating recent US actions in Iran emboldens Iran valid?

What does the changing explanations surrounding justification for killing Soliemani suggest?

Is the Trudeau Administration’s reaction to the downing of a jet that resulted in Canadian deaths appropriate?

Is the world safer following the US’s withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal?

Has Boris Johnson managed Brexit as effectively as possible?

Why are the “caravans” in Mexico getting less media attention?

Are the recent events in Iran overshadowing any other events that should be getting more attention?

How has Greta Thunberg changed the international conversation on climate change?

Is the Republican assertion that the Democrats are “mourning Solimani” accurate?

Should Australia’s current reaction to the bushfires change significantly?

Questions for the week of January 6th

Domestic

Was President Trump justified when he ordered the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani?

Did House Democrats make the right call when they choose to impeach President Trump?

Should Nancy Pelosi send the articles of impeachment to the Senate before the trial logistics are worked out?

Is a woman or gay man able to be elected President of America, or has the country not progressed enough yet?

Is Donald Trump Jr. going to run for President in 2024?

International

Will the international community support America over the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani?

Did the Saudi Arabian court make the right call regarding the five men accused of killing Jamal Khashoggi?

Should action be taken against North Korea now that they removed the moratorium on testing long-range missiles?

Will more countries now start taking climate change seriously after a first-world country like Australia has seen such devastating effects like massive wild fires?

Will global stockmarkets do as well in 2020 as they did in 2019?

Questions for the week of December 9th

Domestic

Does Kamala Harris dropping out of the race help or hurt the democratic party?

Is Dan Brouillette a good choice to replace Rick Perry as energy secretary?

Did the House make the appropriate choices for what they choose to include in the articles of impeachment?

International

Is NATO in trouble after the recent sparring between France, the United States, and Canada?

Does the recent murder of two people in London mean that rehabilitation of terrorists is impossible?

Will the resignation of Iraq’s Prime Minister have any positive effects on governance and ease demonstrators’ fears?