EXTEMP QUESTIONS JULY 2025

 

Do not share these questions before Thursday July 24, 2025.

Looking for the Extemp Questions for a tournament after that date? Look again Thursday evening before your tournament.

 

Students receive these questions on Thursday but also have at least 20 minutes before they speak from when postings go up.

 

Students present for 5 minutes if in elementary school; all others present for 7 minutes.

 

Extemp speeches begin when the speech round start time happens.

 

ROUND 1 EXTEMP QUESTIONS

 

Make your own question ON A CURRENT EVENT/ISSUE/PERSON and answer it.

Current means something in the news in the past 5 months.

 

Can’t think of one? Ask Chat GPT or Gemini for Extemp questions for age level.

 

ROUND 2 and 3 EXTEMP QUESTIONS

 

You give the same speech in round 2 and round 3 answering the same one question (pick 1 of the below 3 questions to answer).

 

ELEMENTARY SPEAKERS

 

1. Should schools have longer recess?

 

2. What are the pros and cons of efforts to go to space?

 

3. What should we do about forest fires?

 

 

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SPEAKERS

 

1. How should the international community respond to growing tensions in the South China Sea?

 

2. Should governments regulate AI development more strictly?

 

3. Is the U.S. doing enough to fight climate change?