Monthly Archives: February 2014

Extemp Central News Quiz for the Week of February 17th-23rd, 2014

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Logan Scisco

[fblike] Here is this week’s Extemp Central news quiz. Good luck! To access a list of all our old quizzes, click here.

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Japanese Foreign Relations with China & South Korea (2014)

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Logan Scisco

[fblike] East Asia is gradually becoming one of the world’s flash points for future conflict. China is extending its territorial claims into the Straits of Taiwan and the South China Sea, North Korea has nuclear capabilities and threatens its neighbors, … Continue reading →

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R&D: Japanese Foreign Relations with China & South Korea (2014)

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Logan Scisco

[fblike] Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on Japanese foreign relations with China and South Korea (2014). Japan, South Korea and China are fighting over a new shrine — to an assassin who also wanted East Asia … Continue reading →

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of February 17th-23rd, 2014

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Logan Scisco

[fblike] 1. Can Canada successfully balance its budget before 2015? 2. How can Cyprus be reunified? 3. Should African aid agencies adopt “results-oriented” agendas? 4. Are Turkish aspirations of joining the EU dead? 5. Will Lebanon’s new cabinet provide the … Continue reading →

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HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of February 17th-23rd, 2014

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Logan Scisco

[fblike] 1. How can the UAW unionize more auto plants in the South? 2. Does the Ninth Circuit’s recent ruling on concealed firearms signal the beginning of the end of the American gun control movement? 3. Would the unionization of … Continue reading →

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R&D from Prepd: The “Right to Die” Movement

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Logan Scisco

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R&D from Prepd: Bosnian Riots

Posted on February 13, 2014 by Logan Scisco

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Strategy: How to Answer Presidential Election Questions

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Logan Scisco

by Logan Scisco Receiving questions about the next presidential election is a usual occurrence in extemporaneous speaking. In fact, these questions appear weeks after the last presidential election is finished. This season you may have seen questions that ask you … Continue reading →

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Extemp Central News Quiz for the Week of February 10th-16th, 2014