Live from the 2011 MBA Extemp Round Robin: Round 5 Draw is Underway

Following lunch, the fifth round of the MBA Extemp Round Robin is getting ready to take place.  This round will be followed by round six and then a refresher from 4:45-5:30 CST until draw for the final round of the day takes place. Each extempers National Points Race rank is identified within parenthesis to the left of their name.

The topic area for this round is international hotspots.  The last round was an experimental round, where extempers were given the names of ten people and organizations.  After choosing one of the names, extempers were given tweets from these people/organizations and had to craft a question that the tweet could answer.

Section One:

Judges: Tyler Fabbri, Martha Hellman, and Logan Scisco

1. (NR) Teagan Lende (Fargo Shanley High School, North Dakota)
2. (3) Nabeel Zewail (San Marino High School, California)
3. (NR) Kevin Ye (Gabrielino High School, California)
4. (T14) Alessandro Pauri (Flower Mound High School, Texas)

Section Two:

Judges: Akshay Rao, Matthew Slimp, and Don Crabtree

1.  (T40) Jared Odessky (Nova High School, Florida)
2.  (11) Catherine Chiodo (Des Moines Roosevelt High School, Iowa)
3. (7) Peter Vogel (Ridge High School, New Jersey)
4. (T9) Jason Singh (Green Valley High School, Nevada)

Section Three:

Judges: Harry Strong, Joe Uhler, Robert Sheard

1. (NR) Amode Tembhekar (Leland High School, California)
2. (NR) Forrest Richardson (Savannah R3 High School, Missouri)
3. (NR) Matthew Yasuoka (Kamehameha Schools, Hawaii)
4. (13) Karthik Sastry (Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee)

Section Four:

Judges: Jon Rhoads, Jack Grennan, and Hunter Kendrick

1. (NR) Susan Czaikowki (Lamar Consolidated High School, Texas)
2. (1) Nathaniel Donahue (Durham Academy, North Carolina)
3. (12) Kimia Dargahi (L.C. Anderson High School, Texas)
4. (5) Curan Mehra (Scarsdale High School, New York)

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