Extemp Topic Areas

The extemp topic areas for the 2026 Cal Invitational will be:

Rd 1: US Foreign Policy

Rd 2: Central and South America

Rd 3: Domestic Energy and Environmental Policy

Rd 4: International Economics

Octas: Resistance and Revolution (questions may be national or international in focus)

Quarters: Climate Change

Semis: Genocides

Finals: Kidnappings and Kings (International Politics - hypotheticals (hopefully) in which one country has abducted another's leader)