Extemp Topic Areas

All Extemporaneous Speaking preliminary rounds at Grand Finals will feature questions in one of the following topic areas (not necessarily in this order):

1. US policy (domestic and foreign), politics, and elections

2. Domestic affairs of countries other than the US and foreign policy of all countries (including the US)

3. US and/or global economic policy, business, and trade

4. Social issues, culture, science and technology

Finals (if required) will include topics from ALL topic areas above.