Southern Minnesota District Qualifier

for the 2025 National Tournament

BQ Qualifier

Resolved: Creativity is a more powerful force than intelligence.More information about BQ Debate, including a topic primer with sample cases and evidence for this topic, can be found athttps://www.speechanddebate.org/big-questions/

Pairing Protocol: Each entry is guaranteed four preliminary rounds of competition; all winning records (4-0 and 3-1 records) will advance into elimination rounds. Each school may bring an unlimited number of entries. We will attempt to separate entries from each school from hitting each other in preliminary rounds but will do so if it's otherwise impossible. We will follow the single-elimination method for elimination rounds.

Judges: Each school is required to bring 1 judge per every two entries (or fraction thereof.)

We will be using Zoom breakout rooms for this tournament. Please make sure to work with your technology department to ensure that zoom works for you.

Wednesday Schedule (Feb 5th)

• Check In 3:30 PM
• Round 1 - 4:00 PM
• Round 2 - 5:15 PM
• Round 3 - 6:45 PM

Thursday Schedule (Feb 6th)

• Check In 3:30 PM
• Round 4 - 4:00 PM
• Quarters - 5:15 PM
• Semis - 6:45 PM

There is no final round as both students who advance to finals qualify to the national tournament.