April & May 2007 Question Archives
Extemp Questions for the Week of April 4th-10th, 2007

1.  Will the British hostage crisis strengthen or weaken Tony Blair?

2.  Should Gitmo be closed?

3.  Should Nancy Pelosi have gone to Syria?

4.  Will Mitt Romney's victory in the first quarter of fundraising increase the momentum of his campaign?

5.  Should drug resistant TB patients be forcibly quarantined?

6.  Why does South Africa defend Zimbabwe?

7.  Is the Quebec separtist movement dead?

8.  How will the Tamil Tigers use of aircraft impact the fighting in Sri Lanka?

9.  Has the Congo turned its back on democracy again?

10.  Can Jean Marie Le Pen make the second round of France's presidential election?
Extemp Questions for the Week of April 11th-17th, 2007

1.  Should Imus be fired?

2.  Why is Felipe Calderon starting his presidential term better than Vicente Fox?

3.  Will Congress pass President Bush's immigration reform plan?

4.  Should Newt Gingrich run for president?

5.  Should global warming be made a national security issue?

6.  Will Congress pass the US-SK free trade agreement?

7.  Should India demilitarize Kashmir?

8.  Was Cambodia's recent election rigged?

9.  What is the state of US-EU relations?

10.  Should Gordon Brown allow a contest for leadership of the Labour Party after Tony Blair leaves office?
Extemp Questions for the Week of April 18th-24th, 2007

1.  Is college campus security in need of an overhaul?

2.  Has Lula's second term been a disappointment?

3.  Should the FCC do more about "shock jocks"?

4.  Should felons have their voting rights reinstated?

5.  Which two candidates in France's presidential election will qualify for the runoff round?

6.  Why is Mitt Romney struggling?

7.  How can Latin American conservatives fight off Hugo Chavez?

8.  Will nation building work in East Timor?

9.  Has Algeria become a new al-Qaeda battleground?

10.  What's wrong with Portugal's economy?
Extemp Questions for the Week of April 25th-May 1st, 2007

1.  Why did Francois Bayrou fail to make the runoff of the French presidential election?

2.  Should the 2nd amendment be repealed?

3.  Why is Hillary Clinton's support declining?

4.  What is the legacy of Boris Yeltsin?

5.  Should Wolfowitz resign?

6.  Will the Supreme Court's ruling on partial birth abortion lead to a repeal of other abortion rights?

7.  Has Alberto Gonzales become a liability to President Bush?

8.  What should China do to control AIDS?

9.  Is a military coup eminent in Turkey?

10.  What should South Africa due to lower its crime rate?
Extemp Questions for the Week of May 2nd-May 8th, 2007

1.  Is Murtha serious about impeaching President Bush?

2.  What effect will a new round of May protests have on creating new immigration legislation?

3.  Should Venezuela leave the IMF?

4.  Will Olmert's government fall following the release of a report on last summer's war in Lebanon?

5.  Has Iraq destroyed Tony Blair's legacy?

6.  How should the American education system be reformed?

7.  Is the US becoming more isolationist?

8.  What should Australia do about its water shortage problem?

9.  Are US-Cuba relations improving?

10.  Why has violence in Somalia gotten worse?
Extemp Questions for the Week of May 9th-May 15th, 2007

1.  Is Katie Couric on her way out of the CBS Evening News?

2.  Will Sarkozy succeed in reforming France?

3.  What can Hillary Clinton learn from Segolene Royal?

4.  How should U.S. intelligence be fixed?

5.  Should South Africa adopt Zimbabwe-style land reform?

6.  Has Japan apologized enough about its actions during World War II?

7.  Has the housing market finally taken a plunge?

8.  Should a national school voucher plan be enacted?

9.  Is the nuclear black market an overly exaggerated threat?

10.  Should the Federal Reserve be more concerned with rising inflation or weak economic growth?
Extemp Questions for the Week of May 16th-May 22nd, 2007

1.  Can Helen Zille create a viable opposition force to the African National Congress??

2.  How will history judge Tony Blair?

3.  Are development banks becoming ineffective??

4.  Should Michael Bloomberg run for president?

5.  How should the world react to reports that Iran is increasing uranium enrichment?

6.  Is merit pay for teachers a good idea?

7.  Should Benazir Bhutto return to Pakistan?

8.  How has Romano Prodi's coalition government survived?

9.  Is the U.S. is a new cold war with Russia?

10.  How should the U.S. reform its farm subsidies policy?
Extemp Questions for the Week of May 23rd-May 29th, 2007

1.  Will Ted Kennedy's bipartisan immigration bill pass?

2.  Should labor standards be put into trade agreements?

3.  How will the death of Jerry Falwell impact the religious right?

4.  Will Scotland secede from the United Kingdom?

5.  Is XM radio's self-censorship justified?

6.  Are Kurdish troops the answer to Iraq's security deficit?

7.  How can Europe stave off an energy crisis with Russia?

8.  If she runs, will Cristina Kirchner win the Argentinian presidency?

9.  Is Pakistan's democracy broken beyond repair?

10.  Is it a good idea to put Zimbabwe as head of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development?
Extemp Questions for the Week of May 30th-June 5th, 2007

1.  Is super TB the world's most ignored health risk?

2.  Will Fred Thompson run for president?

3.  Should hte Bush tax cuts be repealed?

4.  Has wildlife protection gotten out of hand in Africa?

5.  Why has inflation become a problem in Zimbabwe?

6.  Why has Russia increased its hostility towards the United States?

7.  Are racially gerrymandered districts a good idea?

8.  Is legislation to allow a federal lawsuit against OPEC an effective way to bring about lower gas prices?

9.  Was the breakup of DaimleyChrysler a good idea?

10.  Does the grand coalition have long to live in Germany?
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