Extemporaneous Speaking

EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING

In this event, students have thirty minutes to prepare a speech that answers a question about current events. They may use resources and should cite research in their speeches (5 minutes maximum for Junior, 7 minutes maximum for Senior) plus demonstrate excellent delivery habits.

Ballot
(includes rules)

SAMPLE VIDEO

Pronunciation Guide
This website is a pronunciation guide for world leaders and prominent figures extempers need to know. You simply find the name of the figure whose name you want to hear pronounced and the guide will say it to you. A great resources, especially for political leaders with tricky last names!

Lots of question marks in various colors and sizes scattered around in a circle frame. The

Questions

The NSDA publishes practice questions monthly

https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/

Additionally, The Extemper's Bible provides weekly questions you can use for practice as well as many other resources for Extempers. We encourage you to check them out!

Due to the ever-changing nature of Extemp questions, we don't publish the Regionals/State questions as we assume they'll soon be obsolete. However, here are six classics from the 2025 Blyton tournament your students should be ready to speak about at any time -- they're always topical: BLYTON 2025 QUESTIONS.