Debate Introduction

Question 1

Forensic progression

Answer 1

1-settle through discussion
2-more formal persuasive speeches presented
3-formal discussion with outside 3rd party arbitrator

Question 2

Who is the father of debate?

Answer 2

Protagoras

Question 3

Debate comes from

Answer 3

Greece

Question 4

Sophists

Answer 4

Wanted to present information more than they wanted it to be valid

Question 5

Sophistry

Answer 5

Arguments that are subtly defective

Question 6

Aristotle emphasized…

Answer 6

Truth revealed through good reasons

Question 7

Who’s students presented both sides of an issue?

Answer 7

Quintillian’s

Question 8

Forensics

Answer 8

The debate and individual routes common in high school and college

Question 9

When did debate start in the U.S?

Answer 9

17th and 18th centuries

Question 10

When was the first organized intercollegiate debate?

Answer 10

Between Harvard and Yale in 1892

Question 11

Which colleges joined Harvard and Yale?

Answer 11

Michigan, Wisconsin, Stanford, California

Question 12

When and where was the first college debate tournament?

Answer 12

1923 in Winfield, Kansas

Question 13

When was the nfl formed?

Answer 13

1925

Question 14

What is debate?

Answer 14

Argument with rules that ensure both sides have equal opportunity to present positions
Most complex form of settling a disagreement and occurs after other strategies have failed