Repeated use of "um..." Blatant typo Professor falls asleep Doesn't go into PowerPoint presentation mode Speaker bashes previous work "That's an interesting question" Laptop malfunction Person next to you on his/her laptop Student bobs head fighting sleep References advisor (past, present) You have no idea what's going on Entire slide filled with text Bitter postdoc asks question "Beyond the scope of this work" Cell phone goes off Introducing the speaker takes too long "We're looking into that" Uses latest buzz words in the field "Manuscript in preparation" Speaker is getting over a cold Use of Powerpoint with blue background Laser pointer doesn't work "The data CLEARLY shows" Speaker wastes 5 min in outline Repeated use of "um..." Blatant typo Professor falls asleep Doesn't go into PowerPoint presentation mode Speaker bashes previous work "That's an interesting question" Laptop malfunction Person next to you on his/her laptop Student bobs head fighting sleep References advisor (past, present) You have no idea what's going on Entire slide filled with text Bitter postdoc asks question "Beyond the scope of this work" Cell phone goes off Introducing the speaker takes too long "We're looking into that" Uses latest buzz words in the field "Manuscript in preparation" Speaker is getting over a cold Use of Powerpoint with blue background Laser pointer doesn't work "The data CLEARLY shows" Speaker wastes 5 min in outline
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
Repeated use of "um..."
Blatant typo
Professor falls asleep
Doesn't go into PowerPoint presentation mode
Speaker bashes previous work
"That's an interesting question"
Laptop malfunction
Person next to you on his/her laptop
Student bobs head fighting sleep
References advisor (past, present)
You have no idea what's going on
Entire slide filled with text
Bitter postdoc asks question
"Beyond the scope of this work"
Cell phone goes off
Introducing the speaker takes too long
"We're looking into that"
Uses latest buzz words in the field
"Manuscript in preparation"
Speaker is getting over a cold
Use of Powerpoint with blue background
Laser pointer doesn't work
"The data CLEARLY shows"
Speaker wastes 5 min in outline