Bad History Bingo - Call List

(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.

1. misspells own name
2. mixed up "affect" and "effect"
3. "I really enjoyed this book"
4. "the dictionary defines x as..."
5. plagiarism
6. misspells topic of paper
7. "were known as"
8. essay or paper is laughably short
9. argument ignores basic chronology
10. essay just strung-together quotes
11. no bibliography
12. thesaurus abuse
13. unhelpful modern comparison
14. describes monograph as a "novel"
15. rampant apostrophe abuse
16. religious opinion as historical fact
17. terrible internet source
18. stilted introduction of quote
19. "back then" or "in those times"
20. MLA instead of CMS
21. thesis: same but different
22. "in today's society"
23. "throughout history"
24. summary instead of analysis