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