(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.
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Heard some amazing gossip in the Senior Management Meeting you weren’t supposed to
Watched a major testimony or election results with colleagues from a conference room
Gave an informational interview to someone random because your boss didn't want to
Been forced to hire a Distinguished Intern
Published under your own name
Played or knew someone who played on the Brookings Soccer Team
Told a senior staff member that their panel wasn't diverse enough
Ran into a scholar at a bar accidentally and pretended to not see each other
Went from an intern to hiring an intern within 12 months
Was previously an intern at Brookings
Tweeted from @BrookingsFP
Knew someone who slept at the office after long night out...
Got an office with a door AND a window
Worked on a BI Press book that is STILL forthcoming
Called Vanda Felbab-Brown “Carmen Sandiego”
Yelled "I know him/her" and pointed at the TV in public
Told a senior staff member that their panel wasn't diverse enough
Kissed a coworker
Had a gin plus a bit of tonic at Fox and Hounds
Worked at an Initiative/ Center/ Project/ Program that changed names during your tenure
Danced at the Brookings Holiday Party
Was asked to speak on the record by a journalist and had to say no
Sang karaoke at Recessions
Had a toffee, lemon or Oreo Brookie
Drank at work after hours
Had to co-host an event with Mike O'Hanlon that had both a) no budget and b) nothing to do with FP
Still own a copy of Power and Responsibility
Made an Infographic (and had to explain what that was to a Fellow)
Attended the FP Holiday Party
Pointed to a sign at the Zoo, Washington Monument, Monticello, etc. for David Rubenstein and said “thanks for the salary!”
Read an entire BI book from a different department
Still have apparel or a mug that says “Brookings”
Watched Ben Bernanke eating pudding in the Brooketeria
Ate lunch on the roofdeck of 1780
Took a paid work trip overseas
Passed an ambassador or member of Congress in the back hallway “on accident”
Came into the office on a weekend/night just to use the restroom/charge your phone
Corrected someone post-Brookings that it's "InstituTION not Institute"
Had to co-host an event with Mike O'Hanlon that had both a) no budget and b) nothing to do with FP
Heard Charley’s phone ring from more than 50 feet away
Had to stand while senior staff sat down for a meeting
