Cell phone goes off “To piggyback off _____’s question/comment…” Rambling/long introduction of speaker Technology malfunction You have no idea what’s going on Excessive use of “um” “uh” etc. Skips over slides to save time Speaker flips forward past a slide too fast for you to read it Speaker forgets to thank their research team Speaker spends several minutes talking to the title slide Boring slides/no color Results conveniently show improvement Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide Speaker explains something obvious Blatant typo Speaker sucks up to host professor Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram, etc.) Speaker mispronounces something Speaker wastes 5 minutes explaining outline Repeated use of “um…” Too much time thanking people “Beyond the scope of this work” Someone takes more snacks than they could ever eat at seminar Speaker tells an “amusing story” that is not related to the subject of the seminar Someone has a "question" that's actually a comment Work ties into Cancer / CVD / War / COVID-19 Speaker apologizes to audience Sleeping professor/student Low resolution image(s) Doesn’t start on time/goes over time Undefined abbreviation Someone creates excessive noise with their snacks “That’s an interesting question” Cell phone goes off “To piggyback off _____’s question/comment…” Rambling/long introduction of speaker Technology malfunction You have no idea what’s going on Excessive use of “um” “uh” etc. Skips over slides to save time Speaker flips forward past a slide too fast for you to read it Speaker forgets to thank their research team Speaker spends several minutes talking to the title slide Boring slides/no color Results conveniently show improvement Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide Speaker explains something obvious Blatant typo Speaker sucks up to host professor Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram, etc.) Speaker mispronounces something Speaker wastes 5 minutes explaining outline Repeated use of “um…” Too much time thanking people “Beyond the scope of this work” Someone takes more snacks than they could ever eat at seminar Speaker tells an “amusing story” that is not related to the subject of the seminar Someone has a "question" that's actually a comment Work ties into Cancer / CVD / War / COVID-19 Speaker apologizes to audience Sleeping professor/student Low resolution image(s) Doesn’t start on time/goes over time Undefined abbreviation Someone creates excessive noise with their snacks “That’s an interesting question”
(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.
Cell phone goes off
“To piggyback off _____’s question/comment…”
Rambling/long introduction of speaker
Technology malfunction
You have no idea what’s going on
Excessive use of “um” “uh” etc.
Skips over slides to save time
Speaker flips forward past a slide too fast for you to read it
Speaker forgets to thank their research team
Speaker spends several minutes talking to the title slide
Boring slides/no color
Results conveniently show improvement
Speaker is surprised by what appears on the next slide
Speaker explains something obvious
Blatant typo
Speaker sucks up to host professor
Incomprehensible graphic (chart, graph, diagram, etc.)
Speaker mispronounces something
Speaker wastes 5 minutes explaining outline
Repeated use of “um…”
Too much time thanking people
“Beyond the scope of this work”
Someone takes more snacks than they could ever eat at seminar
Speaker tells an “amusing story” that is not related to the subject of the seminar
Someone has a "question" that's actually a comment
Work ties into Cancer / CVD / War / COVID-19
Speaker apologizes to audience
Sleeping professor/student
Low resolution image(s)
Doesn’t start on time/goes over time
Undefined abbreviation
Someone creates excessive noise with their snacks
“That’s an interesting question”