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