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