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