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