"I'mworkingon..."Audiencemember askspartisan, racist,and/or simplyloony questionPapergoeslongPaper goesso longpeople lookat watchesEyes flickdown to readperson'sname onbadgeOlderaudiencemember fallsasleepCommentatornotes thatpanelist gotpaper to themeight minutesbefore session"More of acommentthan aquestion"Panelistreads paperverbatim (noeye contactdivision)TOOMANYSLIDES!MorepaneliststhanaudiencemembersCommentatorLoses MindAudience hassuitcases(Sundaymorningdivision)"That wasgreat, but whydidn't you talkabout [entirelydifferent topic]"BOUGHTTOOMANYBOOKS!TechIssue(ZoomDivision)PanelisthungoverMeeting someonenew! Who mentionsthat you met a apreviousconference...andremembers yourname.Hey, I know youfrom Twitter!(Creepy StalkerDivision)Grad studentdiscovers newbook worryinglyclose todissertationConferencetheme & papertopic onlyroughly in samegalaxyPaper Title:Topic A.ActualPaper: TopicZEmbarrassingReceptionBehaviorAudiencemembersidles outbetweenpapers"I'mworkingon..."Audiencemember askspartisan, racist,and/or simplyloony questionPapergoeslongPaper goesso longpeople lookat watchesEyes flickdown to readperson'sname onbadgeOlderaudiencemember fallsasleepCommentatornotes thatpanelist gotpaper to themeight minutesbefore session"More of acommentthan aquestion"Panelistreads paperverbatim (noeye contactdivision)TOOMANYSLIDES!MorepaneliststhanaudiencemembersCommentatorLoses MindAudience hassuitcases(Sundaymorningdivision)"That wasgreat, but whydidn't you talkabout [entirelydifferent topic]"BOUGHTTOOMANYBOOKS!TechIssue(ZoomDivision)PanelisthungoverMeeting someonenew! Who mentionsthat you met a apreviousconference...andremembers yourname.Hey, I know youfrom Twitter!(Creepy StalkerDivision)Grad studentdiscovers newbook worryinglyclose todissertationConferencetheme & papertopic onlyroughly in samegalaxyPaper Title:Topic A.ActualPaper: TopicZEmbarrassingReceptionBehaviorAudiencemembersidles outbetweenpapers

Conference Bingo - Call List

(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.


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  1. "I'm working on..."
  2. Audience member asks partisan, racist, and/or simply loony question
  3. Paper goes long
  4. Paper goes so long people look at watches
  5. Eyes flick down to read person's name on badge
  6. Older audience member falls asleep
  7. Commentator notes that panelist got paper to them eight minutes before session
  8. "More of a comment than a question"
  9. Panelist reads paper verbatim (no eye contact division)
  10. TOO MANY SLIDES!
  11. More panelists than audience members
  12. Commentator Loses Mind
  13. Audience has suitcases (Sunday morning division)
  14. "That was great, but why didn't you talk about [entirely different topic]"
  15. BOUGHT TOO MANY BOOKS!
  16. Tech Issue (Zoom Division)
  17. Panelist hungover
  18. Meeting someone new! Who mentions that you met a a previous conference...and remembers your name.
  19. Hey, I know you from Twitter! (Creepy Stalker Division)
  20. Grad student discovers new book worryingly close to dissertation
  21. Conference theme & paper topic only roughly in same galaxy
  22. Paper Title: Topic A. Actual Paper: Topic Z
  23. Embarrassing Reception Behavior
  24. Audience member sidles out between papers