(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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A book by JRR Tolkien (two of his characters, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, have their birthdays on 22 September).
A book by H. G. Wells (who turns 157 on 21 September).
A book by someone called Michael, Gabriel or Raphael, or with one of those names in the title (29 September is the Christian Feast of the Archangels).
A book set on the coast or about a coastal environment (15-24 September is the Great British Beach Clean 2023)
A book about a serial killer (Jack the Ripper’s murders mostly took place in September 1888).
A book with chocolate on the front cover or the word chocolate in the title (13 September is International Chocolate Day).
A book set in a school or university (term has started).
A book you bought at a charity shop (5 September is the International Day of Charity).
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A book with a mostly blue cover (September’s birthstone is the sapphire and its flower the forget-me-not).
A book whose title is in the form of a question. (28 September is Ask a Stupid Question Day).
A book set in or about Elizabethan England (Queen Elizabeth I was born 490 years ago this month).
A book with the word ‘autumn’ in the title.
A book about someone making a journey through multiple countries (443 years since Francis Drake first circumnavigated the globe).
A book set during World War 2 (the war ended in September 1945)
A book about an emergency services or healthcare worker (9 September is Emergency Services Day in the UK).
