awkwardsilence after aninappropriatejoke or questionPushkalkillsyouModeratorencouragesgrad studentsto askquestionsReference to thisbeing such agreat opportunityto interact withpeople fromdifferent labsHarveymakes ajoke aboutstill beingaliveRuth reassuringthe audience thatthere will still bethe annual golftournamentdespite the newlocation"Thank youfor the kindintroduction""A talentedgraduatestudent/post-docin our lab asked areally interestingquestion"trainee asksthe firstquestionafter a talksomeonespends 10minutes atyour posterextremely hungover graduatestudents onSundaymorning"The talkshave allbeenwonderful sofar"One of thebussesdelayed byflat tire orsimilarReference toCovid andbeing gladthe retreat isin-personpeople goswimming orrunning inpouring rainvegetarianmeal is aside saladYou awkwardly makeeye contact withsomeone at theposter session andthen spend 10minutes at theirposter even thoughyou didn't want toincomprehensiblecancer orimmunologypresentationReference tothis being atcape codinstead of NewHampshireTechnicaldifficulties"Thank you forthat reallyinteresting talk.I had aquestion about…"covidoutbreak"As weheard earlierabout Xtopic ...""We're alittlebehindbut..."Presentationmore than10 mins toolongawkwardsilence after aninappropriatejoke or questionPushkalkillsyouModeratorencouragesgrad studentsto askquestionsReference to thisbeing such agreat opportunityto interact withpeople fromdifferent labsHarveymakes ajoke aboutstill beingaliveRuth reassuringthe audience thatthere will still bethe annual golftournamentdespite the newlocation"Thank youfor the kindintroduction""A talentedgraduatestudent/post-docin our lab asked areally interestingquestion"trainee asksthe firstquestionafter a talksomeonespends 10minutes atyour posterextremely hungover graduatestudents onSundaymorning"The talkshave allbeenwonderful sofar"One of thebussesdelayed byflat tire orsimilarReference toCovid andbeing gladthe retreat isin-personpeople goswimming orrunning inpouring rainvegetarianmeal is aside saladYou awkwardly makeeye contact withsomeone at theposter session andthen spend 10minutes at theirposter even thoughyou didn't want toincomprehensiblecancer orimmunologypresentationReference tothis being atcape codinstead of NewHampshireTechnicaldifficulties"Thank you forthat reallyinteresting talk.I had aquestion about…"covidoutbreak"As weheard earlierabout Xtopic ...""We're alittlebehindbut..."Presentationmore than10 mins toolong

Retreat 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. awkward silence after an inappropriate joke or question
  2. Pushkal kills you
  3. Moderator encourages grad students to ask questions
  4. Reference to this being such a great opportunity to interact with people from different labs
  5. Harvey makes a joke about still being alive
  6. Ruth reassuring the audience that there will still be the annual golf tournament despite the new location
  7. "Thank you for the kind introduction"
  8. "A talented graduate student/post-doc in our lab asked a really interesting question"
  9. trainee asks the first question after a talk
  10. someone spends 10 minutes at your poster
  11. extremely hung over graduate students on Sunday morning
  12. "The talks have all been wonderful so far"
  13. One of the busses delayed by flat tire or similar
  14. Reference to Covid and being glad the retreat is in-person
  15. people go swimming or running in pouring rain
  16. vegetarian meal is a side salad
  17. You awkwardly make eye contact with someone at the poster session and then spend 10 minutes at their poster even though you didn't want to
  18. incomprehensible cancer or immunology presentation
  19. Reference to this being at cape cod instead of New Hampshire
  20. Technical difficulties
  21. "Thank you for that really interesting talk. I had a question about …"
  22. covid outbreak
  23. "As we heard earlier about X topic ..."
  24. "We're a little behind but..."
  25. Presentation more than 10 mins too long