Presentationmore than10 mins toolong"Thank you forthat reallyinteresting talk.I had aquestion about…"vegetarianmeal is aside salad"A talentedgraduatestudent/post-docin our lab asked areally interestingquestion"Ruth reassuringthe audience thatthere will still bethe annual golftournamentdespite the newlocationtrainee asksthe firstquestionafter a talkawkwardsilence after aninappropriatejoke or questionReference toCovid andbeing gladthe retreat isin-personReference to thisbeing such agreat opportunityto interact withpeople fromdifferent labsReference tothis being atcape codinstead of NewHampshireTechnicaldifficulties"Thank youfor the kindintroduction"covidoutbreakHarveymakes ajoke aboutstill beingalive"As weheard earlierabout Xtopic ..."someonespends 10minutes atyour posterextremely hungover graduatestudents onSundaymorningpeople goswimming orrunning inpouring rainModeratorencouragesgrad studentsto askquestionsincomprehensiblecancer orimmunologypresentationOne of thebussesdelayed byflat tire orsimilarPushkalkillsyou"We're alittlebehindbut..."You awkwardly makeeye contact withsomeone at theposter session andthen spend 10minutes at theirposter even thoughyou didn't want to"The talkshave allbeenwonderful sofar"Presentationmore than10 mins toolong"Thank you forthat reallyinteresting talk.I had aquestion about…"vegetarianmeal is aside salad"A talentedgraduatestudent/post-docin our lab asked areally interestingquestion"Ruth reassuringthe audience thatthere will still bethe annual golftournamentdespite the newlocationtrainee asksthe firstquestionafter a talkawkwardsilence after aninappropriatejoke or questionReference toCovid andbeing gladthe retreat isin-personReference to thisbeing such agreat opportunityto interact withpeople fromdifferent labsReference tothis being atcape codinstead of NewHampshireTechnicaldifficulties"Thank youfor the kindintroduction"covidoutbreakHarveymakes ajoke aboutstill beingalive"As weheard earlierabout Xtopic ..."someonespends 10minutes atyour posterextremely hungover graduatestudents onSundaymorningpeople goswimming orrunning inpouring rainModeratorencouragesgrad studentsto askquestionsincomprehensiblecancer orimmunologypresentationOne of thebussesdelayed byflat tire orsimilarPushkalkillsyou"We're alittlebehindbut..."You awkwardly makeeye contact withsomeone at theposter session andthen spend 10minutes at theirposter even thoughyou didn't want to"The talkshave allbeenwonderful sofar"

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. Presentation more than 10 mins too long
  2. "Thank you for that really interesting talk. I had a question about …"
  3. vegetarian meal is a side salad
  4. "A talented graduate student/post-doc in our lab asked a really interesting question"
  5. Ruth reassuring the audience that there will still be the annual golf tournament despite the new location
  6. trainee asks the first question after a talk
  7. awkward silence after an inappropriate joke or question
  8. Reference to Covid and being glad the retreat is in-person
  9. Reference to this being such a great opportunity to interact with people from different labs
  10. Reference to this being at cape cod instead of New Hampshire
  11. Technical difficulties
  12. "Thank you for the kind introduction"
  13. covid outbreak
  14. Harvey makes a joke about still being alive
  15. "As we heard earlier about X topic ..."
  16. someone spends 10 minutes at your poster
  17. extremely hung over graduate students on Sunday morning
  18. people go swimming or running in pouring rain
  19. Moderator encourages grad students to ask questions
  20. incomprehensible cancer or immunology presentation
  21. One of the busses delayed by flat tire or similar
  22. Pushkal kills you
  23. "We're a little behind but..."
  24. 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
  25. "The talks have all been wonderful so far"