awkwardsilence after aninappropriatejoke or questionOne of thebussesdelayed byflat tire orsimilarPushkalkillsyou"As weheard earlierabout Xtopic ..."trainee asksthe firstquestionafter a talkReference tothis being atcape codinstead of NewHampshireHarveymakes ajoke aboutstill beingalivepeople goswimming orrunning inpouring rainReference toCovid andbeing gladthe retreat isin-personextremely hungover graduatestudents onSundaymorningsomeonespends 10minutes atyour poster"We're alittlebehindbut...""The talkshave allbeenwonderful sofar"incomprehensiblecancer orimmunologypresentationReference to thisbeing such agreat opportunityto interact withpeople fromdifferent labs"A talentedgraduatestudent/post-docin our lab asked areally interestingquestion""Thank youfor the kindintroduction"vegetarianmeal is aside saladTechnicaldifficulties"Thank you forthat reallyinteresting talk.I had aquestion about…"Presentationmore than10 mins toolongcovidoutbreakYou awkwardly makeeye contact withsomeone at theposter session andthen spend 10minutes at theirposter even thoughyou didn't want toRuth reassuringthe audience thatthere will still bethe annual golftournamentdespite the newlocationModeratorencouragesgrad studentsto askquestionsawkwardsilence after aninappropriatejoke or questionOne of thebussesdelayed byflat tire orsimilarPushkalkillsyou"As weheard earlierabout Xtopic ..."trainee asksthe firstquestionafter a talkReference tothis being atcape codinstead of NewHampshireHarveymakes ajoke aboutstill beingalivepeople goswimming orrunning inpouring rainReference toCovid andbeing gladthe retreat isin-personextremely hungover graduatestudents onSundaymorningsomeonespends 10minutes atyour poster"We're alittlebehindbut...""The talkshave allbeenwonderful sofar"incomprehensiblecancer orimmunologypresentationReference to thisbeing such agreat opportunityto interact withpeople fromdifferent labs"A talentedgraduatestudent/post-docin our lab asked areally interestingquestion""Thank youfor the kindintroduction"vegetarianmeal is aside saladTechnicaldifficulties"Thank you forthat reallyinteresting talk.I had aquestion about…"Presentationmore than10 mins toolongcovidoutbreakYou awkwardly makeeye contact withsomeone at theposter session andthen spend 10minutes at theirposter even thoughyou didn't want toRuth reassuringthe audience thatthere will still bethe annual golftournamentdespite the newlocationModeratorencouragesgrad studentsto askquestions

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