awkwardsilence after aninappropriatejoke or question"As weheard earlierabout Xtopic ..."Harveymakes ajoke aboutstill beingaliveYou awkwardly makeeye contact withsomeone at theposter session andthen spend 10minutes at theirposter even thoughyou didn't want to"The talkshave allbeenwonderful sofar""A talentedgraduatestudent/post-docin our lab asked areally interestingquestion"covidoutbreaktrainee asksthe firstquestionafter a talkReference toCovid andbeing gladthe retreat isin-person"Thank youfor the kindintroduction"incomprehensiblecancer orimmunologypresentationPresentationmore than10 mins toolongTechnicaldifficultiesvegetarianmeal is aside saladpeople goswimming orrunning inpouring rain"Thank you forthat reallyinteresting talk.I had aquestion about…"One of thebussesdelayed byflat tire orsimilarextremely hungover graduatestudents onSundaymorningReference to thisbeing such agreat opportunityto interact withpeople fromdifferent labsRuth reassuringthe audience thatthere will still bethe annual golftournamentdespite the newlocationReference tothis being atcape codinstead of NewHampshireModeratorencouragesgrad studentsto askquestionsPushkalkillsyou"We're alittlebehindbut..."someonespends 10minutes atyour posterawkwardsilence after aninappropriatejoke or question"As weheard earlierabout Xtopic ..."Harveymakes ajoke aboutstill beingaliveYou awkwardly makeeye contact withsomeone at theposter session andthen spend 10minutes at theirposter even thoughyou didn't want to"The talkshave allbeenwonderful sofar""A talentedgraduatestudent/post-docin our lab asked areally interestingquestion"covidoutbreaktrainee asksthe firstquestionafter a talkReference toCovid andbeing gladthe retreat isin-person"Thank youfor the kindintroduction"incomprehensiblecancer orimmunologypresentationPresentationmore than10 mins toolongTechnicaldifficultiesvegetarianmeal is aside saladpeople goswimming orrunning inpouring rain"Thank you forthat reallyinteresting talk.I had aquestion about…"One of thebussesdelayed byflat tire orsimilarextremely hungover graduatestudents onSundaymorningReference to thisbeing such agreat opportunityto interact withpeople fromdifferent labsRuth reassuringthe audience thatthere will still bethe annual golftournamentdespite the newlocationReference tothis being atcape codinstead of NewHampshireModeratorencouragesgrad studentsto askquestionsPushkalkillsyou"We're alittlebehindbut..."someonespends 10minutes atyour poster

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