Mother to Son: “It istimeto do yourhomework.”Son to Mother: “Wehad pizza for lunchtoday.”“Peace is thebest strategybecauseEinstein saidso.”“We can’t worryaboutthe environmentbecausewe are in themiddleof a war.”“A commercial claimsthat a specific brand ofcereal is the best waytostart the day becauseMichael Jordan saysthatit is what he eats everyday for breakfast.”Interviewer- “Have youbeen overchargingcustomerswithout them knowing?”Business Owner: “We takeour business seriously, andwe do everything we canto build a quality product.”A police officer pullsa car over for speeding.The driver says that heshouldn’t have to pay thefine since there are somany dangerous criminalsout there, and that thepoliceofficer should be chasingthem instead.“Half ofAmericansbelieve inghosts,so they must bereal.”“You have no ideawhatyou are talkingabout;you have only livedhere for 6 months!”“Before you listen toher,I should remind youthatshe has beenchargedwith embezzlement.”“What wouldyou knowabout laborlaws?You don’t evenhave a job.”“All sportscar driversare soaggressive!”“Nearly allscientistsbelieve inevolution;therefore, itmust be true.”“Everyone isswitching to aniPhone, so youshould too!”After trying sushionceand disliking it, apersonclaims that allsushiis terrible.“In order to reallylook atthe problem of globalwarming, we mustfirstconsider how thehomeless sufferwhen it is cold.”“Our CEO says that wedon’t need to worryaboutclimate change, so I nolonger need to find outways for our companyto be moresustainable.”“It must be agood bookbecause it ison thebest-seller list.”“I felt nauseated bothtimes I ate pizza fromGeorgio’s, so I mustbeallergic to somethingin pizza.”“How could Ivotefor a personlooking likethis?”This type of fallacy isalsoknown as a characterassassination, andincludespersonal attacks andname calling.Someone visits acity on arainy day, andconcludesthat the weather inthatcity is always bad.“The moon iscoveredwith dust becausethepresident of ourneighborhoodassociationsaid so.”“The election wasriggedbecause a lot ofpeoplehave been talkingabout it.”Son: “Wow, Dad, it’sreally hard to make aliving on my salary.”Father: “Consideryourself lucky, son.Why, when I wasyour age, I onlymade $40 a week.”“Everyone wasspeeding,so I shouldn’thavegotten a ticket.”Mother to Son: “It istimeto do yourhomework.”Son to Mother: “Wehad pizza for lunchtoday.”“Peace is thebest strategybecauseEinstein saidso.”“We can’t worryaboutthe environmentbecausewe are in themiddleof a war.”“A commercial claimsthat a specific brand ofcereal is the best waytostart the day becauseMichael Jordan saysthatit is what he eats everyday for breakfast.”Interviewer- “Have youbeen overchargingcustomerswithout them knowing?”Business Owner: “We takeour business seriously, andwe do everything we canto build a quality product.”A police officer pullsa car over for speeding.The driver says that heshouldn’t have to pay thefine since there are somany dangerous criminalsout there, and that thepoliceofficer should be chasingthem instead.“Half ofAmericansbelieve inghosts,so they must bereal.”“You have no ideawhatyou are talkingabout;you have only livedhere for 6 months!”“Before you listen toher,I should remind youthatshe has beenchargedwith embezzlement.”“What wouldyou knowabout laborlaws?You don’t evenhave a job.”“All sportscar driversare soaggressive!”“Nearly allscientistsbelieve inevolution;therefore, itmust be true.”“Everyone isswitching to aniPhone, so youshould too!”After trying sushionceand disliking it, apersonclaims that allsushiis terrible.“In order to reallylook atthe problem of globalwarming, we mustfirstconsider how thehomeless sufferwhen it is cold.”“Our CEO says that wedon’t need to worryaboutclimate change, so I nolonger need to find outways for our companyto be moresustainable.”“It must be agood bookbecause it ison thebest-seller list.”“I felt nauseated bothtimes I ate pizza fromGeorgio’s, so I mustbeallergic to somethingin pizza.”“How could Ivotefor a personlooking likethis?”This type of fallacy isalsoknown as a characterassassination, andincludespersonal attacks andname calling.Someone visits acity on arainy day, andconcludesthat the weather inthatcity is always bad.“The moon iscoveredwith dust becausethepresident of ourneighborhoodassociationsaid so.”“The election wasriggedbecause a lot ofpeoplehave been talkingabout it.”Son: “Wow, Dad, it’sreally hard to make aliving on my salary.”Father: “Consideryourself lucky, son.Why, when I wasyour age, I onlymade $40 a week.”“Everyone wasspeeding,so I shouldn’thavegotten a ticket.”

BINGO Logical Fallacies Printable - 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. Mother to Son: “It is time to do your homework.” Son to Mother: “We had pizza for lunch today.”
  2. “Peace is the best strategy because Einstein said so.”
  3. “We can’t worry about the environment because we are in the middle of a war.”
  4. “A commercial claims that a specific brand of cereal is the best way to start the day because Michael Jordan says that it is what he eats every day for breakfast.”
  5. Interviewer- “Have you been overcharging customers without them knowing?” Business Owner: “We take our business seriously, and we do everything we can to build a quality product.”
  6. A police officer pulls a car over for speeding. The driver says that he shouldn’t have to pay the fine since there are so many dangerous criminals out there, and that the police officer should be chasing them instead.
  7. “Half of Americans believe in ghosts, so they must be real.”
  8. “You have no idea what you are talking about; you have only lived here for 6 months!”
  9. “Before you listen to her, I should remind you that she has been charged with embezzlement.”
  10. “What would you know about labor laws? You don’t even have a job.”
  11. “All sports car drivers are so aggressive!”
  12. “Nearly all scientists believe in evolution; therefore, it must be true.”
  13. “Everyone is switching to an iPhone, so you should too!”
  14. After trying sushi once and disliking it, a person claims that all sushi is terrible.
  15. “In order to really look at the problem of global warming, we must first consider how the homeless suffer when it is cold.”
  16. “Our CEO says that we don’t need to worry about climate change, so I no longer need to find out ways for our company to be more sustainable.”
  17. “It must be a good book because it is on the best-seller list.”
  18. “I felt nauseated both times I ate pizza from Georgio’s, so I must be allergic to something in pizza.”
  19. “How could I vote for a person looking like this?”
  20. This type of fallacy is also known as a character assassination, and includes personal attacks and name calling.
  21. Someone visits a city on a rainy day, and concludes that the weather in that city is always bad.
  22. “The moon is covered with dust because the president of our neighborhood association said so.”
  23. “The election was rigged because a lot of people have been talking about it.”
  24. Son: “Wow, Dad, it’s really hard to make a living on my salary.” Father: “Consider yourself lucky, son. Why, when I was your age, I only made $40 a week.”
  25. “Everyone was speeding, so I shouldn’t have gotten a ticket.”