(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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…has a Christmas tradition they keep every year
…sings in a choir or loves karaoke
🌱 Hobbies, interests, everyday life (36–50)
…is in their first year of their PhD/HDR
…has a pet (or had one recently)
…has visited Tasmania
…uses LaTeX regularly
…has once missed midnight on New Year’s Eve because they fell asleep 😆
…speaks three or more languages
…has a paper under review right now
…has changed their research topic since starting
…likes cooking or baking to relax
…loves reading fiction outside their field
…drinks more than two coffees a day during busy periods
🎄 Christmas / New Year & travel (1–15)
…is staying in Sydney for Christmas
🎓 PhD / HDR life (16–35)
…enjoys board games or card games
…mostly works with data / experiments / coding
…has ever cited a paper they didn’t fully read 🙈
…has worked or studied through a whole Christmas–New Year period
…mostly works with texts / theory / philosophy
…has presented at a conference
…is planning a road trip over the summer
…has visited New Zealand
…has cried (or almost cried) because of reviewer comments or feedback
…prefers tea over coffee
…enjoys swimming / snorkelling / the beach
…has taught a tutorial or workshop
…enjoys dancing (any style, from club to ballet)
…is travelling overseas during the Christmas–New Year break
…is vegetarian, vegan, or mostly plant-based
…has gone camping or hiking over a Christmas / New Year break
…regularly does a sport or physical activity (e.g. yoga, running, gym, badminton)
…likes to write in cafés
…has celebrated New Year’s Eve at a beach before
…prefers to work late at night
…has hosted friends or family visiting them in Australia for the holidays
…has had a paper rejected and then later accepted somewhere else
…loves spicy food
…has pulled an all-nighter to meet a deadline
…uses reference managers like Zotero, EndNote or Mendeley
…prefers a quiet New Year at home to parties
…plays a musical instrument
…is in their final year or close to submission
…has supervision meetings at least once every two weeks
…has a favourite TV show, anime or drama they could talk about for 10 minutes
…has given a 3-minute thesis (3MT) or similar short talk
…has spent Christmas in two or more countries
…has watched the Sydney Harbour New Year’s Eve fireworks in person
…prefers to work very early in the morning
…has done fieldwork or archival research
…is travelling interstate during the Christmas–New Year break
