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