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