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