Someonementionsresubmission“The resultsarereproducible…mostly”SomeonereferencesSupplementaryFigure 12“We’ll fixit inrevision”A timeline isdescribedas“ambitious”“We don’tfullyunderstandthemechanism”Coffee istreated asa researchtool“Itworkedonce”A protocol isfollowed “withminormodifications”Someoneapologizesfor toomany slidesA study isdescribedas “proofof concept”“The dataspeak forthemselves”Fundingagencyacronym isused withoutexplanationA meetingcouldhave beenan emailAcollaborationis called“veryproductive”“This willstrengthenthe paper”Someonesays “Intheory…”“Thisopensmany newquestions”SomeonementionsbioinformaticstroubleshootingSomeonementionsbatcheffectsSomeonementionssamplestorageissuesA controlexperimentis addedlateA PhDstudentexplains aseniorauthor’s work“Due to timeconstraints…”A hypothesisis refinedafter seeingthe results“This ispreliminary”“We needmoredata”A PI says“Interesting…”Someonementions arejectedmanuscriptA grant isdescribed as“competitive”A methodonly oneperson in thelabunderstandsAdeadlineisextendedA labmeetingruns overtime“Wealmostgave upon this”A reviewerasks for anunrelatedexperimentA methodsectionreferencesanother paperfor detailsA negativeresult iscalled“interesting”“Thesamplesize islimited”A datasetisdescribedas “messy”A methodisdescribedas “robust”SomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA reviewerrequestsmorereferences“We had tooptimizethisextensively”“Let’sdiscussthisoffline”Anexperimentis describedas “tricky”A figure wasremade atthe lastminute“We areunderpowered”Someonementionslack offundingSomeonesays “It’swell knownthat…”Someonementionsworking onthe weekend“This isoutside thescope ofthe study”A statisticaltest ischosenpost hoc“This should bestraightforward”A result iscalled“unexpected”Adeadlineis missed“Statisticallysignificant”isemphasizedA figure isdescribedas “self-explanatory”Someonementionsimpactfactor“Reviewer2” ismentionedA figurelegend islonger thanthe textSomeonementionsresubmission“The resultsarereproducible…mostly”SomeonereferencesSupplementaryFigure 12“We’ll fixit inrevision”A timeline isdescribedas“ambitious”“We don’tfullyunderstandthemechanism”Coffee istreated asa researchtool“Itworkedonce”A protocol isfollowed “withminormodifications”Someoneapologizesfor toomany slidesA study isdescribedas “proofof concept”“The dataspeak forthemselves”Fundingagencyacronym isused withoutexplanationA meetingcouldhave beenan emailAcollaborationis called“veryproductive”“This willstrengthenthe paper”Someonesays “Intheory…”“Thisopensmany newquestions”SomeonementionsbioinformaticstroubleshootingSomeonementionsbatcheffectsSomeonementionssamplestorageissuesA controlexperimentis addedlateA PhDstudentexplains aseniorauthor’s work“Due to timeconstraints…”A hypothesisis refinedafter seeingthe results“This ispreliminary”“We needmoredata”A PI says“Interesting…”Someonementions arejectedmanuscriptA grant isdescribed as“competitive”A methodonly oneperson in thelabunderstandsAdeadlineisextendedA labmeetingruns overtime“Wealmostgave upon this”A reviewerasks for anunrelatedexperimentA methodsectionreferencesanother paperfor detailsA negativeresult iscalled“interesting”“Thesamplesize islimited”A datasetisdescribedas “messy”A methodisdescribedas “robust”SomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA reviewerrequestsmorereferences“We had tooptimizethisextensively”“Let’sdiscussthisoffline”Anexperimentis describedas “tricky”A figure wasremade atthe lastminute“We areunderpowered”Someonementionslack offundingSomeonesays “It’swell knownthat…”Someonementionsworking onthe weekend“This isoutside thescope ofthe study”A statisticaltest ischosenpost hoc“This should bestraightforward”A result iscalled“unexpected”Adeadlineis missed“Statisticallysignificant”isemphasizedA figure isdescribedas “self-explanatory”Someonementionsimpactfactor“Reviewer2” ismentionedA figurelegend islonger thanthe text

Nobel dinner: Academic Bingo - 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. Someone mentions resubmission
  2. “The results are reproducible… mostly”
  3. Someone references Supplementary Figure 12
  4. “We’ll fix it in revision”
  5. A timeline is described as “ambitious”
  6. “We don’t fully understand the mechanism”
  7. Coffee is treated as a research tool
  8. “It worked once”
  9. A protocol is followed “with minor modifications”
  10. Someone apologizes for too many slides
  11. A study is described as “proof of concept”
  12. “The data speak for themselves”
  13. Funding agency acronym is used without explanation
  14. A meeting could have been an email
  15. A collaboration is called “very productive”
  16. “This will strengthen the paper”
  17. Someone says “In theory…”
  18. “This opens many new questions”
  19. Someone mentions bioinformatics troubleshooting
  20. Someone mentions batch effects
  21. Someone mentions sample storage issues
  22. A control experiment is added late
  23. A PhD student explains a senior author’s work
  24. “Due to time constraints…”
  25. A hypothesis is refined after seeing the results
  26. “This is preliminary”
  27. “We need more data”
  28. A PI says “Interesting…”
  29. Someone mentions a rejected manuscript
  30. A grant is described as “competitive”
  31. A method only one person in the lab understands
  32. A deadline is extended
  33. A lab meeting runs over time
  34. “We almost gave up on this”
  35. A reviewer asks for an unrelated experiment
  36. A method section references another paper for details
  37. A negative result is called “interesting”
  38. “The sample size is limited”
  39. A dataset is described as “messy”
  40. A method is described as “robust”
  41. Someone mentions ethics approval delays
  42. A reviewer requests more references
  43. “We had to optimize this extensively”
  44. “Let’s discuss this offline”
  45. An experiment is described as “tricky”
  46. A figure was remade at the last minute
  47. “We are underpowered”
  48. Someone mentions lack of funding
  49. Someone says “It’s well known that…”
  50. Someone mentions working on the weekend
  51. “This is outside the scope of the study”
  52. A statistical test is chosen post hoc
  53. “This should be straightforward”
  54. A result is called “unexpected”
  55. A deadline is missed
  56. “Statistically significant” is emphasized
  57. A figure is described as “self-explanatory”
  58. Someone mentions impact factor
  59. “Reviewer 2” is mentioned
  60. A figure legend is longer than the text