A sampledisappearsmysteriouslySomeonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyear“We don’treallyknowwhy”A citationspiralbegins“Let’sjust re-run it”Anexperimentfails for noclear reasonSomeonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorA wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”“It workedyesterday”A PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)A reviewerasks for atotally newmethodA freezeralarmgoes offSomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)A methodonly onepersonunderstandsA Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallyAdeadlinequietlypasses“We’ll fixit inrevision”Coffee istreated asan essentialreagent“Reviewer2 strikesagain”SomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageSomeoneworks on it“over theweekend”A result iscalled“promising”“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”A title ischangedat the lastminute“The dataare…moodytoday”Someonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”A PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”“Let’s check thesupplementary”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”A figurelegend islonger thanthe figureSomeonespillssomethingexpensiveA gellooksalmostperfectA sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”A labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”You forgotyourposter.Someone says“This isinterdisciplinary”Areferencefrom 1973is crucial“I swearthisworkedlast week”A documentcrashesright beforesavingSomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantCode workson onecomputeronlySomeonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)A theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notA PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaA control isadded afterseeing theresults“Let’s addit to futurework”“Thesamplesize is…limited”A script runsfor hours…thencrashesAhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”Someonementionsa rejectedpaperA footnotebecomesessential“Thisopensmany newquestions”A figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”SomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysSomeonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadA sampledisappearsmysteriouslySomeonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyear“We don’treallyknowwhy”A citationspiralbegins“Let’sjust re-run it”Anexperimentfails for noclear reasonSomeonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorA wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”“It workedyesterday”A PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)A reviewerasks for atotally newmethodA freezeralarmgoes offSomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)A methodonly onepersonunderstandsA Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallyAdeadlinequietlypasses“We’ll fixit inrevision”Coffee istreated asan essentialreagent“Reviewer2 strikesagain”SomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageSomeoneworks on it“over theweekend”A result iscalled“promising”“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”A title ischangedat the lastminute“The dataare…moodytoday”Someonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”A PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”“Let’s check thesupplementary”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”A figurelegend islonger thanthe figureSomeonespillssomethingexpensiveA gellooksalmostperfectA sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”A labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”You forgotyourposter.Someone says“This isinterdisciplinary”Areferencefrom 1973is crucial“I swearthisworkedlast week”A documentcrashesright beforesavingSomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantCode workson onecomputeronlySomeonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)A theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notA PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaA control isadded afterseeing theresults“Let’s addit to futurework”“Thesamplesize is…limited”A script runsfor hours…thencrashesAhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”Someonementionsa rejectedpaperA footnotebecomesessential“Thisopensmany newquestions”A figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”SomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysSomeonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA paper iscited withoutbeing fullyread

Nobel Dinner - 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. A sample disappears mysteriously
  2. Someone reuses the same slide from last year
  3. “We don’t really know why”
  4. A citation spiral begins
  5. “Let’s just re-run it”
  6. An experiment fails for no clear reason
  7. Someone spends five minutes looking for the right cable/adaptor
  8. A wet lab protocol says “mix gently”
  9. “It worked yesterday”
  10. A PI says “Interesting…” (no follow-up)
  11. A reviewer asks for a totally new method
  12. A freezer alarm goes off
  13. Someone mentions imposter syndrome (indirectly)
  14. A method only one person understands
  15. A Nobel laureate is mentioned casually
  16. A deadline quietly passes
  17. “We’ll fix it in revision”
  18. Coffee is treated as an essential reagent
  19. “Reviewer 2 strikes again”
  20. Someone Googles their own error message
  21. Someone works on it “over the weekend”
  22. A result is called “promising”
  23. “At least it’s reproducible this time”
  24. A title is changed at the last minute
  25. “The data are… moody today”
  26. Someone says “In theory, this should work”
  27. A PhD student explains the PI’s own project
  28. Someone says “Just one more experiment”
  29. “Let’s check the supplementary”
  30. Someone says “I’ll clean the data later”
  31. A figure legend is longer than the figure
  32. Someone spills something expensive
  33. A gel looks almost perfect
  34. A sentence starts with “In this context…”
  35. A lab notebook entry starts with “I think…”
  36. You forgot your poster.
  37. Someone says “This is interdisciplinary”
  38. A reference from 1973 is crucial
  39. “I swear this worked last week”
  40. A document crashes right before saving
  41. Someone accidentally deletes something important
  42. Code works on one computer only
  43. Someone says “This should be easy” (it was not)
  44. A theory works beautifully—experiment does not
  45. A PhD student wonders why a PhD sounded like a good idea
  46. A control is added after seeing the results
  47. “Let’s add it to future work”
  48. “The sample size is… limited”
  49. A script runs for hours… then crashes
  50. A humanities PhD says “It depends”
  51. Someone mentions a rejected paper
  52. A footnote becomes essential
  53. “This opens many new questions”
  54. A figure is remade five minutes before submission
  55. “We’ll explain it in the discussion”
  56. Someone mentions ethics approval delays
  57. Someone says “It’s conceptually simple”
  58. “It’s probably a batch effect”
  59. A meeting could definitely have been an email
  60. A paper is cited without being fully read