A result iscalled“promising”“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”A figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“Let’s addit to futurework”A control isadded afterseeing theresultsA theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”You forgotyourposter.“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”AhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”A methodonly onepersonunderstandsA wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaSomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”A citationspiralbeginsA figurelegend islonger thanthe figure“It’sprobablya batcheffect”Someonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A freezeralarmgoes offA script runsfor hours…thencrashes“Thesamplesize is…limited”Someonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”Areferencefrom 1973is crucialA title ischangedat the lastminute“The dataare…moodytoday”“Thisopensmany newquestions”Someoneworks on it“over theweekend”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyearSomeonementionsa rejectedpaperA reviewerasks for atotally newmethodSomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageA meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA documentcrashesright beforesavingSomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantA gellooksalmostperfectA footnotebecomesessentialA PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownproject“Let’s check thesupplementary”Coffee istreated asan essentialreagent“Reviewer2 strikesagain”A Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallyAdeadlinequietlypassesCode workson onecomputeronly“We’ll fixit inrevision”Someonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorAnexperimentfails for noclear reasonSomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”SomeonespillssomethingexpensiveA sampledisappearsmysteriouslyA paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”“We don’treallyknowwhy”Someonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)“It workedyesterday”“I swearthisworkedlast week”Someone says“This isinterdisciplinary”“Let’sjust re-run it”A result iscalled“promising”“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”A figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“Let’s addit to futurework”A control isadded afterseeing theresultsA theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”You forgotyourposter.“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”AhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”A methodonly onepersonunderstandsA wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaSomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”A citationspiralbeginsA figurelegend islonger thanthe figure“It’sprobablya batcheffect”Someonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A freezeralarmgoes offA script runsfor hours…thencrashes“Thesamplesize is…limited”Someonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”Areferencefrom 1973is crucialA title ischangedat the lastminute“The dataare…moodytoday”“Thisopensmany newquestions”Someoneworks on it“over theweekend”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyearSomeonementionsa rejectedpaperA reviewerasks for atotally newmethodSomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageA meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA documentcrashesright beforesavingSomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantA gellooksalmostperfectA footnotebecomesessentialA PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownproject“Let’s check thesupplementary”Coffee istreated asan essentialreagent“Reviewer2 strikesagain”A Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallyAdeadlinequietlypassesCode workson onecomputeronly“We’ll fixit inrevision”Someonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorAnexperimentfails for noclear reasonSomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”SomeonespillssomethingexpensiveA sampledisappearsmysteriouslyA paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”“We don’treallyknowwhy”Someonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)“It workedyesterday”“I swearthisworkedlast week”Someone says“This isinterdisciplinary”“Let’sjust re-run it”

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