A Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallySomeonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A paper iscited withoutbeing fullyread“Thesamplesize is…limited”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyear“Thisopensmany newquestions”“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A control isadded afterseeing theresultsA title ischangedat the lastminuteSomeonementionsa rejectedpaperA theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notSomeonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”A PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectA documentcrashesright beforesavingA result iscalled“promising”“Let’sjust re-run it”Someonesays “Justone moreexperiment”SomeonespillssomethingexpensiveAnexperimentfails for noclear reason“Reviewer2 strikesagain”Coffee istreated asan essentialreagentSomeone says“This isinterdisciplinary”A freezeralarmgoes offA gellooksalmostperfectA wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”SomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaSomeonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptor“It workedyesterday”Areferencefrom 1973is crucial“Let’s check thesupplementary”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”A script runsfor hours…thencrashesAdeadlinequietlypassesA footnotebecomesessentialA figurelegend islonger thanthe figure“Let’s addit to futurework”A reviewerasks for atotally newmethodSomeoneworks on it“over theweekend”“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”A sampledisappearsmysteriouslySomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageSomeonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)A PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)“I swearthisworkedlast week”AhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”SomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantA methodonly onepersonunderstandsA figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“We don’treallyknowwhy”A labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”Code workson onecomputeronlyYou forgotyourposter.Someonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)“We’ll fixit inrevision”“The dataare…moodytoday”A citationspiralbeginsA Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallySomeonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A paper iscited withoutbeing fullyread“Thesamplesize is…limited”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyear“Thisopensmany newquestions”“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A control isadded afterseeing theresultsA title ischangedat the lastminuteSomeonementionsa rejectedpaperA theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notSomeonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”A PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectA documentcrashesright beforesavingA result iscalled“promising”“Let’sjust re-run it”Someonesays “Justone moreexperiment”SomeonespillssomethingexpensiveAnexperimentfails for noclear reason“Reviewer2 strikesagain”Coffee istreated asan essentialreagentSomeone says“This isinterdisciplinary”A freezeralarmgoes offA gellooksalmostperfectA wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”SomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaSomeonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptor“It workedyesterday”Areferencefrom 1973is crucial“Let’s check thesupplementary”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”A script runsfor hours…thencrashesAdeadlinequietlypassesA footnotebecomesessentialA figurelegend islonger thanthe figure“Let’s addit to futurework”A reviewerasks for atotally newmethodSomeoneworks on it“over theweekend”“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”A sampledisappearsmysteriouslySomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageSomeonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)A PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)“I swearthisworkedlast week”AhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”SomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantA methodonly onepersonunderstandsA figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“We don’treallyknowwhy”A labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”Code workson onecomputeronlyYou forgotyourposter.Someonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)“We’ll fixit inrevision”“The dataare…moodytoday”A citationspiralbegins

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