A meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA result iscalled“promising”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”“We’ll fixit inrevision”“Thesamplesize is…limited”A citationspiralbeginsA control isadded afterseeing theresultsSomeonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)A documentcrashesright beforesavingCoffee istreated asan essentialreagentSomeoneworks on it“over theweekend”A theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notSomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”A wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”Someonesays “Justone moreexperiment”“The dataare…moodytoday”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyear“Let’sjust re-run it”A methodonly onepersonunderstandsSomeonespillssomethingexpensiveYou forgotyourposter.“I swearthisworkedlast week”A title ischangedat the lastminuteSomeonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A script runsfor hours…thencrashesA reviewerasks for atotally newmethodA paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadSomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“It workedyesterday”“Let’s addit to futurework”Adeadlinequietlypasses“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallyA footnotebecomesessentialSomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageA PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)Someone says“This isinterdisciplinary”A PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectA figurelegend islonger thanthe figureA PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good idea“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”“Let’s check thesupplementary”“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”“Reviewer2 strikesagain”Areferencefrom 1973is crucial“Thisopensmany newquestions”Code workson onecomputeronlySomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)A freezeralarmgoes offA gellooksalmostperfectSomeonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorAnexperimentfails for noclear reasonSomeonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”Someonementionsa rejectedpaper“We don’treallyknowwhy”A sampledisappearsmysteriouslyAhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”A meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA result iscalled“promising”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”“We’ll fixit inrevision”“Thesamplesize is…limited”A citationspiralbeginsA control isadded afterseeing theresultsSomeonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)A documentcrashesright beforesavingCoffee istreated asan essentialreagentSomeoneworks on it“over theweekend”A theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notSomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”A wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”Someonesays “Justone moreexperiment”“The dataare…moodytoday”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyear“Let’sjust re-run it”A methodonly onepersonunderstandsSomeonespillssomethingexpensiveYou forgotyourposter.“I swearthisworkedlast week”A title ischangedat the lastminuteSomeonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A script runsfor hours…thencrashesA reviewerasks for atotally newmethodA paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadSomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“It workedyesterday”“Let’s addit to futurework”Adeadlinequietlypasses“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallyA footnotebecomesessentialSomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageA PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)Someone says“This isinterdisciplinary”A PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectA figurelegend islonger thanthe figureA PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good idea“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”“Let’s check thesupplementary”“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”“Reviewer2 strikesagain”Areferencefrom 1973is crucial“Thisopensmany newquestions”Code workson onecomputeronlySomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)A freezeralarmgoes offA gellooksalmostperfectSomeonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorAnexperimentfails for noclear reasonSomeonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”Someonementionsa rejectedpaper“We don’treallyknowwhy”A sampledisappearsmysteriouslyAhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”

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