AhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”A paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadSomeonementionsa rejectedpaperA PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectA script runsfor hours…thencrashesA theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notSomeonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorAdeadlinequietlypasses“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”A title ischangedat the lastminuteA PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good idea“I swearthisworkedlast week”“It workedyesterday”Someonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)Someonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”A control isadded afterseeing theresultsA methodonly onepersonunderstandsA citationspiralbeginsSomeone says“This isinterdisciplinary”“Reviewer2 strikesagain”Code workson onecomputeronlyA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”SomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantAnexperimentfails for noclear reasonA reviewerasks for atotally newmethod“Let’sjust re-run it”A meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailSomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysSomeonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”“Let’s check thesupplementary”“Let’s addit to futurework”You forgotyourposter.“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A footnotebecomesessentialA gellooksalmostperfect“We’ll fixit inrevision”SomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageSomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)Areferencefrom 1973is crucial“The dataare…moodytoday”Someoneworks on it“over theweekend”A PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)“We don’treallyknowwhy”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”Someonespillssomethingexpensive“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyear“Thisopensmany newquestions”A wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallyA figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“Thesamplesize is…limited”Coffee istreated asan essentialreagentA freezeralarmgoes offA sampledisappearsmysteriouslyA result iscalled“promising”A documentcrashesright beforesavingSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”A figurelegend islonger thanthe figureAhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”A paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadSomeonementionsa rejectedpaperA PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectA script runsfor hours…thencrashesA theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notSomeonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorAdeadlinequietlypasses“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”A title ischangedat the lastminuteA PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good idea“I swearthisworkedlast week”“It workedyesterday”Someonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)Someonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”A control isadded afterseeing theresultsA methodonly onepersonunderstandsA citationspiralbeginsSomeone says“This isinterdisciplinary”“Reviewer2 strikesagain”Code workson onecomputeronlyA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”SomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantAnexperimentfails for noclear reasonA reviewerasks for atotally newmethod“Let’sjust re-run it”A meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailSomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysSomeonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”“Let’s check thesupplementary”“Let’s addit to futurework”You forgotyourposter.“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A footnotebecomesessentialA gellooksalmostperfect“We’ll fixit inrevision”SomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageSomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)Areferencefrom 1973is crucial“The dataare…moodytoday”Someoneworks on it“over theweekend”A PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)“We don’treallyknowwhy”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”Someonespillssomethingexpensive“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyear“Thisopensmany newquestions”A wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallyA figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“Thesamplesize is…limited”Coffee istreated asan essentialreagentA freezeralarmgoes offA sampledisappearsmysteriouslyA result iscalled“promising”A documentcrashesright beforesavingSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”A figurelegend islonger thanthe figure

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