Someonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptor“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A result iscalled“promising”Someonementionsa rejectedpaperA methodonly onepersonunderstandsA theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes not“We’ll fixit inrevision”A figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmissionA control isadded afterseeing theresults“Let’sjust re-run it”“Thisopensmany newquestions”A documentcrashesright beforesaving“We don’treallyknowwhy”“Reviewer2 strikesagain”Coffee istreated asan essentialreagentSomeonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)You forgotyourposter.A script runsfor hours…thencrashesA Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallySomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)Someoneworks on it“over theweekend”SomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaAhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”A reviewerasks for atotally newmethodA freezeralarmgoes off“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”“Let’s addit to futurework”“The dataare…moodytoday”A citationspiralbegins“I swearthisworkedlast week”“It workedyesterday”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyearSomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”Anexperimentfails for noclear reasonA figurelegend islonger thanthe figureSomeonesays “I’llclean thedata later”Someonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”Code workson onecomputeronlySomeonespillssomethingexpensive“Thesamplesize is…limited”Someonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”A meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailSomeone says“This isinterdisciplinary”SomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageAdeadlinequietlypasses“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”Areferencefrom 1973is crucialA title ischangedat the lastminuteA PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)A sampledisappearsmysteriouslyA paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadA gellooksalmostperfectA wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownproject“Let’s check thesupplementary”A footnotebecomesessentialSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”Someonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptor“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A result iscalled“promising”Someonementionsa rejectedpaperA methodonly onepersonunderstandsA theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes not“We’ll fixit inrevision”A figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmissionA control isadded afterseeing theresults“Let’sjust re-run it”“Thisopensmany newquestions”A documentcrashesright beforesaving“We don’treallyknowwhy”“Reviewer2 strikesagain”Coffee istreated asan essentialreagentSomeonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)You forgotyourposter.A script runsfor hours…thencrashesA Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallySomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)Someoneworks on it“over theweekend”SomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelaysA PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaAhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”A reviewerasks for atotally newmethodA freezeralarmgoes off“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”“Let’s addit to futurework”“The dataare…moodytoday”A citationspiralbegins“I swearthisworkedlast week”“It workedyesterday”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyearSomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”Anexperimentfails for noclear reasonA figurelegend islonger thanthe figureSomeonesays “I’llclean thedata later”Someonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”Code workson onecomputeronlySomeonespillssomethingexpensive“Thesamplesize is…limited”Someonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”A meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailSomeone says“This isinterdisciplinary”SomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageAdeadlinequietlypasses“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”Areferencefrom 1973is crucialA title ischangedat the lastminuteA PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)A sampledisappearsmysteriouslyA paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadA gellooksalmostperfectA wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownproject“Let’s check thesupplementary”A footnotebecomesessentialSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”

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.


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
  1. Someone spends five minutes looking for the right cable/adaptor
  2. “It’s probably a batch effect”
  3. A result is called “promising”
  4. Someone mentions a rejected paper
  5. A method only one person understands
  6. A theory works beautifully—experiment does not
  7. “We’ll fix it in revision”
  8. A figure is remade five minutes before submission
  9. A control is added after seeing the results
  10. “Let’s just re-run it”
  11. “This opens many new questions”
  12. A document crashes right before saving
  13. “We don’t really know why”
  14. “Reviewer 2 strikes again”
  15. Coffee is treated as an essential reagent
  16. Someone says “This should be easy” (it was not)
  17. You forgot your poster.
  18. A script runs for hours… then crashes
  19. A Nobel laureate is mentioned casually
  20. Someone mentions imposter syndrome (indirectly)
  21. Someone works on it “over the weekend”
  22. Someone mentions ethics approval delays
  23. A PhD student wonders why a PhD sounded like a good idea
  24. A humanities PhD says “It depends”
  25. A reviewer asks for a totally new method
  26. A freezer alarm goes off
  27. “At least it’s reproducible this time”
  28. “Let’s add it to future work”
  29. “The data are… moody today”
  30. A citation spiral begins
  31. “I swear this worked last week”
  32. “It worked yesterday”
  33. Someone reuses the same slide from last year
  34. Someone accidentally deletes something important
  35. A lab notebook entry starts with “I think…”
  36. An experiment fails for no clear reason
  37. A figure legend is longer than the figure
  38. Someone says “I’ll clean the data later”
  39. Someone says “It’s conceptually simple”
  40. Code works on one computer only
  41. Someone spills something expensive
  42. “The sample size is… limited”
  43. Someone says “In theory, this should work”
  44. A meeting could definitely have been an email
  45. Someone says “This is interdisciplinary”
  46. Someone Googles their own error message
  47. A deadline quietly passes
  48. “We’ll explain it in the discussion”
  49. A sentence starts with “In this context…”
  50. A reference from 1973 is crucial
  51. A title is changed at the last minute
  52. A PI says “Interesting…” (no follow-up)
  53. A sample disappears mysteriously
  54. A paper is cited without being fully read
  55. A gel looks almost perfect
  56. A wet lab protocol says “mix gently”
  57. A PhD student explains the PI’s own project
  58. “Let’s check the supplementary”
  59. A footnote becomes essential
  60. Someone says “Just one more experiment”