A reviewerasks for atotally newmethodAdeadlinequietlypassesSomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageSomeone says“This isinterdisciplinary”Someonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorSomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)A footnotebecomesessential“Thisopensmany newquestions”Someonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)Someonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”You forgotyourposter.A theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notA title ischangedat the lastminute“Let’sjust re-run it”“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A citationspiralbeginsA freezeralarmgoes offA gellooksalmostperfectCoffee istreated asan essentialreagentA documentcrashesright beforesavingA script runsfor hours…thencrashesA result iscalled“promising”A sampledisappearsmysteriously“Let’s check thesupplementary”“Thesamplesize is…limited”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyearCode workson onecomputeronlySomeonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”A paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadSomeonementionsa rejectedpaperA meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmissionSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”“We’ll fixit inrevision”Someoneworks on it“over theweekend”“The dataare…moodytoday”Someonespillssomethingexpensive“It workedyesterday”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”A PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaA Nobellaureate ismentionedcasually“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”AhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”SomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantSomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelays“Reviewer2 strikesagain”A methodonly onepersonunderstands“Let’s addit to futurework”A figurelegend islonger thanthe figureA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”Areferencefrom 1973is crucial“I swearthisworkedlast week”A PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)A PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectA control isadded afterseeing theresults“We don’treallyknowwhy”“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”Anexperimentfails for noclear reasonA reviewerasks for atotally newmethodAdeadlinequietlypassesSomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageSomeone says“This isinterdisciplinary”Someonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorSomeonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)A footnotebecomesessential“Thisopensmany newquestions”Someonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)Someonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”You forgotyourposter.A theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notA title ischangedat the lastminute“Let’sjust re-run it”“It’sprobablya batcheffect”A citationspiralbeginsA freezeralarmgoes offA gellooksalmostperfectCoffee istreated asan essentialreagentA documentcrashesright beforesavingA script runsfor hours…thencrashesA result iscalled“promising”A sampledisappearsmysteriously“Let’s check thesupplementary”“Thesamplesize is…limited”Someonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyearCode workson onecomputeronlySomeonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”A paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadSomeonementionsa rejectedpaperA meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmissionSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”“We’ll fixit inrevision”Someoneworks on it“over theweekend”“The dataare…moodytoday”Someonespillssomethingexpensive“It workedyesterday”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”A PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaA Nobellaureate ismentionedcasually“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”AhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”SomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantSomeonementionsethicsapprovaldelays“Reviewer2 strikesagain”A methodonly onepersonunderstands“Let’s addit to futurework”A figurelegend islonger thanthe figureA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”Areferencefrom 1973is crucial“I swearthisworkedlast week”A PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)A PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectA control isadded afterseeing theresults“We don’treallyknowwhy”“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”Anexperimentfails for noclear reason

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