SomeonespillssomethingexpensiveA theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notAnexperimentfails for noclear reasonA Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallySomeonementionsa rejectedpaper“I swearthisworkedlast week”A paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadA PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)A figurelegend islonger thanthe figureA meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”Someonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”“Thesamplesize is…limited”Someonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)A control isadded afterseeing theresultsA reviewerasks for atotally newmethodA PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectA freezeralarmgoes offCoffee istreated asan essentialreagentCode workson onecomputeronly“It’sprobablya batcheffect”“It workedyesterday”A result iscalled“promising”Someone says“This isinterdisciplinary”“We’ll fixit inrevision”A documentcrashesright beforesavingSomeonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorA wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”A PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaAhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”A title ischangedat the lastminuteA script runsfor hours…thencrashesYou forgotyourposter.A gellooksalmostperfectSomeonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyear“Let’s check thesupplementary”A citationspiralbeginsSomeoneworks on it“over theweekend”“Let’sjust re-run it”Someonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A methodonly onepersonunderstands“Thisopensmany newquestions”“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”Someonementionsethicsapprovaldelays“The dataare…moodytoday”A footnotebecomesessential“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”“Let’s addit to futurework”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”A figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“Reviewer2 strikesagain”A sampledisappearsmysteriouslySomeonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)SomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”Areferencefrom 1973is crucialSomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantAdeadlinequietlypasses“We don’treallyknowwhy”SomeonespillssomethingexpensiveA theoryworksbeautifully—experimentdoes notAnexperimentfails for noclear reasonA Nobellaureate ismentionedcasuallySomeonementionsa rejectedpaper“I swearthisworkedlast week”A paper iscited withoutbeing fullyreadA PI says“Interesting…”(no follow-up)A figurelegend islonger thanthe figureA meetingcoulddefinitelyhave beenan emailA labnotebookentry startswith “Ithink…”Someonesays “Intheory, thisshould work”“Thesamplesize is…limited”Someonementionsimpostersyndrome(indirectly)A control isadded afterseeing theresultsA reviewerasks for atotally newmethodA PhDstudentexplains thePI’s ownprojectA freezeralarmgoes offCoffee istreated asan essentialreagentCode workson onecomputeronly“It’sprobablya batcheffect”“It workedyesterday”A result iscalled“promising”Someone says“This isinterdisciplinary”“We’ll fixit inrevision”A documentcrashesright beforesavingSomeonespends fiveminutes lookingfor the rightcable/adaptorA wet labprotocolsays “mixgently”A sentencestarts with“In thiscontext…”A PhD studentwonders whya PhDsounded likea good ideaAhumanitiesPhD says“It depends”A title ischangedat the lastminuteA script runsfor hours…thencrashesYou forgotyourposter.A gellooksalmostperfectSomeonereuses thesame slidefrom lastyear“Let’s check thesupplementary”A citationspiralbeginsSomeoneworks on it“over theweekend”“Let’sjust re-run it”Someonesays “It’sconceptuallysimple”A methodonly onepersonunderstands“Thisopensmany newquestions”“We’llexplain itin thediscussion”Someonementionsethicsapprovaldelays“The dataare…moodytoday”A footnotebecomesessential“At least it’sreproduciblethis time”“Let’s addit to futurework”Someonesays “I’llclean thedata later”A figure isremade fiveminutesbeforesubmission“Reviewer2 strikesagain”A sampledisappearsmysteriouslySomeonesays “Thisshould beeasy” (it wasnot)SomeoneGooglestheir ownerrormessageSomeonesays “Justone moreexperiment”Areferencefrom 1973is crucialSomeoneaccidentallydeletessomethingimportantAdeadlinequietlypasses“We don’treallyknowwhy”

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