This is a random bingo card based on based on the
comic by Jorge Cham.
There is another version available much better suited to
printing for actual use.
Seminar
| B | I | N | G | O |
| Speaker sucks up to host professor | Repeated use of “um…” | “Beyond the scope of this work” | Cell phone goes off | Master’s student bobs head fighting sleep |
| References Advisor (past or present) | You’ve no idea what’s going on | “…et al.” | “Future work will…” | Host Professor falls asleep |
| There’s a Grad Student wearing same clothes as yesterday | Entire slide filled with equations | FREE Speaker runs out of time | Work ties in to Cancer/HIV or War on Terror | Speaker wastes 5 minutes explaining outline |
| Laptop malfunction | “The data clearly shows…” | Speaker forgets to thank collaborators | Blatant typo | You’re the only one in your lab that bothered to show up |
| Speaker bashes previous work | “That’s an interesting question” | Bitter Post-doc asks question | Use of Powerpoint template with blue background | Results conveniently show improvement |
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