B465
Oral Round Examples
B465 - Who's "Having A Giraffe?"
• “Having a Giraffe” is rhyming slang for having a laugh, but this round combines both, by asking you ‘fun’ questions about giraffes.
1. The majority of mammals have seven cervical vertebrae (bones in the neck), but how many does a giraffe have? (plus or minus 1)
2. How long, on average, is a giraffe’s tongue? Human’s is 4 inches (+/- 3 inches)
3. A man’s maximum sprint speed is nearly 28 mph. What is a giraffe’s? (+/- 3)
4. Giraffes are sometimes observed ‘necking’. What is the purpose of this activity?
5. The normal resting adult human heart rate ranges from 60–100 bpm. What is a giraffe’s? (+/- 20)
6. What colour is a giraffe’s tongue?
7. How long is a giraffe’s gestation period? (Human’s is 39 weeks, accept +/- 10)
8. What is the correct term for a giraffe’s ‘horns’?
9. What colour is a giraffe’s skin?
10. Multiple choice to finish; comparing the length of a giraffe’s front and back legs, which are longer? Front, Back or Neither.
1. The majority of mammals have seven cervical vertebrae (bones in the neck), but how many does a giraffe have? (plus or minus 1)
Answers follow:-
1 Seven, just the same!
2 18 Inches (accept 12-21)
3 37 mph (accept 34-40)
4 To establish dominance amongst males
5 150 (accept 130-170)
6 Purplish black (accept blue to black)
7 57-66 weeks (accept 47-76)
8 Ossicones
9 Mostly grey
10 Neither, they are about the same length
