“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A zebra version is:
Q: Why did the zebra cross the road?
A: Because it was a zebra crossing.
A “zebra” crossing is the name of a striped pedestrian crossing. “Why did the zebra cross the road? Because there’s a zebra cross and it’s stripy” was printed in a 2003 book.
“Why did the lion cross the road?”/“Because he saw a zebra crossing” is a related riddle.
Wikipedia; Zebra crossing
A zebra crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing used in many places around the world. Its distinguishing feature is alternating dark and light stripes on the road surface, resembling the coat of a zebra. A zebra crossing typically gives priority to rights of way to pedestrians.
Google Books
Promoting Independent Learning In The Primary Classroom
By Jill Williams
Philadelphia, PA: Open University Press
2003
Pg. 29:
Carrie: Why did the zebra cross the road? Because there’s a zebra cross and it’s stripy.
Twitter
Alexandra Popovic
@VIPVirtualSols
Retweeting @butterflies_va: We get ‘why did the zebra cross the road’ (‘cos it was a zebra crossing) and it’s old! - rofl!
3:37 AM - 22 Mar 2009
Twitter
Sola Adedoyin
@SolaA_
Q: Why did the Zebra cross the road?? A: cos he saw a Zebra Crossing :|
4:18 AM - 29 Jan 2011
Twitter
Mike
@MikeyMakesNoise
Why did the zebra cross the road? Cos it was a zebra crossing. .umm no..? Wth..to get to the other side of course.. #lameIknow
3:12 PM - 24 May 2011
Google Books
Epiphany!:
A Collection of True Tragic Turned Candid Love Stories
By Jasemin Sibo
Partridge Publishing Singapore
2014
Pg. ?:
“Why did the zebra cross the road? ‘Cause it was standing on a zebra crossing, get it?”
Twitter
The Zebra
@TheZebraCo
Why did the zebra cross the road?
Because it was a zebra crossing! 🥁😁
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Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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