On Today's Pointless The Question Asked Was "what Black And White Pedestrian Crossing Was Introduced By James Callaghan In 1951

[gollob]

The answer given was a Pelican Crossing. Odd that they first came into use in 1934 and by 1948 there were over 1,000 . Slightly before James Callaghan

[sanmac]

When I was a kid they were called 'zebra crossings'.

[Mamyalynne]

In the United Kingdom, the pelican crossing was the first definitive light-controlled crossing for pedestrians, introduced in 1969.

[xenoblast]

Zebra crossings were originally introduced in law by section 18 of the Road Traffic Act 1934.[3]

Although the origin of the name is disputed, it is generally attributed to British MP James Callaghan who, in 1948, visited the country's Transport Research Laboratory which was working on a new idea for safe pedestrian crossings. On being shown a black and white design, Callaghan is said to have remarked that it resembled a zebra. After isolated experiments, the zebra crossing was first used at 1,000 sites in the United Kingdom in 1949 in its original form of alternating strips of blue and yellow.They were introduced nationally in 1951.

[bookbinder]

A pelican crossing isn't black and white. According to Wikipedia, James Callaghan was behind the introduction of the zebra crossing, so it looks as if someone gave/accepted an incorrect answer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra_crossing

[ichkeria]

Sounds like two different things being mixed up: pelican crossings were introduced in 1969.
Zebra crossings are different of course

[sanmac]

I never saw any blue and yellow ones; they were all black and white where I lived.

[mallyh]

the question asked what mammal

[xenoblast]

Pelican crossings differ from zebra crossings in that the flow of traffic is controlled by traffic lights. Pedestrians waiting at a pelican crossing are able to press a button that changes the traffic lights to red after a timed delay.
Zebra crossings have two sets of flashing amber beacons (known as ‘Belisha beacons’ after the Liberal politician Leslie Hore-Belisha, who introduced them to crossings in 1934). They have an area of road between them that’s painted in black and white stripes. Drivers are legally obliged to give way to pedestrians waiting to cross, zebra crossings don’t have traffic lights but they do have a broken give-way line that you mustn’t cross when you stop.

[ichkeria]

And then there are puffin and the cleverly named toucan crossings :-)

[Mamyalynne]

Mally, can you flesh out the actual question please.

[xenoblast]

//And then there are puffin and the cleverly named toucan crossings//

and Pegasus crossings

[Peter Pedant]

// (known as ‘Belisha beacons’ after the Liberal politician Leslie Hore-Belisha, who introduced them to crossings in 1934)//

foo innit nice to have a non-Brexit question and some good answers?
looking up the fate of Hore Belisha is interesting
he was mini war in 1940 when the Brits got kicked out
didnt get on with Lord Gort who was the general who the germans kicked out

and Hore Belisha lost his job as a result of incompetence
but really because no one like The Jew !

interesting as a result of parallels of today

[mallyh]

sorry mamyalynne just went into lounge to copy question and mr mally has deleted it x

[Mamyalynne]

Not to worry.

[Prudie]

That's even more confusing because a pelican is not a mammal

[Mexican18]

Peter, for a pedant you have an awful lack of punctuation.

[Peter Pedant]

// Mally, can you flesh out the actual question please.//

as naughty naughty students in the seventies we formed teams to memorise section of MCQ exams ( with phenomenal return rates - lacking one stem of five in 50 questions, [99.6%]) Some questions defied analysis and we realised that ever such a small change in the question rendered a completely different stem 'correct' or even - none correct

Here, if mammal was used then Zebra is correct and if flappy thing then Pelican. 15 to 1 they allowed 15m time out for nit picking

[mallyh]

hope someone else taped it otherwise I shall have to go on catchup tv when mr mallys watched his history progs x

[Peter Pedant]

// Peter, for a pedant you have an awful lack of punctuation.//
thank you for wading froo it
but you got the flow that H-B didnt really lose his job for incompetence but because They Were Waiting for him

lose a battle and you were out with Churchill -
do I have no general that can win a battle ? he asked once

Gort didnt prosper either. Hey! talking of scape goats the fella who broke the codes in time for Midway ( Jan 1943) (Rochefort) carried the can for the three Redmond brothers over Pearl Harbor - and drove a desk for the rest of the war ..... Rochefort was rehabilitated 50 y later - dead of course.
Dog eat dog stuff, war - on your own side !

[mallyh]

got it .......black and white pedestrian crossing named after a mammal introduced by james Callaghan in 1951 ...answer zebra crossing