Which came first? · Counterintuitive
Which came first: the Caesar salad or the first Pulitzer Prizes?
The first Pulitzer Prizes came first, in 1917 (first awarded). The Caesar salad followed 7 years later, in 1924 (invented).
- Second1924
The Caesar salad
food · inventedThe Caesar salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1924 by restaurateur Caesar Cardini.
- First1917
The first Pulitzer Prizes
award · first awardedThe Pulitzer Prizes were first awarded in 1917, paid for by newspaper owner Joseph Pulitzer's will.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.