Which came first? · Tricky

Which came first: Guernica or the birth of Muhammad Ali?

Guernica came first, in 1937 (painted). The birth of Muhammad Ali followed 5 years later, in 1942.

  1. First1937

    Guernica

    painting · painted

    Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 in about five weeks.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

  2. Second1942

    The birth of Muhammad Ali

    person · born

    Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1942.

    Checked against Wikipedia and Wikidata

All which-came-first pairs · About Older Than You Think · Quiz games

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.