Which came first? · Counterintuitive
Which came first: KLM or Metropolis?
KLM came first, in 1919 (founded). Metropolis followed 8 years later, in 1927 (released).
- First1919
KLM
company · foundedKLM, founded in 1919, is the oldest airline still flying under its original name.
- Second1927
Metropolis
film · releasedMetropolis, from 1927, is one of the first feature-length science-fiction films, and its robot is made in a woman's image.
More pairs that fool people
- Which came first: Instant noodles or KLM?
- Which came first: Metropolis or The War of the Worlds?
- Which came first: Metropolis or Rolex?
- Which came first: KLM or Rhapsody in Blue?
- Which came first: the Band-Aid or Metropolis?
- Which came first: the Chrysler Building or KLM?
- Which came first: the birth of Bruce Lee or Felix the Cat?
- Which came first: Citizen Kane or the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic?
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.