TheDinoKing wrote:Doesn't this question usually refer it as "the chicken or the egg" (such as "What came first? The chicken or the egg") rather than the other way round ?
Sorry, I'm spanish and here we say like that. "the egg or the chicken" ["El huevo o la gallina"]
If you refer to the "What was before" Is the same answer. "What was before?" ["¿Qué fue antes?"]

Strange changes between languages.