References in Popular Culture
- In the TV special The Easter Bunny Is Comin' To Town, the chickens tell a story in a song explaining that "the chicken came first" while retelling the Hebrew Bible story of Noah's Ark and comparing the riddle to who came first: "the pussycat or the fiddle" (a reference to the nursery tune Hey Diddle Diddle), "the fountain or Ponce de León" (a reference to the Spanish explorer known for the legend of the Fountain of Youth), and "the cow or Mrs. O'Leary" (a reference to Catherine O'Leary and her cow, who are rumored to be the instigators of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871).
- At the end of the film Chicken Run, the rats, Nick and Fetcher, can be heard debating this question when they consider starting a chicken farm so they can have all the eggs to eat, but have different ways of how to start said farm. Nick thinks the egg comes first while Fetcher thinks the chicken comes first.
- In one episode of QI, the panellists were discussing the riddle, when one cracked, "A chicken and an egg are lying in bed enjoying a post-coital cigarette. The chicken turns to the egg and says, well, I think you've just answered that old riddle."
- In the novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Luna Lovegood answers a question regarding the chicken or the egg by stating that "a circle has no beginning."
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