What's to the north of the North Pole?

Well, if time is part of the universe, does it make sense to ask if something was before it?

No, because the very concept of "before" requires time to exist for it to make sense.

1. The bigger universe that spawned us 2. The multiverse that generated us 2. The same energy that generated this universe 3. Everything 4. Nothing

Pick... some?

We don't know. But from what I've read it's nonsense to think about before and after.

Turtles.

One unicorn is enough.