Yahoo Finance ‘What is Area 51’ and ‘how to floss dance’: Google reveals the things that confused the country most in 2019
Google has revealed the things that confused the country most over 2019.
It includes "Area 51", the phrase "dead ting", floss dancing and eating pineapple.
The company has revealed its "Year in Search", showing the trends and queries that rose over the year.
The results reveal all of the news events and culture that occupied people's minds through 2019: from the rugby and cricket world cups, to Game of Thrones. But it also shows the strange things that left people confused and wanting to know more.
For people trying to find out "how to" do something, the most popular trending searches were about watching events on TV. The top two "how to" searches were from people looking for ways to watch the Champions League Final and Game of Thrones, with others searching for ways to watch the KSI vs Logan Paul boxing match, and the TV show Chernobyl.
But many of the others were more specific. Vast numbers of people looked to learn "how to floss dance"; wondered about how to pronounce the word psalm, presumably because of Kim and Kanye's child; and how to eat pineapple.
The year of political news also led people to find instructions from Google, too. The top 10 "how to" searches included people looking for instructions on both registering to vote, and how to vote in the European Elections.
The "what is" searches are a similar mix of high- and low-brow, and expected and unexpected.
People looked for information about Brexit news, searching for explanations of the backstop, Article 50 and Article 13. They also looked for an explanation of the super over that settled the cricket world cup, and information about Area 51 as people prepared to raid it.
But not everything came from the news. Among the more unexpected searches are people looking for an explanation of the phrase "dead ting", the new anthropological group known as "VSCO girls", and the trending dairy product "quark".
The full list of all the trending searches can be found below:
How To
How to watch Champions League Final
How to watch Game of Thrones
How to floss dance
How to pronounce psalm
How to watch KSI vs. Logan
How to vote in European elections
How to eat pineapple
How to register to vote
How to tame a fox in Minecraft
How to watch Chernobyl
What Is
What is Area 51
What is the backstop
What is D Day
What is Finn’s Law
What is a super over in cricket
What is Article 50
What is a dead ting
What is Article 13
What is a VSCO girl
What is quark
UK Top Trending Queries
Rugby World Cup
Cricket World Cup
Game of Thrones
Chernobyl
Thanos
Notre Dame
Avengers Endgame
iPhone 11
Caitlyn Jenner
Joker
Celebrities
Caitlyn Jenner
James Charles
Prince Andrew
Tommy Fury
Boris Johnson
Jeremy Kyle
Adele Roberts
Liam Neeson
R Kelly
Nadine Coyle
News Events
Notre Dame
iPhone 11
Revoke article 50 petition
Thomas Cook news
Area 51
Royal baby
Sri Lanka attack
European Elections
New Zealand attack
Danny Baker
Sporting Events
Rugby World Cup
Cricket World Cup
Wimbledon
Women’s World Cup
KSI vs. Logan Paul 2
Ashes
Six Nations
Grand National
Champions League Final
Liverpool vs. Man City
Movies
Avengers Endgame
Joker
Captain Marvel
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Favourite
Green Book
Lion King
Aquaman
It Chapter 2
Bohemian Rhapsody
TV Shows
Game of Thrones
Chernobyl
Love Island
Line of Duty
I’m a Celebrity
Stranger Things
His Dark Materials
When They See Us
Luther
Killing Eve
Musicians
R Kelly
Nadine Coyle
21 Savage
Lewis Capaldi
Billie Eilish
Martin Kemp
Louis Tomlinson
Jesy Nelson
Motley Crue
The Cure
