‘What is Area 51’ and ‘how to floss dance’: Google reveals the things that confused the country most in 2019

The world wants to know how to watch things, like the Champions League and Game of Thrones

US Representative-elect Kim Schrier (D-WA) does the flossing dance before drawing a number during an office lottery for new members of Congress on Capitol Hill November 30, 2018 in Washington, DC (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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