Bizarre questions Brits Googled this year – including the lifespan of a dragon

Google is often our go-to oracle when it comes to answering any bizarre questions we might have. Some we might be too embarrassed to ask, others we just don’t think anyone we know will have the answers to

From start to finish, the year of 2022 has kept us guessing all the way. The Covid pandemic continued into the new year, but as time wore on, restrictions eased. But that didn’t stop other challenges – including the cost of living crisis, the war in Ukraine, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, countless strikes and two new prime ministers.

In challenging times, Brits often turn to Google – the search engine that doesn’t judge you. It’s the modern-day oracle which knows more about its users than our own parents, friends and family. We use Google for all sorts of things. Sometimes we ask serious questions like “when are the next train strikes?”. Sometimes we’re looking for advice, for example “how to lose weight fast”, “how to make pancakes” or for guides on “how to delete Twitter “.

There’s nothing strange about asking these questions, and sometimes it can be really handy that search engines provide the answer without you having to talk to anyone else.

But this year, Brits have gone above and beyond – and asked some truly bizarre questions that they feel they need the answer to.

We asked Top10Casinos to analyse some of the most bizarre Google searches of the year – and some of them are truly strange.

Here are some of the strangest Google searches made in 2022, with more than 200 people asking:

• How do you dry spaghetti?
• Is coronavirus created by the government?
• Why do ducks quack and humans don’t?
• Are mermaids real?
• What country is France in?
• Is Elon musk a robot?
• What came first? The Chicken or the egg?
• Can flowers talk?
• Time machine instructions
• The lifespan of a dragon?

A spokesperson for Top10Casinos commented: “As humans we sometimes take to Google as a guilty pleasure, where nobody will see the questions we ask. It’s a sense of privacy to find out some of the weird and odd things you wouldn’t ask in real life.”

Google itself recently revealed the top search terms Brits have been using on the search engine this year.

Google’s annual Year in Search statistics showed that the top searches in the UK were Wordle, World Cup, Queen Elizabeth, Ukraine, lateral flow test, Mason Greenwood, Russia, Quordle, Jeffrey Dahmer and Johnny Depp.

In terms of news events, it was the death of Queen Elizabeth II that ranked highest, followed by the war in Ukraine, the spread of Monkeypox and Storm Eunice that gained most searches.

Have you ever Googled any of these questions? Let us know in the comment section below.