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GOOGLE HAS RELEASED lists of what we were all searching for over the past 12 months.
And some of the results are, obviously, a bit mortifying. We’ve been asking the search engine how to get rid of hickeys quickly, for instance.
From events to sportspeople, politicians to TV shows and music, Google has revealed the top 10 most searched items in a variety of categories.
The Rugby World Cup took the top spot in this year’s list of overall top-trending search terms.
Conor McGregor came in at number three while also topping the sportspeople list. Irish people were also looking for ‘How to watch McGregor fight in Ireland’.
News
The Paris attacks and Charlie Hebdo shootings, as well as the death of Karen Buckley in Scotland and the health of NBA star Lamar Odom all featured in the top 10 of the news search list.
On a lighter note, we wanted to know more about RTE’s Operation Transformation and Eurovision 2015 (of course). Lady Colin Campbell, who starred in this year’s ‘I’m a celebrity…Get me out of Here!’ made the top 10 list followed by Jurassic World which hit the $1 billion mark at the box office faster than any other movie.
More than 20 years after he retired from politics, one Charlie Haughey was ahead of the pack in terms of trending politicians – no doubt helped by the RTE mini-series which documented his life and was broadcast last winter.
Unsurprisingly, Donald Trump came in third on the list, one below Minister for Health Leo Varadkar who created headlines this year for both his work in health and personal interviews in which he spoke publicly for the first time about being a gay man.
Renua Ireland’s Terence Flanagan also makes the list which may be due to this rather awkward radio interview.
Top of the ‘What is?’ list is understandably ‘What is Isis?’, while top of the ‘how to’ list is ‘How to use snapchat?’.
Tony Fenton, one of Ireland’s best loved DJs who sadly passed away this year also made the list of top trending people.
Here’s everything that Google was able to tell us:
Top Ten Trending
1. Rugby World Cup 2015
2. Karen Buckley
3. Conor McGregor
4. Paris
5. Lamar Odom
6. Lady Colin Campbell
7. Jurassic World
8. Eurovision 2015
9. Charlie Hebdo
10. Operation Transformation 2015
Top Trending People
1. Karen Buckley
2. Conor McGregor
3. Lamar Odom
4. Lady Colin Campbell
5. Ed Sheeran
6. Jeremy Clarkson
7. Cilla Black
8. Tony Fenton
9. Jonah Lomu
10. Ruby Rose
Top Trending Sportspeople
1. Conor McGregor
2. Jonah Lomu
3. Ronda Rousey
4. Tyson Fury
5. Stephanie Roche
6. Jurgen Klopp
7. Manny Pacquiao
8. Pedro
9. Ian Madigan
10. Shane Long
Top Trending Sport Events
1. Rugby World Cup 2015
2. Cheltenham 2015
3. Wimbledon 2015
4. Cricket World Cup
5. Ploughing Championships 2015
6. Six nations 2015
7. Mayweather vs Pacquiao
8. Copa America
9. Grand National 2015
10. Champions League Final
Top Trending Politicians
1. Charlie Haughey
2. Leo Varadkar
3. Donald Trump
4. Jeremy Corbyn
5. David Cameron
6. PJ Mara
7. Charles Kennedy
8. Terence Flanagan
9. Ed Miliband
10. Hillary Clinton
Top Trending TV Shows
1. Eurovision 2015
2. Operation transformation 21
3. Big Brother 2015
4. Oscars 2015
5. Celebrity Big Brother
6. Narcos
7. Better Call Saul
8. Game of Thrones Season 5
9. Strictly Come Dancing 2015
10. Daredevil
Top Trending News
1. Rugby World Cup
2. Karen Buckley
3. Lamar Odom
4. Paris
5. Eurovision 2015
6. Charlie Hebdo
7. Budget 2016
8. Caitlyn Jenner
9. Greece
10. Wimbledon 2015
Top Trending Music Acts
1. Ed Sheeran
2. Adele
3. Eagles of death metal
4. Lil Chris
5. Meghan Trainor
6. Albert Hammond
7. Florence and the Machine
8. Justin Bieber
9. Dr Dre
10. Kelly Clarkson
Top Trending What is?
1. What is isis
2. What is je suis charlie
3. What is lupus
4. What is processed meat
5. What is a frappé
6. What is ebola
7. What is 0 divided by 0
8. What is Charlie Charlie
9. What is happening in Syria
10. What is a solar eclipse
Top Trending Who is?
1. Who is Lucy the Australopithecus
2. Who is lady C
3. Who is A in pretty little liars
4. Who is Nick Grimshaw
5. Who is isis
6. Who is the father of Charity Dingles son in Emmerdale
7. Who is Kitty McGeever
8. Who is Ronnie Pickering
9. Who is Charlie Hebdo
10. Who is the Arkham knight
Top Trending When is?
1. When is Easter 2015
2. When is Pancake Tuesday 2015
3. When is Halloween 2015
4. When is the Late Late Toy show 2015
5. When is Thanksgiving 2015
6. When is Fathers day in ireland 2015
7. When is Chinese new year 2015
8. When is Ash Wednesday 2015
9. When is FIFA 16 out
10. When is black Friday 2015 in ireland
Top Trending How to?
1. How to use new snapchat
2. How to make pancake mix
3. How to eat pomelo
4. How to draw a minion
5. How to bleed radiators
6. How to make loom bands
7. How to watch McGregor fight in Ireland
8. How to get rid of hickeys fast
9. How to get rid of brain freeze
10. How to view a solar eclipse
Top Trending Gadgets
1. iPhone 6s
2. Samsung Galaxy s6
3. Apple watch
4. iPhone 7
5. Hoverboard
6. Segway
7. iPad pro
8. HTC one m9
9. Selfie stick
10. Nexus 6P
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I knew it was Venezuela because the women there are all Caracas.
Never heard of some countries, never mind their capitals
Eleven out of ten, Ex Garda
@John Fairclough hahaha
I knew Minsk wasn’t in Kazakhstan because Borat never mentioned it.
@Paul Culligan: I knew it because David in Friends left Phoebe to go there!
10 out of 10 !!! Only took me three goes too lol
@Catherine Sims: does 3 goes mean 3 accounts??
@Robc: 6/10 for me btw
@Robc: it’ll only let me do it once
@Robc: Nope I’ve only ever had one account . Come out of it and close it up and it will let you back in.
Ah ffs, hardest quiz ever
Not bad… 6 correct.
The sultan of Brunei can kiss my ring piece. 6
7/10
You scored 5 out of 10!
What are ewe doing?
A quiz lol.
10/10 BOOOOOOMM!!!!!!
3/10, woeful.
9/10 ha ha. And I only got to do geography till my junior cert
9/10
10/10… Geographaledge! :p
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