<a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/liverpool/" target="_blank">Liverpool football</a> scores, <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/elon-musk" target="_blank">Elon Musk’s</a> net worth and the age of Diana Ross were among the most popular questions asked of <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/amazon/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> virtual assistant <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/04/14/alexa-set-my-prayer-times-how-muslims-are-digitising-their-rituals-for-ramadan/" target="_blank">Alexa</a> in the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/uk/" target="_blank">UK</a> over the past 12 months. Other popular queries included who former <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/liz-truss" target="_blank">prime minister Liz Truss</a> is married to and the height of American rapper Jack Harlow. <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/alexa/" target="_blank">Alexa</a> is the virtual assistant built into Amazon’s range of smart home speakers, but is also available on a range of smartphones and other connected devices. Through voice commands, it can help with tasks as well as answer questions. <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/family/2022/05/20/ed-sheeran-and-wife-cherry-seaborn-welcome-second-daughter-we-are-over-the-moon/" target="_blank">Ed Sheeran</a> was the most requested artist on Alexa this year, with his song <i>Bad Habits</i> also named the most requested track, followed by <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/2022/09/08/harry-styles-and-sam-fender-among-artists-battling-it-out-for-mercury-prize-2022/" target="_blank">Harry Styles’s</a> <i>As It Was</i>. Amazon’s figures show that the recipe for pancakes was the most requested recipe, followed by Yorkshire pudding and chili con carne. “People all over the world are interacting with Alexa billions of times each week to learn, be entertained and get help with tasks,” said Dennis Stansbury, Alexa UK and Ireland country manager. “Watching <i>Peppa Pig</i>, finding out football scores, getting pancake recipes, asking Alexa to sing <i>Happy Birthday</i>, and saying ‘thank you’ are some of the most popular things that people in the UK have used Alexa for in 2022.” In sport, asking Alexa for the start date of the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/world-cup-2022/" target="_blank">World Cup</a> was the second most popular request, with checking the score in games involving Rangers, <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/arsenal" target="_blank">Arsenal</a>, <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/manchester-city" target="_blank">Manchester City</a> and <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/chelsea" target="_blank">Chelsea</a> also making the top 10 requests. Aside from Harlow, Alexa users also wanted to know the height of <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/rishi-sunak" target="_blank">prime minister Rishi Sunak</a> and <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/film/2022/07/17/tom-cruise-makes-surprise-appearance-at-uk-military-airshow/" target="_blank">Tom Cruise</a>, while the <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/queen-elizabeth-ii/" target="_blank">late Queen Elizabeth II</a> and <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/king-charles-iii/" target="_blank">King Charles III</a> were among the top queries as to age.