Second on the list was the race between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to replace Boris Johnson as UK Prime Minister. And third place went to the highly publicised court drama between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.
The rest of the top 50 list included the sensational "Wagatha Christie" trial, involving Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy, and Will Smith and Chris Rock's dust-up at the Oscars.
But some debates have been raging for years with no sign of a resolution, such as which is the "correct" way to hang a toilet roll, and how the word "scone" should be pronounced.
The survey was commissioned by research agency OnePoll, whose head of research, Mark Hodson, said: "Some debates in this list are of the moment and took place during 2022. "But others have been raging for years, and in some cases decades.
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