The Lycos 50
These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending April 29, 2000. For more on how we create this list, see our FAQ.

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1   Pokemon
All-powerful1|37
2   Dragonball
Japanimation fave 3|37
3   Britney Spears
Pop princess 4|37
4   Elian Gonzalez
Back with dad 20|3
5   The WWF
Pro wrasslin' league 7|37
6   'N Sync
New album a hit 8|37
7   Tattoos
Still the rage 9|37
8   Gundam Wing
Hot new cartoon 12|8
9   Pam Anderson
Back in top 10 11|37
10   Napster
Web music player 13|9
11   Easter
The Bunny has left the building 2|6
12   Baseball
Boys of summer 17|12
13   Marijuana
Notorious weed 14|17
14   Las Vegas
Party town 15|37
15   Columbine High
1st anniversary 47|2
16   Final Fantasy
Video game series 18|35
17   Eminem
Rising rapper x|1
18   Jennifer Lopez
Latin singing star 16|37
19   Trish Stratus
New WWF pinup 49|2
20   Star Wars
Out on video 21|5
21   Christina Aguilera
Teen warbler 26|18
22   Sailor Moon
Cartoon princess 27|20
23   Backstreet Boys
#2 boy band 22|37
24   The Bible
Easter boost 28|34
25   The NBA
Playoff action 43|4
26   South Park
Rude 'toon 32|37
27   Sisqo
'Thong Song' guy 38|8
28   Korn
Alterna-band 29|36
29   The Simpsons
11th big season 24|17
30   William Shakespeare
5th big century 40|17
31   The Sims
'Sim City' sequel 34|5
32   Skateboarding
Kids love it 36|7
33   Golf
Tiger's sport 31|6
34   The IRS
Tax frenzy fades 5|22
35   Blink 182
Scatological band 37|11
36   Nascar
Auto racers 30|14
37   NASA
Atlantis delayed x|1
38   Metallica
Rocking steady 44|23
39   Prom Hairstyles
'Up-dos' a hit x|1
40   The Holocaust
WW Two topic x|1
41   Anna Kournikova
Tennis heartthrob 42|10
42   The X-Men
Hot summer flick x|1
43   Mariah Carey
Pop diva 33|32
44   DMX
Fading slightly 41|13
45   Death Penalty
Political hottie 45|7
46   Carmen Electra
Ex-'Baywatch' star 48|2
47   Alyssa Milano
Hot actress x|1
48   Prom dresses
Almost done 35|16
49   Rap Lyrics
As heard on MTV x|1
50   Vietnam War
25th anniversary x|1

 
 
 with Fritz Holznagel
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.May 4-7, 2000 

(The Daily Report is on a short hiatus. The next report will appear as usual on Monday, May 8.)

How Search Savvy Are You?

Let's play a new game: DOUBLY POPULAR.

Below are 24 names which appeared on our Lycos search logs last week. The names are arranged in 12 pairs. In each pair, one name was searched for by users twice as often as the other.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: guess which was the doubly-popular person in each pair.

Ready? Begin:

Golf magnate Tiger Woods
Skateboarder Tony Hawk

Soccer star Mia Hamm
Nascar racer Dale Earnhardt

Jazz maestro Miles Davis
TV preacher Benny Hinn

NBA star Karl Malone
Track legend Steve Prefontaine

Country singer Faith Hill
Actress Natalie Portman

Reclusive scribe J.D. Salinger
Late actress Judy Garland

Cutesy actress Meg Ryan
Reggae man Bob Marley

Actress Drew Barrymore
Renaissance man Leonardo DaVinci

Oscar-winner Kim Basinger
Senate candidate Hillary Clinton

Sub-driving actor Matthew McConaughey
Frail poet Emily Dickinson

Goofy comedian Adam Sandler
"People's Princess" Diana of Wales

Musical studmuffin Bruce Springsteen
Surrealist Salvador Dali

Ready for the answers? Here we go:

In every pair, the second name was twice as popular as the first. Yes, it's true: a skateboarder spanked Tiger Woods, DaVinci whupped Drew, Emily Dickinson defenestrated Matthew McConaughey, and Princess Di is still unbelievably popular.

SCORING:
11-12 points: Certified cybergenius
09-10 points: Uncertified cybergenius
07-08 points: Search smarty
05-06 points: Ho-hum Harry
03-04 points: Sob sister
01-02 points: Web wuss



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