The Lycos 50
These were the 50 most popular Lycos user searches for the week ending May 12, 2001. For more on how we create this list, see our FAQ.

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1   Mother's Day
American as apple pie9|3
2   Dragonball
Can't beat mom 1|91
3   Britney Spears
Pepsi tart 4|91
4   Loft Story
Like Big Brother, but in France 7|2
5   Tattoos
Under your skin 6|91
6   Napster
File swapper 5|63
7   Pokemon
Why won't it die? 10|91
8   Final Fantasy
Video game and summer movie 13|89
9   Pamela Anderson
Dating Kid Rock 14|91
10   Las Vegas
Sin City USA 18|91
11   WWF
Pro wrasslers 11|91
12   Robert Blake
Wife murdered x|1
13   Marijuana
Wacky weed 16|19
14   Jennifer Lopez
Actress/singer 20|91
15   Baseball
Unit K's 'em 19|15
16   Survivor
Next stop Kenya 3|15
17   Golf
Tiger's sport 22|20
18   World War II
Still hot 27|12
19   Destiny's Child
R&B starlets 21|6
20   Andrea Thompson
CNN siren 2|3
21   The Bible
Good book 24|88
22   Skateboarding
Teen transport 25|61
23   Ellis Island
Genealogy site 12|4
24   Anna Kournikova
Tennis star 28|13
25   The Mummy Returns
Wrap star 40|2
26   Prom Hairstyles
Some wear it up 17|6
27   Gnutella
File swapper 26|14
28   Limp Bizkit
Angry rockers x|1
29   The Holocaust
Never again 1|9
30   Madonna
Tour plans 37|9
31   The Simpsons
Cartoon family 30|71
32   'N Sync
New CD in July x|1
33   Harry Potter
Wizard of lit 32|46
34   The Sims
You control 'em 39|11
35   Shakespeare
The Bard 34|18
36   Tupac Shakur
Still dead 43|7
37   NASCAR
Auto racers 33|15
38   Eminem
Slim shameless 35|55
39   Adolf Hitler
WWII villain 42|4
40   Brooke Burke
Playboy covergirl 36|5
41   Half-Life Counter-Strike
Violent game 44|9
42   Big Brother
Like Loft Story, but in Australia 29|3
43   IRS
Taxmen 41|20
44   Korn
Rap-metal kings x|1
45   Diablo II
Computer game x|1
46   NBA
Lakers cruise 45|3
47   Diets
Slim summer 48|3
48   Digimon
Not Pokemon 47|6
49   NASA
Space racers 38|24
50   Vietnam War
Still haunts us x|1

 
 
 with Aaron Schatz
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.May 16, 2001 

Doubly Popular Returns
The Answers

Here are the answers to the doubly popular quiz:

Christopher Columbus over Ichiro Suzuki
Mike Piazza over Pedro Martinez (blasphemy!)
Liv Tyler over Gina Gershon
Staind over R.E.M.
Johnny Knoxville over Vince McMahon
Blues Traveler over Evan and Jaron
Save the Last Dance over Angel Eyes
Jenny McCarthy over Melissa Joan Hart
Colby Donaldson over Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Egypt over Israel
"Lady Marmalade" over Lil ' Kim
Toronto Maple Leafs over Pittsburgh Penguins

THE PATENTED SCORING SYSTEM
(invented by Fritz Holznagel):

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

Please no complaints from anyone named Harry.

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