The Lycos 50 with Fritz Holznagel


The Lycos 50

This list reflects the 50 most popular user searches for the week ending October 16th. For a key, see the bottom of the list. For details on how the list is created, see our FAQ.
1	Pokemon
	Still riding high	1\|9

2	Halloween
	Ghoul power	2\|6

3	Dragonball Z
	Japanese 'toon	3\|9

4	Britney Spears
	Teen songstress	4\|9

5	Pamela Anderson
	Endlessly popular	6\|9

6	WWF
	#1 wrasslin' league	5\|9

7	Backstreet Boys
	Tour buzz continues	9\|9

8	NFL
	Nearing midseason	7\|6

9	Poetry
	Highest rank ever	10\|7

10	Final Fantasy
	Computer game series	13\|7

11	Football
	College game rolling	12\|7

12	Tattoos
	Still rising	16\|9

13	Playstation
	Video game platform	15\|8

14	'N Sync
	#2 boy band	18\|9

15	Jennifer Lopez
	Latin singer/actress	17\|9

16	Nascar
	Tops in racing	21\|8

17	Pregnancy
	Never out of style	23\|9

18	Las Vegas
	#1 travel query	14\|9

19	Baseball
	Pennant fever	x\|1

20	South Park
	Crude 'toon	22\|9

21	Sable
	Former lady wrassler	25\|8

22	Beanie Babies
	Big drop this week	8\|8

23	Limp Bizkit
	Still a hot band	24\|8

24	Mariah Carey
	Sort-of diva	32\|4

25	Oprah Winfrey
	Talk show tsarina	20\|2

26	Marijuana
	Lots of hits	38\|3

27	Shania Twain
	Country music heartthrob	27\|8

28	The Simpsons
	Now in season 11	34\|7

29	The Bible
	Up 8 spots	37\|7

30	Columbus
	Holiday explorer	x\|1

31	Guns
	Retain position	31\|7

32	Wrestling
	Nutty pro sport	49\|3

33	Y2K
	Lukewarm interest	29\|5

34	Sailor Moon
	Cartoon princess	40\|9

35	Atkins Diet
	Low-carbo program	19\|2

36	DVD
	Boosted by 'Matrix'	30\|5

37	Star Wars
	$426 mil and counting	36\|9

38	Carbohydrates
	Hot diet craze	35\|2

39	Korn
	Krazy-name band	28\|9

40	NASA
	Still spacey	45\|9

41	Jenny McCarthy
	Web pinup fave	39\|9

42	Melissa Joan Hart
	'Maxim' buzz fading	26\|3

43	Witches
	Halloween faves	47\|2

44	IRS
	Also scary	x\|1

45	WCW
	#2 wrasslin' league	41\|5

46	Baby Names
	Find 'em online	44\|9

47	Tupac Shakur
	4th straight week	48\|4

48	Titanic
	'97 flick still hot	x\|1

49	The Matrix
	Out on DVD	43\|3

50	Alyssa Milano
	Actress/pinup	x\|1

What the Arrows Mean: Up and down arrows indicate movement from last week's Lycos 50. A black dot means no change in position. What the Numbers Mean: The first number indicates chart position last week. (An x means the term was not on the chart last week.) The second number indicates the number of consecutive weeks the item has been on the Lycos 50.





The things you're searching for.	October 21, 1999

Hooray for Bollywood!

Today let's glance in the direction of India. With the Indian population in North America growing -- thanks in part to the country's strong Web workforce -- we're seeing more and more India-related searches from our users. If you're trying to keep up with the action, here are some hot topics to watch:

Bollywood

Bollywood is the whimsical moniker of the Indian film industry. (It's based in Bombay, you see.) This is the most popular India-related query we get, after 'India' itself.
If you're a Bollywood fan already, you may enjoy the clubs club.

Kajol

Kajol -- just the one name, like Madonna -- is the leading Bollywood star on our search lists. Last week her name was as popular as the song title "Mambo Number Five." (Her February marriage to fellow actor Ajay Devgan was apparently quite a big deal, too.) Other stars we see, in rough order of popularity: Aishwarya Rai, Madhuri Dixit, and Salman Khan.

Kashmir

Kashmir is a divided political hot spot, vaguely reminscent of Korea or Berlin. The border war there between India and Pakistan has been going for decades.

Cricket

India appears to be the world's most cricket-mad country, with England and Pakistan close behind.

Hinduism

80% of Indians are Hindus, which naturally leads to plenty of searches on the topic. Amongst the popular queries: Hindi, Hindi songs, Hindi music, and Hindu gods. One seasonal entry: Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, which will be celebrated in November.

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	Mystery Terms

	Today's mystery term: AMANDA This name has been rising on our charts for the last few days, but we don't see any Amandas in the news just now. Does anyone know who this might be? Post your explanation on our boards. For previous mystery terms, visit the Lycos 50 archives.




	Case Closed?

	Recent mystery terms appraised: GOUDY: One explanation comes from friendly user boards, who says: "There's an expression in the Bavarian-German dialect which is spelled "Gaudi" and.. means something like great fun or enjoyment." With that spelling in mind, try www.gaudi.com. Genius! But wait! Other possibilities are at hand. User boards thinks the Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi may be the topic. Both boards and boards came out in favor of the typeface and its designer, Frederic Goudy. ("Relief from the overused Times" font, says Rifmon.) boards suggests Yankee-inspired baseball card queries for old-fashioned Goudy Gum. Even retired sportscaster boards showed up on TV the other night -- but after the query rush started. Well, it takes all kinds of Goudys to make up a world. For now I'm putting my money on the typeface as the key topic. JUEGOS: Imagine my red face when cheerful reader Robert Bast pointed out that www.juegos.com is home to a well-known competitor. Ah, well -- there's some consolation in knowing that juego can also be loosely translated as "a joke."




	Lycos 50 Bonus List: Top 9 Johns

	Last week's top searches for people named John: 9. John Travolta 8. John Adams 7. John Dalton 6. John Wayne 5. John Steinbeck 4. John Locke 3. John Lennon 2. John F. Kennedy 1. John Deere



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	Archives

	Wednesday, October 20 Elvira, DHEA, and Family Values '99
	Tuesday, October 19 Baseball finally hits the Lycos 50
	Monday, October 18 Who's hotter: Elisabeth Shue or chicken casserole?
	Friday, October 15 Yo, Poe! Edgar leads the dead author parade
	Thursday, October 14 Progs, Furby and strange figurines
	See the Lycos 50 archives!

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