The Lycos 50
This list reflects the 50 most popular user searches for the week ending October 16th.

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1   Pokemon
Still riding high1|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

 
 
 with Fritz Holznagel
The Lycos 50 Daily Report
 The things you're searching for.October 25, 1999 

Early Warning: GLAY

Here's a possible future famous name: Glay. They're hot stuff in Japan (the band name is a Japanization of "gray"), and their distinctive static electricity haircuts are vaguely reminiscent of American glam.

Glay's new album "Heavy Gauge" came out this week, and they do seem to be stirring up a few low-level waves on our search logs.

Here's what else people have been searching for:

-GRY
That old gag about words ending in GRY must be making the e-mail rounds. ("Think of words ending in 'gry.' Angry and hungry are two of them...") If you you've never heard the puzzle, here's an explanation.

 
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
The Days of the Dead, as the Yanquis say, come to a Latin American city near you on November 1 and 2.

 
THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving searches are back on the rise after an earlier rush for Canada's own Thanksgiving holiday. This time surfers seem to be preparing for America's turkey day. Among the early queries paired with Thanksgiving: crafts, recipes, dinner, and jokes. (Jokes?)

 
EVERQUEST
Everquest is a "massively multiplayer online role playing game." It's a fantasy-type game with elves, warriors, and the usual leather-jerkin-clad explorers. Everquest has been online since March, and seems to be having a surge of popularity lately.

 
POODLES
Why the rush on poodles? We don't know. Of particular interest seem to be the tiniest dogs, the toy poodles and the even runtier teacup poodles (average weight: three pounds).

 


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    Mystery Terms

    Today's mystery term is a mystery number:

    52

    This number is quite a popular query with Lycos users. Is there something we're missing? Surely B-52s (the plane or the band) aren't that popular?

    Post your explanation on our boards.

    For previous mystery terms, visit the Lycos 50 archives.

     
    Case Closed?


    Recent mystery terms solved:

    MERCY: It seems that "No Mercy" was the latest pay-per-view extravaganza of the WWF (#6 on your Lycos 50). The event went off last weekend, which seems about the right timing for the searches we've seen. Tip of the hat to reader Tiffany L. for the explanation.

    There's more! No Mercy is also the name of an up-and-coming Latin pop band, points out friendly user boards

    AMANDA: We have two winners here. Amanda Bynes is the star of The Amanda Show, a goofy comedy that just debuted on Nickelodeon.

    Actress Amanda Peet stars in another new show, Jack and Jill. Thanks to detective boards for the former tip, and inspectors boards and boards for the latter.

     
    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

    Friday, October 22
    One Tonya, two Amandas, and many fiery dishwashers

    Thursday, October 21
    Hooray for Bollywood!
    Special India edition

    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

    See the Lycos 50 archives!
     
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