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Straight Up Trivia #16: Longest Run as Billboard #1

16th in a series of themed trivia quizzes. Answer these questions inspired by the songs that have set new records for the most weeks as #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 list. Only new records; no ties. Source: https://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_chart_achievements_and_milestones
Quizzes in this series: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
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Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson, 1 and 2 weeks. Poor Little Fool was the first #1 when Billboard created the Hot 100 in 1958. Ricky Nelson began his career at age 8 playing himself on the radio and television series "The Adventures of" whom?
Ozzie and Harriet
Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) by Domenico Modugno, 3-5 weeks. Volare is the first primarily non-English song to reach #1. What Puerto Rican musician has had the most songs primarily not in English reach the Billboard top 10?
Bad Bunny
It's All in the Game by Tommy Edwards, 6 weeks. The original version of the game Monopoly was created in 1903 by anti-monopolist Lizzie Magie and named for what position of economic power?
Landlord
Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin, 7-9 weeks. What type of kitchen knife is long, blunt-tipped, and serrated, and used with a sawing motion to cut cleanly without crushing its namesake food item?
Bread
You Light Up My Life by Debby Boone, 10 weeks. What substance is the filament in a standard incandescent light blub made from?
Tungsten
End of the Road by Boyz II Men, 11-13 weeks. The longest interstate in the U.S., I-90, starts in Boston and ends in Seattle. Other than Boston, what is the only state capital I-90 passes through?
Albany
I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston, 14 weeks. The first movie that features I Will Always Love You was not The Bodyguard, but rather a movie starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds that featured what kind of Texas workplace?
Whorehouse
One Sweet Day by Mariah Carey and Boys II Mean, 15 and 16 weeks. One Sweet Day reached #1 in December 1995, and was #1 for the first 11 weeks of 1996. What Spanish language song was #1 for 14 weeks later in 1996?
Macarena
Old Town Road by Lil Nas X, 17-19 weeks. Old Town Road preceded Lil Nas X's first studio album by almost three years. What was the name of that album, which is Lil Nas X's real first name?
Montero
Bonus Question: Two songs have been at #2 for 10 weeks without ever reaching #1, "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and "Work It". Name the musical artists for both of those songs.
Foreigner
Missy Elliott
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