Daily Double Prep

Daily Double Stats by Topic

#TopicDomainDD Count Contestant AccuracyAvg Value
1 History History 1168 68.5% $2,141 Practice
2 Wordplay Wordplay 764 68.1% $2,065 Practice
3 Visual Art Arts 649 63.2% $2,126 Practice
4 Literature Literature 512 63.1% $2,268 Practice
5 U.S. Presidents History 377 66.8% $1,796 Practice
6 Government & Politics Business 373 66.5% $2,148 Practice
7 Books & Authors Literature 372 66.7% $2,214 Practice
8 Science Science 317 69.4% $2,548 Practice
9 Movies Pop Culture 308 71.4% $1,788 Practice
10 Bodies of Water Geography 296 62.5% $2,096 Practice
11 Geography Geography 285 65.6% $2,213 Practice
12 Animals Science 250 60.0% $1,966 Practice
13 The Bible Religion 245 64.5% $1,766 Practice
14 Shakespeare Literature 236 62.3% $1,835 Practice
15 Transportation Business 228 63.6% $1,842 Practice
16 Authors Literature 224 62.5% $2,200 Practice
17 Historical Figures History 218 67.0% $1,870 Practice
18 Poetry Literature 191 60.7% $2,074 Practice
19 World Geography Geography 189 64.6% $1,886 Practice
20 Television Pop Culture 184 66.3% $1,294 Practice
21 Quotations Literature 184 66.3% $1,655 Practice
22 American History History 171 62.6% $1,879 Practice
23 Music Music 163 70.6% $1,917 Practice
24 Letter Words Wordplay 163 65.6% $2,049 Practice
25 Countries Geography 163 69.9% $2,592 Practice
26 Word Origins Language 160 57.5% $2,403 Practice
27 Novels Literature 157 57.3% $2,341 Practice
28 Business & Industry Business 157 66.2% $1,792 Practice
29 Botany Science 157 59.9% $1,928 Practice
30 Capitals Geography 153 63.4% $2,444 Practice

Daily Doubles: American History

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,400 Show #9479 (2026-01-15)

This latest (1992) Constit. Amendment is partly due to a college sophomore who noticed it had sat unratified for 2 centuries

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,800 Show #9422 (2025-10-28)

He made his fortune selling gear to miners in California, expanded it with railroads & founded a university

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,000 Show #9373 (2025-07-09)

Around 1870 unbranded strays gained this moniker from the name of a Texas rancher negligent in marking his calves

DD U.S. HISTORY — $1,000 Show #9229 (2024-12-19)

During his tenure as chief justice of the United States, he swore in 5 presidents, including Andrew Jackson

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,200 Show #9215 (2024-11-29)

The first third party movement in the U.S., it was formed in 1826 to oppose a certain secret order

DD U.S. HISTORY — $4,000 Show #9202 (2024-11-12)

A December 2, 1954 resolution said the conduct of this man "is contrary to senatorial traditions and is hereby condemned"

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $10,000 Show #9168 (2024-09-25)

Punning on a general's name & a Hugo title, glum Civil War soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia called themselves these

DD U.S. HISTORY — $5,018 Show #8819 (2023-03-02)

Civil War generals issued a lot of general orders; this man's No. 9 of April 1865 sent the Army of Northern Virginia home

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,000 Show #8743 (2022-11-16)

At this New York battle in the fall of 1777, nearly 6,000 British troops surrendered to Colonial forces

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,200 Show #8725 (2022-10-21)

In 1840 a U.S. judge ruled the unwilling passengers on this ship were kidnap victims, not merchandise

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $2,000 Show #8705 (2022-09-23)

Speaking at the opening of a World's Fair, he was the first U.S. president to appear on television

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,000 Show #8638 (2022-05-11)

These 4 words of advice from newspaper editor Horace Greeley were followed by "and grow up with the country"

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,000 Show #8586 (2022-02-28)

5 years before his famous ride, Paul Revere made a print depicting this bloody March 5, 1770 event

DD U.S. HISTORY — $1,500 Show #8412 (2021-06-01)

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened April 30, 1904 in this non-Louisiana city

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $3,800 Show #8401 (2021-05-17)

The 1859 discovery of this near Titusville set off a boom in Pennsylvania

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $4,000 Show #8398 (2021-05-12)

In the 1850s Chief Oshkosh stopped a U.S. attempt to move the Menominee people westward from this state

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $3,000 Show #8383 (2021-04-21)

The Platt Amendment of 1901 became a treaty between the U.S. & this new country & even became part of its constitution

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,600 Show #8360 (2021-03-19)

In 1840 this former president went to St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans to honor an event that occurred 25 years earlier

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,400 Show #8346 (2021-03-01)

From 1953 to 1961 Allen Dulles was the director of this U.S. government agency

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $5,400 Show #8337 (2021-02-16)

Fighting the Bolsheviks, the American North Russian Expeditionary Force was better known by this ursine name

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $3,500 Show #8302 (2020-12-15)

In 1832, hoping to reclaim land in Illinois, this Sauk leader led Native Americans against U.S. forces in a months-long war

DD U.S. HISTORY — $3,000 Show #8275 (2020-11-06)

This 1794 uprising in Pennsylvania was prompted by a tax on liquor

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,500 Show #8260 (2020-10-16)

The oldest continuously settled city in America, it was named for the Bishop of Hippo

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $3,000 Show #8241 (2020-09-21)

This president was said to regret his decision "not to hang John C. Calhoun" as a traitor

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,000 Show #8204 (2020-04-16)

A new Quartering Act was the fourth of these punitive 1774 measures also known as the Coercive Acts

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $2,000 Show #8135 (2020-01-10)

On Oct. 8, 1871 a fire started on DeKoven Street, destroying more than 17,000 of this city's buildings

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,000 Show #8112 (2019-12-10)

Real name Mary, this "maternal" organizer of mine workers in the early 20th century was called the "Most Dangerous Woman in America"

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $5,000 Show #8076 (2019-10-21)

Woeful economic conditions helped reduce immigration from 4.2 million the decade before to less than 700,000 in this decade

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $4,000 Show #8010 (2019-06-07)

Ratified in 1913, the 17th amendment gave the selection of these to voters

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $14,600 Show #7967 (2019-04-09)

In 1904 Oklahoma City policeman Joe Burnett killed Ed O'Kelley, who had killed Robert Ford, who had killed this outlaw

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,000 Show #7899 (2019-01-03)

Alexander Hamilton Jr. got justice for his dad when Eliza Jumel hired him to handle her divorce from this man

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,000 Show #7893 (2018-12-26)

In 1925 John T. Scopes was put on trial, convicted & fined for teaching evolution in this Southern state

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $5,000 Show #7796 (2018-07-02)

The photo from a 1967 march on the Pentagon demonstrates this rhyming slogan of the time

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $3,000 Show #7754 (2018-05-03)

Pres. Lincoln said, "I never, in my life, felt more certain that I was doing right than I do in signing this paper"

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $800 Show #7569 (2017-07-06)

In 1933 a stretch of river rapids in Alabama called Muscle Shoals became an integral part of this multi-state project

DD U.S. HISTORY — $4,000 Show #7524 (2017-05-04)

In his 1964 State of the Union address, Lyndon Johnson declared an "unconditional war on" this "in America"

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,600 Show #7460 (2017-02-03)

This 4-word motto saying watch your step was on many early American flags

DD U.S. HISTORY — $2,000 Show #7433 (2016-12-28)

Under the 1832 Treaty of Payne's Landing, chiefs in this tribe agreed to removal from Florida to points west

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $3,500 Show #7324 (2016-06-16)

This city once known as Beverwyck was made a state capital in 1797

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $3,400 Show #7189 (2015-12-10)

This tycoon's Northern Securities company was dissolved in 1904 for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,200 Show #7154 (2015-10-22)

In 1921 Harding nominated him to be Chief Justice, an historic appointment

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $2,000 Show #7100 (2015-06-26)

The Great White Fleet, 16 battleships that toured the world in 1907, were a show of TR's foreign policy called this

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $3,000 Show #7012 (2015-02-24)

This 1820 agreement said there would be no slavery in the bulk of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30'

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $2,000 Show #6886 (2014-07-21)

In 1916 German saboteurs blew up a New Jersey munitions depot, sending shrapnel into this nearby landmark's gown

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,000 Show #6844 (2014-05-22)

In 1851 The New York Times was founded to represent the views of this party that didn't last much longer

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,000 Show #6812 (2014-04-08)

In July 1960 the U.S. stopped imports of sugar from this country that was cozying up to the USSR

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $5,600 Show #6744 (2014-01-02)

In May 1857, 2 months after his famous Supreme Court decision, he was freed by Taylor Blow of St. Louis

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $8,000 Show #6637 (2013-06-25)

In 1977, on the 50th anniversary of their execution, a proclamation was issued saying this pair had been treated unjustly

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $1,200 Show #6587 (2013-04-16)

Selling out early, this prospector who gave his name to a mother lode of silver ended up broke & took his own life

DD AMERICAN HISTORY — $5,400 Show #6545 (2013-02-15)

In a 1779 battle in the North Sea, he captured the Serapis, a British Man-of-War