| # | Topic | Domain | DD Count | Contestant Accuracy | Avg 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 |
She used the pen names Flora Fairfield & A.M. Barnard but used her real name on "Jo's Boys"
Some years after vacating the "Old Manse", he purchased a home from the Alcotts & called it "The Wayside"
In a 1973 book by her, Deenie has to deal with scoliosis as well as regular 7th grade issues
Sinclair Lewis created this guy, a symbol of materialist conformity; Matthew Broderick played him on stage in 2024
In 2017 this author said, "I grew up in a greaser neighborhood" but got put in high school classes with Socs
Her East Sussex grave says, "Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O death! The waves broke on the shore"
You can breathe easier knowing that Terry McMillan wrote a sequel to this novel called "Getting to Happy"
Born in Wales to Norwegian parents, he was named for explorer Amundsen
During World War II he flew 60 combat missions as a U.S. Air Force bombardier... isn't that crazy? Or maybe not
The town of Eastwick, Rhode Island
"It was porkmaking by machinery, porkmaking by applied mathematics... but this slaughtering machine ran on"
As a P.O.W., Kurt Vonnegut survived the 1945 Allied firebombing of this German city because he was working underground
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Would Alice Walker have called her 1982 novel something else if her February birthstone wasn't the color purple, this one?
This 19th century author of adventure novels suffered from tuberculosis & moved to the South Seas for his health, dying in Samoa
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After the success of this classic about Francie Nolan & her impoverished New York family, Betty Smith co-wrote a musical based on it
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Bootlegger Max Gerlach was one of the people F. Scott Fitzgerald may have used as the model for this title character
After moving from Russia to the U.S. in the 1920s, Alissa Rosenbaum adopted this pen name with the same initials
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Best known for his detective stories, in his later years, he gave lectures on spiritualism & wrote a 2-volume history of it
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The Globe Inn, with a vast selection of single malt scotches, was a hangout of this 18th century poet & can be yours
She studied medicine at Johns Hopkins before moving to Paris in 1903 & drove an ambulance for the French in World War I
Born Chloe Wofford, she converted to Catholicism at age 12 & added the name Anthony to hers, from St. Anthony of Padua
Bram Stoker consulted the 1865 book this region: "Its Products and Its People" to write about a place he never went
Charles Dickens asked to be buried quietly in Kent, but he ended up in this section of Westminster Abbey
On his 1875 passing in Copenhagen, it was said though his eyes were closed, in children's hearts, he would live forever
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"Far off, the lofty jet of the whale might be seen"
Of this author's dogs, Charley was a good boy, & Toby, who ate the first draft for "Of Mice & Men", was definitely a bad boy
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