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: Bodies of Water

DD LAKES & RIVERS — $5,400 Show #9519 (2026-03-12)

About 2/3 of Venezuela's oil output comes from the Basin of this large lake, now greatly polluted as a result

DD TAKE ME TO THE RIVER — $6,800 Show #9516 (2026-03-09)

This end-of-the-alphabet river begins in the central African plateau & drains an area of 500,000 square miles

DD LAKE NEWS — $2,000 Show #9486 (2026-01-26)

In 2017 the New Yorker called this lake in a same-named African country the site of the most complex humanitarian disaster

DD U.S. BODIES OF WATER — $6,174 Show #9475 (2026-01-09)

Named for a duke, this nearly 700-mile-long river rises in Kentucky, flows through Tennessee, then back into Kentucky

DD BODIES OF WATER — $4,200 Show #9459 (2025-12-18)

Care to Gdansk? Then come on down to the mouth of this river, its country's longest

DD BODIES OF WATER — $4,000 Show #9455 (2025-12-12)

In the 1830s sea lampreys invaded this Great Lake, though Niagara Falls kept them from further incursion for a while

DD ROWING ON THE RIVER — $1,500 Show #9408 (2025-10-08)

The Hoyas, at the Thompson Boat Center

DD RIVERS — $2,000 Show #44 (2025-05-14)

This name of a great river means "son of" a Hindu creator god

DD LAKES & RIVERS — $3,600 Show #9326 (2025-05-05)

The Desna River flows into the Dnieper River near this world capital

DD AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS — $9,600 Show #9321 (2025-04-28)

This river that flows through a valley of the same name is the main tributary of the Potomac

DD OLD MAN (OR WOMAN) RIVER — $3,200 Show #9282 (2025-03-04)

Quinobequin to the natives, it was called the Massachusetts by explorers, then renamed in 1614 for a then-prince

DD LAKES OF AMERICA — $1,000 Show #9256 (2025-01-27)

Northwest of Allentown, Beltzville Lake is a popular fishing spot in this mountain range

DD BODIES OF WATER — $2,200 Show #9194 (2024-10-31)

Cities on the shore of this lake include Babushkin, a stop on the Trans-Siberian Railway

DD AMERICAN RIVERS — $2,000 Show #9154 (2024-07-25)

The Gila River makes its way from New Mexico to Arizona, meeting this other river at Yuma

DD RIVERS OF EUROPE — $1,000 Show #9123 (2024-06-12)

This river of central Germany follows Frankfurt in the city's full name

DD BODIES OF WATER — $7,600 Show #9116 (2024-06-03)

The Sinai Peninsula lies between 2 gulfs, the Gulf of Suez on the west & this one on the east

DD BODIES OF WATER — $6,800 Show #9042 (2024-02-20)

Extending for about 135 miles, the Yucatan Channel links these 2 smaller-than-an-ocean bodies of water

DD THE OCEAN — $4,000 Show #9010 (2024-01-05)

A halocline is a zone of ocean water in which this measurement changes rapidly with depth

DD A RIVER RUNS TO IT — $1,500 Show #8956 (2023-10-23)

The Vistula:This sea

DD THE CONGO RIVER — $1,000 Show #8942 (2023-10-03)

These 2 capital cities, of the R.O.C & the D.R.O.C., lie across from each other on opposite banks of the Congo River

DD RIVERS OF AFRICA — $3,800 Show #8938 (2023-09-27)

The mighty Okavango River stretches from Angola to this desert in Botswana, where it becomes a swamp

DD THIS AMERICAN LAKE — $2,300 Show #8922 (2023-07-25)

Most of the length of this French-named lake separates New York & Vermont

DD A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT — $2,000 Show #8846 (2023-04-10)

Domesticated fowl, collectively

DD LAKES & RIVERS — $2,000 Show #8843 (2023-04-05)

Thisalliterative Swiss body of water is also known as Lac des Quatre Cantons

DD BODIES OF WATER — $1,800 Show #8811 (2023-02-20)

Differing by a letter, these 2 rivers both rise in Switzerland; one is about 830 miles long & the other, more than 500

DD THE RIVER — $3,000 Show #8807 (2023-02-14)

Texas' Declaration of Independence was signed in Washington--Washington-on- this river named for "the arms of God"

DD OCEAN LIFE — $3,800 Show #8805 (2023-02-10)

Named for its rubbery shell, this largest sea turtle can swim up to 10,000 miles each year

DD BIG RIVER — $8,000 Show #8799 (2023-02-02)

No respect! Though more than 2,300 miles long, this North American river is still just a tributary

DD MANY RIVERS TO CROSS — $3,000 Show #8779 (2023-01-05)

The former Fiumicino River is officially identified as this fateful ancient crossing site, but some argue for the Pisciatello or Uso

DD AFRICAN LAKES & RIVERS — $3,600 Show #8755 (2022-12-02)

Between Khartoum & Aswan, the Nile runs through a series of 6 rapids called these, also a term for waterfalls

DD BODIES OF WATER — $2,000 Show #8746 (2022-11-21)

The Komandorski Islands are part of a 1,200-mile arc separating this sea from the Pacific Ocean to the south

DD RIVER RUN — $3,000 Show #8738 (2022-11-09)

Rivers that border Manhattan include the East River & these 2 "H" rivers

DD LAKES & RIVERS — $5,000 Show #8729 (2022-10-27)

This river that flows 2,300 miles before emptying into the Caspian Sea is Europe's longest

DD BODIES OF WATER — $7,000 Show #8710 (2022-09-30)

The Bay of Tangier makes up part of the western end of this strait

DD LAKES & RIVERS — $1,000 Show #8703 (2022-09-21)

The pre-Incan Uros people still inhabitfloating islandshigh in the Andes in this lake

DD RIVER NAMES — $2,000 Show #8684 (2022-07-14)

This river that gave its name to a Georgia city was known as Rio Dulce, or "sweet river", to early Spanish explorers

DD THE PACIFIC OCEAN — $1,000 Show #8654 (2022-06-02)

Like a "super" one that hit the region in 2018, a hurricane in the West Pacific is called this, related to Chinese for "big wind"

DD BODIES OF WATER — $3,000 Show #8653 (2022-06-01)

When not hampered by monsoons, the dhow was the traditional trading vessel of this ocean

DD U.S. BODIES OF WATER — $1,000 Show #8613 (2022-04-06)

Seneca & Cayuga are the largest of the 11 lakes in New York State collectively called these

DD OCEANS — $600 Show #8592 (2022-03-08)

These islands off Florida have ocean cliffs a mile deep--don't know about that theory that the name is from Spanish for "shallow sea"

DD BODIES OF WATER — $6,200 Show #8580 (2022-02-18)

Formations like the Great Barrier Reef gave this body of water its name

DD LAKES & RIVERS — $4,800 Show #8508 (2021-11-10)

Clouds of dust from the exposed bed of Lake Texcoco add to the air pollution of this world capital

DD RIVERS OF ASIA — $2,000 Show #8481 (2021-10-04)

This lake of Israel famous for its biblical associations is fed & drained by the Jordan River

DD OCEANOGRAPHIC TERMS — $1,000 Show #8460 (2021-08-06)

Term for the Pacific Ocean zone that forms a band as long as the equator & has about 75% of Earth's active volcanoes

DD PARTS OF THE OCEANS — $2,600 Show #8447 (2021-07-20)

The Agulhas & East Madagascar Currents flow in this ocean

DD BODIES OF WATER — $2,000 Show #8421 (2021-06-14)

Accessible only by ferry, Vashon Island is in this body of water, between Seattle & Tacoma

DD GEOGRA-SEA, & ALSO LAKES — $1,600 Show #8376 (2021-04-12)

Named for an 1830s explorer & linked to salt flats, this ancient lake hit a 5,000' in elevation & covered much of what is now Utah

DD LAKES & RIVERS — $7,000 Show #8367 (2021-03-30)

Dipping into Ohio, this one of the Great Lakes extends farthest south

DD COLORFUL RIVERS — $2,000 Show #8353 (2021-03-10)

Stretching from Tibet to the Bo Hai Gulf in the Pacific, this 3,400-mile river is often called the cradle of Chinese civilization

DD A PLACE LIKE RIVER HILL — $800 Show #8336 (2021-02-15)

Valley Stream, New York is on Long Island, in this county whose name brings the West Indies to mind