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: Botany

DD FLOWERS — $2,000 Show #9514 (2026-03-05)

A contemporary of Linnaeus, German botanist Traugott Gerber has a variety of this flower named in his honor

DD FIRST NAME FLOWERS — $3,200 Show #9511 (2026-03-02)

Aurelian or trumpet is one type of this that you might grow in your garden

DD PLANT FACTS — $9,400 Show #9399 (2025-09-25)

Also a make of car from Toyota, it's the inner petals of a flower taken collectively

DD PLANTS & TREES — $3,000 Show #9335 (2025-05-16)

This genus of ornamental flowering shrubs & plants gave its name to a hard-to-spell deep reddish-purple color

DD BOTANY — $2,800 Show #9247 (2025-01-14)

The agave is this type of plant whose name comes from the Latin for "juice"

DD PLANTED BY — $1,000 Show #9184 (2024-10-17)

These trees at Rideau Hall, home of Canada's governor-general, include plantings by Haile Selassie & King Baudouin of Belgium

DD FLOWERS — $3,000 Show #8995 (2023-12-15)

Oh, the vanity! These flowers represent egotism, as their mythological name indicates

DD FLOWER POWER — $2,800 Show #8982 (2023-11-28)

Austria's national flower is this one that Rodgers & Hammerstein described as "small & white, clean & bright"

DD FLOWERY POETRY & PROSE — $3,100 Show #8914 (2023-07-13)

The Spike Jonze film "Adaptation" is about trying to bring this steal of a book by Susan Orlean to the big screen

DD FLOWERS — $1,600 Show #8892 (2023-06-13)

The trailing arbutus, which once told the Pilgrims spring was here, is also called this, a name the Pilgrims knew well

DD PLANTS & TREES — $6,000 Show #17 (2023-05-23)

Acer rubrum is the scientific name for this colorful tree found in the eastern United States

DD PLANTCRAFT — $1,000 Show #8726 (2022-10-24)

Practitioners of this 7-letter bushy art have been called tree masons & leafage sculptors

DD PLANT PARTS — $2,000 Show #8694 (2022-07-28)

The business part of this plant, Dionaea muscipula, consists of 2 hinged lobes triggered by hair-like sensors

DD ROCKS & PLANTS... — $1,000 Show #8668 (2022-06-22)

The dimension type of this metamorphic rock is in blackboards, while the crushed type can go into composition roofing

DD TREES — $1,200 Show #8581 (2022-02-21)

This giant tree bears the name of a Cherokee leader who created a writing system

DD FLOWER NAMES — $4,000 Show #8575 (2022-02-11)

This flower whose name is derived from "wolf" is also a word used to describe wolves

DD THE PLANT WORLD — $1,000 Show #8363 (2021-03-24)

Millions of cloned Somei-Yoshino types of these trees were planted in Japan, some to celebrate victory over Russia in 1905

DD PLANTS & FLOWERS — $2,000 Show #8300 (2020-12-11)

The acidity of the soil can change the color of these flowers whose name is from the Greek for "water"

DD FLOWERS ON THE WALL — $3,000 Show #8248 (2020-09-30)

This woman said, "I'll paint what I see--what the flower is to me, but -I'll paint it big"

DD PLANTS & TREES — $1,500 Show #8016 (2019-06-17)

Some people drink the juice of this succulent for its health benefits & a gel is used to relieve sunburns

DD PARASITIC PLANTS — $6,000 Show #8007 (2019-06-04)

Trifolium is the genus of this plant grown as livestock feed & sometimes damaged by the parasitic plant dodder

DD PLANT-ED EVIDENCE — $1,800 Show #7945 (2019-03-08)

Ancient Egyptians got a lot of out of this water plant:cloth, mats, sails & oh yeah, material on which to write

DD THE PLANTAGENETS — $2,000 Show #7898 (2019-01-02)

Edward I took a famous rock from this village to Westminster

DD TREES — $3,000 Show #7887 (2018-12-18)

This is the better-known Genus & species name of the maidenhair tree, used in Chinese medicine to boost memory

DD THE PERKS OF BEING A WILDFLOWER — $600 Show #7656 (2017-12-18)

Being one of these long-lived types that survive from season to season, like some species of aster

DD BOTANY — $2,500 Show #7620 (2017-10-27)

Perfect for a drought-tolerant garden, the plants seenhereare this type that store water in their fleshy leaves

DD BOTANY — $3,000 Show #7610 (2017-10-13)

The 3 main classes of plant pigments are carotenoids, phycobilins & these greenish ones

DD BOTANY — $1,200 Show #7584 (2017-07-27)

Also known as the trailing arbutus, it's said to have been named by the Pilgrims; its bloom was the 1st seen in the spring of 1621

DD FLOWERS — $2,000 Show #7471 (2017-02-20)

The Greek goddess of the rainbow gave her name to this flower that comes in a rainbow of colors

DD FLOWER POWER — $2,000 Show #7465 (2017-02-10)

Vanilla is a type of this flowering plant

DD STATE FLOWERS — $7,000 Show #7351 (2016-07-25)

Arizona's state flower is the white blossom found near the top of the stems & "arms" of this giant cactus

DD TREES — $4,800 Show #7348 (2016-07-20)

Found in the scientific name of the redwoods, sempervirens is Latin for this type of tree

DD BOTANY — $3,000 Show #7338 (2016-07-06)

In the early 19th century, Scottish botanist Robert Brown showed how grains of this could be used to classify plants

DD FLOWERY PROSE — $4,000 Show #7209 (2016-01-07)

In an Alexandre Dumas novel, the town of Haarlem offers a prize to anyone who can grow a black one of these

DD BOTANISTS — $3,000 Show #7136 (2015-09-28)

As a professor of botany at Uppsala University, he wrote several works including "Species Plantarum"

DD FLOWER POWER — $1,400 Show #6984 (2015-01-15)

This "filler flower" often used in bridal bouquets comes in several varieties including New Love & Perfecta

DD BOTANY — $3,400 Show #6743 (2014-01-01)

In the scientific name of the common onion, Allium cepa L., the "L" stands for this botanist

DD TREES — $2,300 Show #6651 (2013-07-15)

This "chestnut" is scientifically known as Aesculus hippocastanum

DD POISONOUS PLANTS — $100 Show #6646 (2013-07-08)

The symptoms from eating this plant, Digitalis purpurea, include blurred vision, irregular heartbeat & hallucinations

DD NATIONAL FLOWERS — $3,000 Show #6578 (2013-04-03)

This country loves its Linnaea borealis, named after a native son

DD PLANT SCIENCE — $6,000 Show #6298 (2012-01-25)

This yellow flower of the genus Tagetes is often associated with, but probably not named for, the Virgin Mary

DD TREES — $2,500 Show #6208 (2011-09-21)

Brought over from Australia, blue gum is the USA's most common variety of this tree

DD STATELY FLOWERS — $1,200 Show #6101 (2011-03-07)

Illinois' flower is the purple this, which is practically saying the same thing twice

DD BOTANY — $400 Show #6098 (2011-03-02)

Varieties of this flower include Leen Van Der Mark, Orange Emperor & Apeldoorn

DD ASSORTED FLOWERS — $1,000 Show #6034 (2010-12-02)

The Nestle brand calls itself "The Cooking Milk"

DD PLANTS & TREES — $2,000 Show #6029 (2010-11-25)

Ochroma pyramidale, this tree, yields a lightweight wood often used to make surfboards

DD FLOWERY PROSE — $8,200 Show #5917 (2010-05-11)

This medieval whodunit centers on Brother William of Baskerville, sent to investigate a murder in a monastery

DD STATELY BOTANICAL GARDENS — $2,000 Show #5828 (2010-01-06)

The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Cape Fear Botanical Gardens

DD LISTEN TO THE FLOWER PEOPLE — $3,000 Show #5769 (2009-10-15)

My Latin teacher often reminded me that the name of this month comes from a Latin word meaning "'when flower buds open"

DD FLOWER POWER — $3,800 Show #5651 (2009-03-16)

Japan's special day honoring this flower is also called the Festival of Happiness