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: Capitals

DD IN THE STATE CAPITAL — $2,000 Show #9510 (2026-02-27)

Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

DD CAPITAL CITY MAYORS — $3,000 Show #9454 (2025-12-11)

Mark Sutcliffe, who studied political science at Carleton University there

DD EUROPEAN CAPITALS — $2,800 Show #9285 (2025-03-07)

These 2 rhyming "B" capitals, each with close to 2 million people, are located about 500 miles apart

DD MEXICAN STATE CAPITALS — $1,000 Show #9201 (2024-11-11)

Mérida is the capital of this southeastern peninsular state

DD FORMER CAPITALS — $5,000 Show #9166 (2024-09-23)

Busan replaced this city as a national capital from 1950 to 1953

DD FUN WITH U.S. STATE CAPITAL NAMES — $1,000 Show #9161 (2024-09-16)

The only capital with 3 sets of double letters in its name, it was visited by de Soto in the 16th century

DD CAPITALS & THEIR AIRPORTS — $2,800 Show #9121 (2024-06-10)

King Khalid International is its gateway

DD DEATH IN THE CAPITAL — $2,000 Show #9097 (2024-05-07)

Pope Julius II called him to Rome to do his art thing; he died there in 1564

DD WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS — $1,400 Show #9058 (2024-03-13)

Museo Botero &Plaza de Bolívar

DD WORDS IN U.S. CAPITALS — $1,800 Show #8986 (2023-12-04)

This noodle in California's

DD AFRICAN CAPITAL HAIKU — $2,400 Show #8927 (2023-09-12)

Western port city / It's named for a president / '90s Civil War

DD DYING IN THE CAPITAL CITY — $6,000 Show #8915 (2023-07-14)

Suddenly ex-president for life Papa Doc Duvalier

DD IN THE WORLD CAPITAL — $1,000 Show #19 (2023-05-24)

The Zytglogge tower & astronomical clock, which inspired Einstein & his special theory of relativity

DD STATE CAPITAL TO STATE CAPITAL — $1,000 Show #8870 (2023-05-12)

Just like Peyton Manning did, head west from this second state capital in the name of a Super Bowl champion team to this first

DD THE NEW CAPITAL — $3,000 Show #8858 (2023-04-26)

In 1923 Kemal Ataturk helped make this city, home to the anti-Ottoman resistance movement, the new capital

DD WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS — $5,000 Show #6 (2022-10-30)

You'll find Lenin's tomb in this Moscow expanse

DD CAPITAL CITY ETYMOLOGIES — $2,000 Show #8702 (2022-09-20)

"Wisdom" in Greek is the derivation of this Balkan capital city

DD IN THE WORLD CAPITAL — $1,000 Show #8655 (2022-06-03)

In 1791 Mozart conducted the first performance of "The Magic Flute" in this city

DD A EUROPEAN CAPITAL TOUR — $400 Show #8616 (2022-04-11)

Something to sink your teeth into... a signed document by Vlad the Impaler in 1459 is the first written appearance of this capital

DD 6-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS — $2,500 Show #8595 (2022-03-11)

This European city is alphabetically last among world capitals

DD SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS — $1,000 Show #8572 (2022-02-08)

Guyana's capital was founded in 1781 & named for him, a far-off king at the time

DD CAPITAL HILLS — $2,000 Show #8407 (2021-05-25)

Local legend says this state capital's name was inspired by a view of the James River from atop Libby Hill

DD CAPITAL "C" — $2,000 Show #8379 (2021-04-15)

This capital lies on the banks of the world's longest river

DD 5-LETTER CAPITALS — $4,000 Show #8373 (2021-04-07)

Roads from this capital directly lead to Kandahar & to Uzbekistan & Pakistan

DD CAPITAL BIRTHPLACES — $5,400 Show #8264 (2020-10-22)

Playwriting President Vaclav Havel

DD IN THE STATE CAPITAL — $2,000 Show #8224 (2020-05-28)

Hernando de Soto State Archaeological Site

DD WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS — $5,600 Show #8214 (2020-04-30)

Of the 4 capitals that stand on the Danube, 3 start with a "B": Bratislava, Budapest & this one further south

DD A CAPITAL CITY IDEA — $2,500 Show #8142 (2020-01-21)

Playwright August Strindbergs home, with rooms that he furnished like stage sets, is now his museum in this capital

DD ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES — $6,000 Show #8098 (2019-11-20)

Roseau, Dominica was burned by the French in 1805 & suffered near-total destruction by one of these in 1979

DD WORLD CAPITAL AIRPORTS — $1,000 Show #8092 (2019-11-12)

Carthage International Airport

DD NOT THE CAPITAL — $1,500 Show #8068 (2019-10-09)

Of England, though it's home to the country's most popular & successful pro sports team

DD THE NEAREST OTHER NATIONAL CAPITAL — $4,000 Show #8063 (2019-10-02)

To Paris, France

DD CAPITAL "A" — $7,600 Show #8006 (2019-06-03)

It's home to the annual United States Sailboat Show

DD STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES — $2,000 Show #7989 (2019-05-09)

"The Cradle of the Confederacy" & "The Birthplace of Civil Rights"

DD AFRICAN CAPITALS — $2,400 Show #7910 (2019-01-18)

The American Colonization Society founded this city that now neighbors Bushrod Island

DD EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITIES — $3,800 Show #7886 (2018-12-17)

You'll find NATO's world headquarters on Boulevard Leopold III in this capital city

DD WORLD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT — $4,000 Show #7853 (2018-10-31)

This capital of Barbados got its name from the type of structure seen here

DD MULTI-WORD CAPITAL CITIES — $1,000 Show #7820 (2018-09-14)

Developed by King Norodom, this capital city lies at the confluence of the Mekong, Bassac & Tonle Sap Rivers

DD CAPITAL LETTERS — $6,600 Show #7813 (2018-07-25)

This 7-letter Central American capital ends in the same 4 letters as its country

DD DOUBLE-LETTER STATE CAPITALS — $3,200 Show #7806 (2018-07-16)

Named for a president, it was laid out by Daniel M. Boone, son of the famous frontiersman

DD STATE CAPITAL COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES — $2,600 Show #7797 (2018-07-03)

Oglethorpe University

DD ASIAN CAPITALS — $7,000 Show #7753 (2018-05-02)

In 1959 this city was designated to replace Karachi as the capital; its construction began 2 years later

DD SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS — $2,000 Show #7718 (2018-03-14)

In 1821 it was made the capital of Gran Colombia, it's still a capital today

DD WORLD CAPITALS ALPHABETICALLY — $1,000 Show #7690 (2018-02-02)

Right before Bern on the list is this city, just 600 miles away

DD CAPITALS IN OCEANIA — $2,000 Show #7643 (2017-11-29)

Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, is part of this type of coral island that encloses a lagoon

DD STATE CAPITAL HAIKU — $2,800 Show #7637 (2017-11-21)

Mark Twain called it home /Founded 1635 /Knows Courant events

DD CAPITAL BIRTHPLACES — $1,600 Show #7626 (2017-11-06)

Pope Francis I

DD ALMOST THERE TO THE STATE CAPITAL — $5,000 Show #7519 (2017-04-27)

The 2 capitals with the complete names of months within their names

DD STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS — $4,000 Show #7481 (2017-03-06)

Fairytale Town & the Leland Stanford mansion

DD STATE CAPITALS AKA — $6,000 Show #7403 (2016-11-16)

Ancient Greek site of athletic fame