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: Geography

DD MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY — $7,000 Show #9526 (2026-03-23)

This southern Mexican state is known for the Mayan ruins of Palenque & Bonampak & as the site of the Zapatista uprising

DD THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE — $2,000 Show #9512 (2026-03-03)

9 North American nations border the Pacific Ocean, including this one the farthest south

DD PENINSULAS — $1,000 Show #9493 (2026-02-04)

Rennes is the capital of this region protruding as a peninsula into the Atlantic Ocean with the English Channel to the north

DD A WATERY BORDER — $3,000 Show #9427 (2025-11-04)

For 1,250 & 24 miles, these 2 rivers form parts of the border between the U.S. & Mexico

DD NON-ENGLISH PLACE NAMES IN ENGLISH — $1,000 Show #9404 (2025-10-02)

This city that's no longer an African capital:Lakes

DD IT'S BORDERLINE — $6,000 Show #9377 (2025-07-15)

This Mexican state between Sonora & Coahuila has all 3 of the border crossings from Mexico to New Mexico

DD ON THE MAP — $2,400 Show #9363 (2025-06-25)

Geologically a microcontinent, this island separated from Africa about 160 million years ago

DD COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY — $3,000 Show #9362 (2025-06-24)

Amid a real estate boom in the 1950s, an Australian tourist destination called the South Coast was rechristened this

DD OPPOSITE GEOGRAPHY — $6,000 Show #40 (2025-04-30)

Using prefixes now associated with gender, the Romans ID'd these 2 main areas of "Gaul" on either side of a mountain range

DD 5-LETTER GEOGRAPHY — $7,800 Show #9284 (2025-03-06)

Site of an art show with outposts in Hong Kong & Miami Beach, this city sits near where France, Germany & Switzerland meet

DD BORDERLINE — $1,500 Show #9272 (2025-02-18)

Now a tourist attraction, the demilitarized zone separating these 2 countries was officially abolished in 1976

DD THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE — $1,000 Show #9264 (2025-02-06)

The name of this territory means "our land" in an Inuit language

DD 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY — $2,000 Show #9205 (2024-11-15)

Mount Huascarán, the highest peak of this country, rises 22,205 feet above sea level in the Cordillera Blanca

DD ON THE MAP — $6,000 Show #9195 (2024-11-01)

This country at the southwest tip of the Arabian Peninsula borders Saudi Arabia & Oman

DD IT'S A PENINSULA — $2,400 Show #9187 (2024-10-22)

At the tip of Pinellas Peninsula, it's nicknamed "The Sunshine City" & has a major sister city in Russia

DD PLACING SOME GEOGRAPHY — $3,600 Show #9162 (2024-09-17)

"Walking the Length of" this country "in a Weekend" took a journalist along the Rhine to its southern border with Switzerland

DD GEOGRAPHY — $800 Show #9158 (2024-09-11)

In its own language, the official name of this landlocked country of Transcaucasia is Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun

DD IT BORDERS BOTH COUNTRIES — $1,000 Show #9153 (2024-07-24)

Ecuador &Bolivia

DD GETTING TOUGH ON THE BORDERS — $2,600 Show #30 (2024-05-13)

Estonia's only borders are with Russia & this

DD COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY — $2,000 Show #9079 (2024-04-11)

This eastern Alabama city was named for a line in an Oliver Goldsmith poem about the "loveliest village of the plain"

DD ON THE MAP — $4,200 Show #9075 (2024-04-05)

Tourists can swim in Devil's Pool adjacent to Livingstone Island & atop this natural wonder

DD ON THE MAP — $6,600 Show #9019 (2024-01-18)

The U.K.'s second most populouscity, it lies in an industrial area near the geographic center of England

DD COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA — $700 Show #8957 (2023-10-24)

In 1967 India & this nation had a military clash along the border of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate & today a state

DD ALLITERATIVE GEOGRAPHY — $2,200 Show #8929 (2023-09-14)

Called Stingray Harbour by James Cook in 1770, it was renamed for the abundance of new plants found there

DD GREEK GEOGRAPHY — $2,600 Show #8926 (2023-09-11)

The setting of plays like "Oedipus" & "Antigone", this Greek city shares its name with a capital city of Ancient Egypt

DD SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY — $3,000 Show #8900 (2023-06-23)

It flows over 1,300 miles from highlands near Brazil across Venezuela to the Atlantic

DD CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY — $1,600 Show #8895 (2023-06-16)

Asia & North America are just 55 miles apart where the Chukchi Peninsula almost meets this Alaskan one

DD OHIO GEOGRAPHY — $3,000 Show #8885 (2023-06-02)

Once home to several tire companies, this city takes its name from the Greek for "highest point"

DD MYTHICAL GEOGRAPHY — $8,400 Show #17 (2023-05-23)

This mythical place written about by Plato in 2 of his dialogues was said to be located just west of the Strait of Gibraltar

DD POSSESSIVE GEOGRAPHY — $1,000 Show #12 (2023-05-16)

This Midtown Manhattan neighborhood extends from 8th avenue to the Hudson

DD 3-WORD PLACE NAMES — $9,200 Show #10 (2023-05-15)

A South American cidade & estado both go by this name

DD WORLD PLACE NAMES — $4,000 Show #8839 (2023-03-30)

Legend says this sea is named for Theseus' father, who flung himself into the waters when he thought his son was dead

DD SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER GEOGRAPHY — $4,000 Show #8809 (2023-02-16)

Check out Akershus Fortress, begun in 1299, & a major landmark in this world capital

DD ALASKAN GEOGRAPHY — $2,000 Show #8765 (2022-12-16)

Named for a son of King George III, this sound with Valdez as a main port, was the site of the Exxon-Valdez oil spill

DD NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. — $4,000 Show #8744 (2022-11-17)

It's the capital of a state & the seat of Laramie County

DD GEOGRAPHY — $4,800 Show #8711 (2022-10-03)

Of the 3 longest rivers in Africa, the 2 that begin with the same 2 letters

DD ASIAN GEOGRAPHY — $2,000 Show #8689 (2022-07-21)

The Laccadive Sea separates the Maldives & this other island country from the Asian mainland

DD GEOGRAPHY FROM MACAU TO OGDEN — $5,000 Show #8681 (2022-07-11)

This city of more than 4 million people is home to the Jamia Mosque & Kenyatta University

DD GEOGRAPHY — $1,000 Show #8678 (2022-07-06)

Afrikaner Gert Alberts was the leader of a famous crossing of this desert in the 1870s

DD IT ONLY BORDERS ONE COUNTRY — $1,200 Show #8652 (2022-05-31)

Technically an ecclesiastical state, it's found west of the Tiber

DD WORDS FROM GEOGRAPHY — $1,000 Show #8650 (2022-05-27)

Now a rundown area of any city, it comes from a type of road along which logs were hauled

DD AUSTRIA'S BORDERS — $4,000 Show #8604 (2022-03-24)

This tiny landlocked constitutional monarchy's border with Austria is a scant 21 miles

DD POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY — $2,000 Show #8594 (2022-03-10)

One of the 2 nations known as "perforated states", as they completely surround another country

DD GEOGRAPHY — $1,600 Show #8576 (2022-02-14)

The Aleutians divide the Bering Sea from the Pacific, but are still part of the belt with this un-icy name

DD ON THE MAP — $1,600 Show #7 (2022-02-11)

It's the only country that borders Venezuela & Ecuador

DD FLORAL GEOGRAPHY — $2,000 Show #1 (2022-02-08)

The Fourth Raadsaal, a word meaning council chamber, is in this South African judicial capital

DD ALLITERATIVE GEOGRAPHY — $2,000 Show #8568 (2022-02-02)

This city was once the capital of the United Provinces of Central America

DD 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY — $1,000 Show #8567 (2022-02-01)

This world capital began hosting Holmenkollen ski jump competition in 1892

DD MOVIES & GEOGRAPHY — $2,000 Show #8564 (2022-01-27)

In a 1942 film, a map shows a refugee path from Paris to Marseilles to Oran, then to this title place in North Africa

DD GEOGRAPHY — $4,000 Show #8541 (2021-12-27)

The ruins of the 17th century Fort Ceperou overlook this capital of French Guiana, which shares its name with a type of pepper