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: Television

DD TOUGH TV — $3,000 Show #9367 (2025-07-01)

JFK famously dubbed this show that's still around today "the fifty-first state"

DD CLASSIC TV — $100 Show #9244 (2025-01-09)

"It's no place like home" was a tagline for this series about prison life, HBO's first original hour-long drama

DD EMMY-WINNING TELEVISION MOVIES: REAL LIFE EDITION — $2,500 Show #9225 (2024-12-13)

This 1979 winner with an alliterative title tells of Michael Mullen, killed accidentally in Vietnam by his own side

DD PEAK TV — $2,000 Show #26 (2024-01-23)

Mike White, the creator of this series, said that the first season is about money and the second season is about sex

DD EPISODES OF THE SITCOM — $5,000 Show #9014 (2024-01-11)

"The Two Mrs. Sheffields" &"Where's Fran?"

DD TV TITLE REFERENCES — $9,600 Show #8 (2023-05-12)

Slang meaning undergoing the terrible agony of withdrawal from opiates like Oxycontin

DD TELEVISION THEN & NOW — $1,800 Show #8766 (2022-12-19)

The main characters of "Back to the Future" helped inspire this animated series that debuted in 2013

DD TV FINAL EPISODES — $3,800 Show #8760 (2022-12-09)

When this show ended on April 10, 2022, one of the 2 female leads was dead. Which? Well, the show didn't live up to its title

DD SITCOMS — $500 Show #7 (2022-11-06)

Daniel Stern began narrating this '60s-set show in 1988; Don Cheadle handled the task in the 2021 reboot

DD TV — $1,000 Show #8676 (2022-07-04)

"The Greenlanders" & "The Last Daughter of Uppsala" are episodes of the drama called these people: "Valhalla"

DD THE KING OF TV — $1,000 Show #8349 (2021-03-04)

Jared Harris' George VI gave up the ghost & the title object on this streaming show

DD ALLITERATIVE TV SHOWS — $2,500 Show #8293 (2020-12-02)

The Hatfields & the McCoys were appropriately armed for an appearance on this game show

DD TV TITLE PLACES — $1,000 Show #8286 (2020-11-23)

Before overwhelming us with a bunch of shows featuring police & firemen, this city had "Hope"

DD BEHIND THE TV & RADIO CALL LETTERS — $6,400 Show #8192 (2020-03-31)

Chicago's WLS once stood for "World's Largest Store" to promo this store, which then owned the station

DD TV HOMES & ADDRESSES — $400 Show #8133 (2020-01-08)

A lot of this sitcom took place in apartment 5A at 129 West 81st Street in Manhattan; the neighbor from 5B was a regular

DD TV PETS — $4,000 Show #8073 (2019-10-16)

On "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", her talking black cat had this name, also a historic New England village

DD TV SPINOFFS — $1,000 Show #8044 (2019-07-25)

"Torchwood" was a spinoff of this British series; the titles of the 2 shows are anagrams of each other

DD 1970s TV MOVIES — $2,000 Show #7913 (2019-01-23)

1971's "Duel", a pulse-pounding tale of a highway chase, made some think this young director had a future

DD PIONEERING TELEVISION — $4,000 Show #7869 (2018-11-22)

On June 25, 1951 a CBS program called "Premiere" was the first TV broadcast featuring this innovation

DD TV SHOW ENCYCLOPEDIAS & COMPANIONS — $1,000 Show #7795 (2018-06-29)

Chapter titles in the biography of this classic comedy include "Capri Pants" & "Stumbling"

DD MUST SEA TV — $4,800 Show #7721 (2018-03-19)

An episode of the BBC's "Oceans" explored the San Andreas fault line in this sea named for a conquistador

DD TV SHOWS IN OTHER WORDS — $4,000 Show #7689 (2018-02-01)

"Homely Boop"

DD TV KILLERS — $1,000 Show #7537 (2017-05-23)

An early episode of this killer cable show was "Shrink Wrap"; near the finale came "Goodbye Miami"

DD TV SHOWS BY CHARACTER — $800 Show #7481 (2017-03-06)

Daisy Mason, who rose from kitchen maid to assistant cook

DD TV SHOWS BY EPISODES — $3,000 Show #7395 (2016-11-04)

"Dirty Little Secrets" & "Happy Birthday, Mr. President!"

DD ALLITERATIVE TV ACTRESSES — $2,000 Show #7373 (2016-10-05)

Lori Loughlin reprised her role as John Stamos' wife when this reboot hit Netflix in 2016

DD SERIOUS TV — $1,000 Show #6885 (2014-07-18)

This man began seeing the news from every angle on his CNN evening show in 2003

DD 60 YEARS OF THE TV STATION — $2,400 Show #6730 (2013-12-13)

In 1953, KLAS became the first TV station in this Western state

DD MOVIE & TV DOGS — $7,500 Show #6573 (2013-03-27)

(I am Cesar Millan.) Today I rehabilitate dogs & train people, but as a kid I wanted to be a trainer after watching these 2 legendary movie dogs, a collie & a German shepherd

DD INTERNATIONAL TV TITLES — $6,000 Show #6531 (2013-01-28)

In Germany this show had "Die Reitungs-schwimmer von Malibu" as part of its title

DD OSCAR WINNERS ON TV — $1,000 Show #6436 (2012-09-17)

This Oscar-winning daughter of an Oscar-winning director plays producer Eileen Rand on "Smash"

DD TV GUIDEMOVIE SYNOPSES — $1,000 Show #6380 (2012-05-18)

1953:"Life on a Honolulu Army post just before the Pearl Harbor attack"

DD EMMY-WINNING GUEST APPEARANCES — $1,200 Show #6217 (2011-10-04)

In 2010 Neil Patrick Harris won for playing Mr. Schuester's former high school nemesis on this series

DD '80s TV — $1,400 Show #6174 (2011-06-16)

This '80s detective show used the same production facilities in Hawaii that were used for the old "Hawaii Five-O"

DD TV SHOWS ON THE MAP — $3,000 Show #6165 (2011-06-03)

In 1985 the theme to this hip cop drama was tops on the Billboard charts

DD TV SHOW ADDRESSES — $1,800 Show #6001 (2010-10-18)

A 32-room, 14-bathroom mansion at 518 Crestview Drive in 90210 land

DD CLASSICAL TV THEMES — $2,000 Show #5876 (2010-03-15)

In 1829, though he didn't know it, he composed the theme music for "The Lone Ranger"

DD TV THINGS IN COMMON — $2,000 Show #5799 (2009-11-26)

The Looking Glass, the Orchid & the Pearl were all stations on this show

DD 2009 TV FAREWELLS — $3,000 Show #5798 (2009-11-25)

After 72 years & more than 15,700 episodes, this soap opera went dark in 2009

DD TV SHOWS IN OTHER WORDS — $3,000 Show #5783 (2009-11-04)

"The Way in Which My Children's Female Parent Became Acquainted with Me"

DD CLASSIC TV TOONS — $800 Show #5361 (2007-12-24)

The first episode of this cartoon series to be broadcast was "Rosie the Robot" on Sept. 23, 1962

DD THE "PRE" GAME SHOW — $4,000 Show #5305 (2007-10-05)

Seen here is a representative selection by Rosetti of this creative British group's output

DD '90s TV — $3,000 Show #5245 (2007-06-01)

This sitcom debuted on Fox in August, 1998, 22 years after its setting

DD TV NOSTALGIA — $1,400 Show #5017 (2006-06-06)

A scraggly tree makes lots of folks nostalgic for this animated special that debuted on December 9, 1965

DD CABLE TV — $1,000 Show #4389 (2003-10-09)

"The Eulogy" is HBO's e-mail newsletter devoted to this series

DD TV TIDBITS — $1,500 Show #4266 (2003-03-03)

20 years after playing identical cousins, she was the first woman president on the series "Hail to the Chief"

DD 50 YEARS OF TV — $5,000 Show #4249 (2003-02-06)

The news channel known by these 5 letters began in 1996 with innovations like web links

DD '80s TV — $1,000 Show #4170 (2002-10-18)

(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Chicago.) We're at Buckingham Fountain, seen in the opening of this Fox sitcom

DD TV PAST & PRESENT — $2,000 Show #4045 (2002-03-15)

Except for a Bob Hope Christmas special its Feb. 9, 1964 episode was the highest-rated variety telecast of all time

DD '80s TV — $1,000 Show #4028 (2002-02-20)

As divorced apartment-mates, black actors Ron Glass & Demond Wilson were "The New" this