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: Visual Art

DD AMERICAN ART & ARTISTS — $3,000 Show #9510 (2026-02-27)

This Brooklyn-born artist with an all-too-short career first attracted attention for his graffiti, done under the name SAMO©

DD ACROSS THE LIBERAL ARTS — $2,400 Show #9504 (2026-02-19)

Psychology:Before graduating from the University of Zurich in 1912, he got the nickname Klecks, or "Inkblot"

DD SIDE HUSTLE PARTS OF SPEECH — $5,000 Show #9498 (2026-02-11)

This adjective is used more & more as a noun meaning anyone who generates content, from poems to advertising

DD STARTS WITH A GREEK LETTER — $4,000 Show #9449 (2025-12-04)

A fire-breather from Greek myth, it's now a word for any mish-mosh of a creation

DD MARTIAL ARTS — $5,200 Show #9426 (2025-11-03)

This Korean martial art became an Olympic medal sport at the 2000 Games in Sydney

DD STARTS WITH A PREPOSITION — $1,000 Show #9413 (2025-10-15)

The general vibe of a place, or a pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch

DD ART HOUSE — $2,400 Show #9367 (2025-07-01)

One of the lonely scenes painted by this American is 1925's "House by the Railroad", utterly devoid of people

DD WORLDWIDE PARTY TIPS — $2,000 Show #9359 (2025-06-19)

Wiesn is another name for this celebration held during autumn; check the online barometer to see when it's not so crazy to visit

DD ART & ARTISTS — $2,000 Show #9346 (2025-06-02)

One of her favorite views to paint was Pedernal Mountain & she had her ashes scattered on it after she died

DD CREATURES OF THE EARTH — $4,000 Show #9339 (2025-05-22)

Structures called osteoderms throughout this mammal's body protect it from predators

DD OUTDOOR ART — $2,400 Show #9339 (2025-05-22)

Shepard Fairey used a 1967 photo of this athlete to create a 7-story mural outside a Louisville YMCA

DD THE ARTS — $2,600 Show #45 (2025-05-20)

This choreographer celebrated her dance company's 60th anniv. in 2025 with a program pairing her "Diabelli" & "Slacktide"

DD STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS — $4,000 Show #44 (2025-05-14)

From 936 to 1531 most German kings were crowned in this city

DD BODY PARTS EVERYWHERE — $1,000 Show #40 (2025-04-30)

A lord in Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband" talks of making a this, meaning a full confession, "of the whole affair"

DD ALSO A CAR PART — $7,800 Show #9318 (2025-04-23)

Something broadcast by a television network, for example

DD THE ARTS — $6,000 Show #9315 (2025-04-18)

Grand Rapids, Michigan has a public sculpture by this man--a 42-ton stabile

DD ART WE CAN'T AFFORD — $800 Show #35 (2025-03-12)

Monet's pond-load of paintings featuring these flowers includes "Le Bassin aux nymphéas", which last sold for $74 million

DD 2-PART RESPONSES — $1,000 Show #32 (2025-02-12)

These are the 2 bands inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame that have had Dave Grohl as a band member

DD WHAT AN ARTIST DIES IN ME — $5,000 Show #9260 (2025-01-31)

If this Northern Renaissance painter of wild imagery was alive, he'd ask, "A TV cop has my name? & What's TV?"

DD ART CLASS — $2,600 Show #29 (2025-01-22)

The woman in this 1871 masterpiece is sitting down because she got tired of standing while posing for her son

DD IN THE KITCHEN WITH INA GARTEN — $2,000 Show #28 (2025-01-15)

On this sitcom, Liz Lemon imagines a glorious summer vacation that includes an invite to Ina's for bruschetta & wine

DD SLANG FROM YOUR START-UP JOB — $1,000 Show #9240 (2025-01-03)

"Do you think you have the" this word "to do more work?"--the word has expanded to mean more than just "data capacity"

DD ART CLASS — $3,000 Show #9227 (2024-12-17)

Cézanne & Gauguin were leaders of this movement that came onto the scene a little after Monet & Renoir

DD WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED — $1,000 Show #9173 (2024-10-02)

A 1914 gathering of lawyers & police officials from 24 countries led to the creation of this organization based in Lyon

DD ART TERMS — $1,000 Show #9168 (2024-09-25)

In a painting, it's the juncture on a horizontal line where the parallel lines in the scene look like they converge

DD THE ARTS — $1,200 Show #9160 (2024-09-13)

In a Mozart opera from 1791, wild beasts are tamed by this instrument

DD MY ART IS FULL — $5,800 Show #9153 (2024-07-24)

In 1796 this artist may not have finished painting George Washington's head, but the image was on the money in 1869

DD GETTING ARTY — $4,000 Show #9134 (2024-06-27)

The first part of this term for a work in which a design projects from a background surface is French for "low"

DD STARTS WITH "J" — $4,000 Show #9116 (2024-06-03)

This word for a lamentation full of complaints references an Old Testament prophet

DD THE ARTS — $7,800 Show #28 (2024-05-10)

Saint Bavo Cathedral in Belgium is home to Hubert and Jan van Eyck's "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", better known by this two-word name

DD STARTS & ENDS WITH R — $5,800 Show #26 (2024-05-08)

This device allows air to get from a scuba diver's oxygen tanks & into the diver's lungs

DD ART TERMS — $2,000 Show #9069 (2024-03-28)

Jean Arp coined this term for Alexander Calder's inert sculptures, often made from sheet metal

DD FLAT EARTH — $1,000 Show #9067 (2024-03-26)

The Alkali Flat can be found in this New Mexico national park that's surrounded by a famous missile range

DD STARTS WITH "P" — $6,000 Show #9057 (2024-03-12)

Part of this word for a long, rambling journey nearly spells out a type of falcon

DD THE HEAVENS & EARTH — $11,800 Show #9053 (2024-03-06)

Cepheids are the pulsating type of these stars that fluctuate in brightness

DD ART & ARTISTS — $1,000 Show #9043 (2024-02-21)

Picasso liked to draw this bird, also his daughter's name translated from Spanish

DD STARTS WITH SOFT "G" — $8,400 Show #9027 (2024-01-30)

In part this herb's name is from the Chinese for "human being" & its roots make it look like one

DD WHERE ART THOU? — $3,000 Show #25 (2024-01-16)

You're hiking up the Yoshida Trail, the most popular route to the summit of this sacred peak in Japan

DD ARTS — $3,000 Show #8991 (2023-12-11)

The full title of this modernist Stravinsky ballet includes "Pictures from Pagan Russia in Two Parts"

DD ROME IS WHERE THE ART IS — $5,000 Show #8987 (2023-12-05)

In the Gallery of Borghese, Caravaggio's portrait of this saint shows him with his head still on his shoulders

DD DESCRIBING THE ARTWORK — $3,000 Show #8971 (2023-11-13)

We're not sure if you'd call that teal or azure the young man with a feathered cap is wearing in this 1770 work

DD A "LA" CARTE — $2,900 Show #8966 (2023-11-06)

It's the celebrated region in Spain that's shown here

DD ART HEISTS — $5,000 Show #8965 (2023-11-03)

In 2001 his "Study for 'Over Vitebsk"' wandered off after a cocktail reception at the Jewish Museum in New York

DD STREET SMARTS — $5,000 Show #8960 (2023-10-27)

This capital's Gran Vía was once named Avenida de José Antonio, after the founder of the Fascist Party

DD O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? — $2,000 Show #8951 (2023-10-16)

Zoinks! Thou findest thyself at this South American country's border with Panama

DD ART"S" — $1,500 Show #8907 (2023-07-04)

One of his portraits of George Washington is part of the Andrew W. Mellon collection at the National Gallery of Art

DD STARTS WITH "Z" — $1,000 Show #8902 (2023-06-27)

DNA research has shown that this California red wine grape may have come from an ancient source in Croatia

DD ART IMITATING LIFE — $2,800 Show #8876 (2023-05-22)

Jan Willem Pieneman's painting of this 1815 event was to go to the Duke of Wellington, but stayed in Holland

DD THE ARTS — $1,800 Show #8874 (2023-05-18)

Psychoanalysts used drawings by this painter in his own therapy sessions from 1939 to 1941

DD HEAVEN ON EARTH — $2,000 Show #8872 (2023-05-16)

This Parisian avenue is named for a paradise of Greek myth; it's less heavenly these days since it's clogged by traffic