Bill MacDonald is an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida.
Jeopardy! Run[]
Regular Play[]
| Game No. | Air Date | Final score | Cumulative Winnings | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | November 22, 2005 | $18,199 | $18,199 | |
| 2 | November 23, 2005 | $5,200 | $23,399 | |
| 3 | November 24, 2005 | $30,399 | $53,798 | |
| 4 | November 25, 2005 | $21,601 | $75,399 | |
| 5 | November 28, 2005 | $16,801 | $76,399 | Lost to Vik Vaz, who went on a 3-game winning streak. |
Tournament of Champions[]
In the fifth quarterfinal game, he faced Nico Martinez and Tom Kavanaugh. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up 23/25 correct responses (including 0/1 Daily Double). He entered Final Jeopardy with a lock game. Nico finished Double Jeopardy with $0 and could not play Final Jeopardy. Both contestants remaining got it right. Bill's runaway made it to the semifinals. Nico and Tom received $5,000 as their scores, $0 and $10,000 were enough to advance.
In the second semifinal game, he faced Kevin Marshall and David Madden. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 26/27 correct responses (including 2/2 Daily Doubles). He and Kevin got Final Jeopardy correct; however Bill's runaway advanced him to the finals. Kevin and David received $10,000.
In the finals, he faced Michael Falk and Vik Vaz. Throughout the finals, he came up with 29/34 correct responses (including 1/1 Daily Doubles). He got 0/2 Final Jeopardy correct and took $50,000 home for finishing as second runner-up.
Common with the Other Champions[]
Ryan Bilger[]
- Both of the new champions who beat me made it to ToC (Vik Vaz).
- Both overwhelmingly beat the 19-game winning streak champion. Ryan in the Quarterfinal and Bill in the Semifinal (David Madden).
- All opponents who beat me have advanced to the finals. The difference is that Bill played the opponent who beat him in the finals, and Ryan won the match.
Andrew He[]
- The opponent who beat me also advanced to ToC (3-time champ Vik Vaz) and competed together in the finals.
- They won the quarterfinal and semi-final with a lock game and competed in the semifinals with a champion with more than 10 wins in a row and a champion with 6 wins in a row. Also, a champion with 6 consecutive wins has a record of beating a champion with 5 or more wins in a regular game.
- Both of them came from behind to lose in the final and finished runner-up. The difference is, Bill actually competed against a third party (Michael Falk) rather than a fellow opponent.
Trivia[]
- He won $125,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on August 26 and 27, 1999.