| Bill MacDonald | |
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| Birth Hometown: | Bonita Springs, Florida |
| Occupation: | Attorney |
| Years active: | 2005-2006 |
| Known for: | Appearances on Jeopardy! |
Bill MacDonald is an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida.
Jeopardy! Run[]
Regular Play[]
He was set to air on November 22, 2005, winning four games and $75,399.
| 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 | Vik Vaz ends his streak and goes on to win three more games. |
Tournament of Champions[]
In the fifth quarterfinal game, he faced 2005 College Champion Nico Martinez and 8-day champion Tom Kavanaugh. He gave twenty-three correct responses and two wrong responses (including 1 DD). 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.
In the second semifinal game, he faced 6-day champion Kevin Marshall and 19-day champion David Madden. He gave twenty-six correct responses (including 2 DDs) and only one wrong response. He and Kevin got Final Jeopardy correct; however Bill's runaway advanced him to the finals.
In the finals, he faced 3-day champions Michael Falk and Vik Vaz. In game one, he gave fifteen responses (including 1 DD) correctly and four wrong. However, in the FJ!, he was the only contestant to get the response wrong. In game two, he gave fourteen responses right but only one wrong. However, in the FJ!, he did not come up with the right response, so he took the $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.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- He won $125,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on August 26 and 27, 1999.