Ben Affleck wins $1 million for charity on ‘Who Wants To Be a Millionaire’

Key Points:

• Ben Affleck and “Jeopardy!” champion Jamie Ding won the final round of “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire,” correctly answering a question about U.S. presidents' pardoned turkeys, leading to an excited celebration on the ABC game show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
• The pair played for charity, with their winnings donated to the Eastern Congo Initiative, a nonprofit co-founded by Affleck in 2010 that supports Congolese communities and is currently involved in efforts to contain an Ebola crisis.
• Jamie Ding, known for his historic 31-game winning streak on “Jeopardy!,” partnered with Affleck, whose appearance aired a year after Matt Damon’s winning episode on the same show.
• Affleck’s episode aired shortly after the death of his mother, Christopher Affleck, who passed away on June 2 following a pancreatic cancer diagnosis and had recently attended her grandson’s high school graduation, fulfilling her last wish.