Ben Affleck Wins $1 Million Prize on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Ben Affleck won $1 million on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" with help from "Jeopardy!" champion Jamie Ding, mirroring Matt Damon's win a year earlier with Ken Jennings.
- The prize money will benefit Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, an organization supporting people in the African region.
- The final question involved identifying which turkeys were not pardoned by a U.S. president, with Affleck and Ding ultimately trusting host Jimmy Kimmel's guess of "Spaghetti & Meatball" after other lifelines failed.
- This victory marks the fifth million-dollar win on the show since Jimmy Kimmel became host in April 2020, following other celebrity pairs and notable winners.
- Kimmel noted Affleck was initially unaware he would be paired with a trivia champion but was pleased by the partnership, highlighting Affleck’s intelligence and preparedness.
