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Ben Affleck Wins Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Jackpot
The pair answered the final two questions correctly, and the winnings will support Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative, a nonprofit focused on development projects.
- On July 30, actor Ben Affleck and champion Jamie Ding won $1 million for charity on ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The prize supports the Eastern Congo Initiative, which Affleck co-founded to fund development projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- A challenging $500,000 question asked the pair about a New York Times article claiming a major achievement would not happen for 1 million to 10 million years. Host Jimmy Kimmel confirmed their answer, noting the newspaper's famously inaccurate prediction.
- Using their 50:50 lifeline, the duo narrowed the options to splitting the atom and the first airplane flight. They correctly identified the Wright brothers' historic flight, which occurred just two months after the New York Times prediction.
- Trusting Kimmel's instinct, the pair locked in Spaghetti & Meatball as the turkey name never used during the annual Thanksgiving tradition. This final correct answer earned them the show's top prize.
- Their victory makes them the fifth winners of the revived show since 2020. The win adds Affleck to a list of celebrity million-dollar winners, including his Good Will Hunting co-star Matt Damon.
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·Berlin, Germany
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Total News Sources30
Leaning Left6Leaning Right8Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Right
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources lean Right
38% Right
L 29%
C 33%
R 38%
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