JAKARTA - Ben Affleck added a new title to the two Oscars he already has. The 53-year-old actor won the main prize of 1 million US dollars in the celebrity edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
The Mirror, quoted on Friday, July 31, reported that Affleck appeared at the event on Wednesday night. He paired up with Jamie Ding, a former Jeopardy! champion, to raise funds for the Eastern Congo Initiative.
The organization was co-founded by Affleck in 2010.
The celebrity edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire brings celebrities together with quiz experts. The prizes won are donated to charity.
Affleck and Ding hit the jackpot after answering the final question about Thanksgiving traditions in the United States.
The question is, in the annual Thanksgiving tradition, all of the following names have been names of turkeys pardoned by the US president, except which one.
The choices are Peanut Butter & Jelly, Tater & Tot, Mac & Cheese, and Spaghetti & Meatballs.
Thanksgiving is a big holiday in the US. One of the traditions, the president symbolically pardons the turkey.
Affleck and Ding were stumped. They used the help of Ask-The-Host and asked host Jimmy Kimmel for advice.
Kimmel suggested the answer was D, Spaghetti & Meatballs.
"Actually, you know a lot about cooking and food, and current events. Actually, you probably know this," Affleck told Kimmel.
Kimmel then joked by referring to Donald Trump.
"I can picture me adding a big bowl to Donald Trump's hand and him slurping down spaghetti and meatballs," Kimmel said, before adding that the choice sounded like not the name of a turkey ever forgiven.
Affleck and Ding also called Stephen Morrison, a friend of Ding who is also a quiz player.
Ding joked that Morrison might be a good fit for Kimmel because he's a Harvard graduate, a dad, and has been through a lot with him, "like Ben and Matt."
Kimmel then alluded to his long-running feud with Matt Damon.
"You looking for trouble?" Kimmel said.
However, Morrison was unable to give a correct answer. Affleck and Ding finally had to make their own decisions.
They locked in D's answer, Spaghetti & Meatball. The answer was correct. Both also took home the $1 million prize for charity.
In 2025, Matt Damon also won the same prize with Ken Jennings. A number of other celebrities have also won the prize of 1 million US dollars, including The US Office stars Oscar Nuñez and Kate Flannery, comedian Ike Barinholtz with his father, Alan Barinholtz, and Chef David Chang.
The prize won by Affleck was channeled to the Eastern Congo Initiative, a non-profit organization that he founded with Whitney Williams.
The Eastern Congo Initiative website says the organization supports local institutions to expand access to essential services, strengthen economic opportunities, and promote justice in eastern Congo.
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