Ben Affleck landed the rare $1,000,000 prize during his celebrity guest appearance on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire this week, with Jimmy Kimmel hosting.
BA, whose mother recently passed away after a battle with pancreatic cancer and Jamie Ding secured the top prize after correctly answering the 15th and final question during the ABC game show.
The duo were given the question which read, ‘In an annual Thanksgiving tradition, all but which of these have been the names of turkeys pardoned by a U.S. president?’
The answers included: Peanut Butter & Jelly, Tater & Tot, Mac & Cheese, and Spaghetti & Meatball.
Affleck and Ding decided to use the Phone-A-Friend lifeline to call Ding’s longtime trivia partner Stephen Morrison.
Kimmel explained to the duo that they also still had the Ask-The-Host lifeline, which prompted the actor to jokingly say to ring up Ding’s pal.
‘No. We might as well have Jimmy help,’ the Hollywood star then expressed. The late night talk show host playfully quipped, ‘Alright, I don’t have to give you any of my f***ing thoughts, if you don’t want.’
But Affleck replied, ‘Actually, you’re very good with cooking and food, current events, too. Actually, you might know this.’
Kimmel eventually suggested that the answer could be D: Spaghetti & Meatball.
After a few seconds, it was revealed that the pair had guessed correctly and won the $1 million prize.
They jumped to their feet and excitedly hugged each other as confetti fell down on to the stage.
The money will be donated to Affleck’s Eastern Congo Initiative which he co-founded with Whitney Williams in 2010.
