{"id":835301,"date":"2026-07-30T06:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/835301\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T06:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:16:10","slug":"ben-affleck-jamie-ding-win-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-jackpot-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/835301\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck & Jamie Ding Win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Jackpot \u2014 Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"


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During his “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” run, Ben Affleck traded in longtime sidekick Matt Damon for “Jeopardy!” champion Jamie Ding \u2014 and it paid off.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Wednesday’s episode of the ABC game show, Affleck and Ding snagged the million-dollar prize after correctly guessing a question about a holiday ritual.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“In an annual Thanksgiving tradition, all but which of these have been pardoned by a U.S. president?” the final question read. Ding and Affleck were confronted by four choices: Peanut butter & Jelly; Tater & Tot; Mac & Cheese; and Spaghetti & Meatball.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stumped by the final query, the pair opted to use their “Ask-the-Host” lifeline. Though Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t 100% sure, he guessed “Spaghetti & Meatball.” The duo went on to use their last lifeline,\u00a0 Phone-A-Friend. They called one of Jamie’s Harvard-educated pals, but he couldn’t even offer up a guess. In the end, the pair went with Kimmel’s suggestion, and walked away with a $1 million donation to their selected charity,\u00a0Eastern Congo Initiative. (Watch the winning moment below.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” win isn’t Jamie Ding’s first time mastering a game show.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ding won 31 consecutive games on “Jeopardy!” earlier this year, delivering the fifth-longest winning streak in the show’s history. In a single game,\u00a0he responded to 45 clues correctly, tying a record set by host Ken Jennings during his 2004 streak. By the time he finished his run in April, Ding had earned more than $880,000 and was just one win short of tying James Holzhauer’s historic 2019 run.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But he didn’t just show off his trivia chops. He also quickly became a beloved TV icon, sharing charming facts about himself during breaks in the competition: His favorite color is orange, his favorite letter is “F,” and his favorite number is 6, to name a few.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the aftermath of his success, Ding has been profiled by the New York Times<\/a>. The publication\u00a0also deemed him a “Style Champion”<\/a>\u00a0thanks to his on-screen fashion and later named him one of the year’s most stylish people<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Were you surprised that Ding and Ben Affleck walked away with the $1 million jackpot? Or were you expecting the “Jeopardy!” champion to pull off the feat? Sound off in the comments!\u00a0<\/p>\n


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