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Winner takes all.<\/p>\n

Ben Affleck and \u201cJeopardy!\u201d champion Jamie Ding won the elusive $1 million prize on \u201cWho Wants to Be a Millionaire.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On Wednesday night\u2019s episode of the hit game show, the \u201cGone Girl\u201d star and Ding answered the 15th and final question correctly to take home the grand prize \u2014 which will go to Affleck\u2019s foundation, the\u00a0Eastern Congo Initiative.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The episode began with the pair having only two questions left to answer.<\/p>\n

The $500,000 question read: \u201cWhat achievement occurred just two months after a\u00a0New York Times\u00a0article said it wouldn\u2019t happen for \u20181 million to 10 million years\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

The four answers listed were: the first airplane flight, splitting the atom, cloning a mammal and the polio vaccine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ding initially thought the answer was the first airplane flight and Affleck agreed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI only remember this because it was a time in my life where I spent time looking up examples that the press got things wrong. Yeah, just randomly,\u201d the\u00a0Oscar winner, 53, explained. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I sort of, vaguely, in my subconscious remember the\u00a0Times\u00a0and the Wright brothers and that whole thing was 1905, 3 or 4, or something,\u201d Affleck added.<\/p>\n

Ding added: \u201cI think \u201803.\u201d<\/p>\n

Host\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0quipped that Affleck was \u201cso much smarter\u201d than his close friend Matt Damon, who also won the $1 million prize on \u201cWho Wants to Be a Millionaire\u201d alongside \u201cJeopardy!!\u201d star Ken Jennings last year.<\/p>\n

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Affleck and Ding then decided to use the 50:50 lifeline to eliminate two answers, leaving them to choose from splitting the atom and the first airplane.<\/p>\n

They correctly chose the first airplane and advanced to the million-dollar question, which read: \u201cIn an annual Thanksgiving tradition, all but which of these have been the names of turkeys pardoned by a US president?\u201d<\/p>\n

The four answers listed were: Peanut Butter & Jelly, Tater & Tot, Mac & Cheese, and Spaghetti & Meatball.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cGood Will Hunting\u201d actor said, \u201cYou must be kidding me,\u201d and suggested they use their Phone-A-Friend lifeline.<\/p>\n

When Ding\u2019s friend didn\u2019t answer in time, the pair took Kimmel\u2019s advice and chose Spaghetti and Meatball and won $1 million. <\/p>\n

After choosing the correct answer, Affleck and Ding held each other as they jumped up and down while confetti fell from the ceiling.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWho Wants to Be a Millionaire\u201d\u00a0airs Wednesdays on ABC at 8 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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