Ben Affleck, ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Win $1 Million for Charity on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’
champ Jamie Ding are the latest celebrity winners of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The $500,000 question was: “What achievement occurred just two months...
Key points
- champ Jamie Ding are the latest celebrity winners of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
- The $500,000 question was: “What achievement occurred just two months after a New York Times article said it wouldn’t happen for ‘1 million to 10 million years’?” Related Stories Both Affleck and Ding thought the correct answer was option C, the first airplane flight.
- “And I sort of, vaguely, in my subconscious remember the Times and the Wright brothers and that whole thing was 1905, 3 or 4, or something.” Still, Affleck and Ding used their 50-50 lifeline, which left the first flight along with splitting the atom as possible answers.
- “People don’t go outside and look at the sky and dream of splitting the atom, but we all dream of flying,” Ding said, with Affleck ultimately trusting his teammate.
What happened
champ Jamie Ding are the latest celebrity winners of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The $500,000 question was: “What achievement occurred just two months after a New York Times article said it wouldn’t happen for ‘1 million to 10 million years’?” Related Stories Both Affleck and Ding thought the correct answer was option C, the first airplane flight. “And I sort of, vaguely, in my subconscious remember the Times and the Wright brothers and that whole thing was 1905, 3 or 4, or something.” Still, Affleck and Ding used their 50-50 lifeline, which left the first flight along with splitting the atom as possible answers. “People don’t go outside and look at the sky and dream of splitting the atom, but we all dream of flying,” Ding said, with Affleck ultimately trusting his teammate. Initially lost, Affleck and Ding first asked Kimmel, with Affleck observing, “This is the person that would actually be paying attention to every pardoned turkey’s name. Though it took a moment before the answer was revealed, leaving Affleck and Ding looking nervous, they were ultimately correct and celebrated their win with a hug as confetti rained down.
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