Ben Affleck wins $1 million: What is he doing with the prize?

Ben Affleck and Jeopardy! champion Jamie Ding won $1 million on ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire after answering the final question correctly on the Wednesday, July 30 episode. The prize went to Affleck’s nonprofit, the Eastern Congo Initiative, formed in 2010. With only two questions left, they faced a $500,000 prompt about a “New York Times” prediction that supposedly wouldn’t happen for “1 million to 10 million years.” Ding favored the first airplane flight, and Affleck recalled the Wright brothers and the “1905” context, then confirmed “1903” when the host, Jimmy Kimmel, verified the answer. Their run used the 50:50 lifeline near the end.