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The recently released Who Wants to Be a Millionaire episode saw Matt Damon and Ken Jennings. The celebrity edition of the show featured two iconic personalities playing the game to win the prize pot.
After a series of questions, the duo won the grand prize of $1,000,000. The winning amount would be donated to Matt Damon's non-profit Water.org. They work on offering clean water access.
Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the episode saw two celebrity participants using lifelines as they reached the top. Matt Damon and Ken Jennings joined the ultimate circle of winning celebrities who had won the prize on the show.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: What happened on the latest episode featuring Matt Damon and Ken Jennings?
Renowned actor and philanthropist Matt Damon teamed up with Jeopardy!'s long-time host Ken Jennings for a unique experience. It was for the latest Who Wants to Be a Millionaire episode of the celebrity edition.
The final question of the game was:
"Which of these words is used to describe one of the most beautiful auditory effects on Earth, the sound made by the leaves of trees when wind blows through them?"
While the correct answer was susurrus, Ken Jennings knew about it. However, he and Matt went on opting for the 50/50 lifeline.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Ken Jennings opens up about the show, his previous time, and more
In his July 30, 2025, interview with Variety, Ken Jennings opened up about being on the show and how it felt to witness the "confetti drop." Recalling his previous participation on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, he said he did not win back then.
"I think I left around 100k, so this was very exciting. I've never actually seen the confetti drop," he added.
When asked about the difference that made while participating alongside Matt Damon, Ken shared:
"I think what we've learned is that Matt Damon is worth 900,000 extra dollars when I play Millionaire."
Recalling how he agreed with show host Jimmy Kimmel about participating one more time, Ken Jennings shared the incident. He recalled seeing Jimmy at a cancer research fundraiser at UCLA. He talked about getting a "real a-lister" on the show, while Jen would be the "kind of the ringer."
While Ken thought Jimmy would forget all about it. However, he did not forget and somehow had Matt Damon agree as well. Jeopardy! host also confessed how he had never met Matt Damon before the show. However, they "hit it off" backstage during the filming.
He confessed how he thought that Matt was a guy who "seems like just a normal guy" who is secretly really smart. And after playing the game, he learned that it was actually true.
Coming to the $1 million question, which had "susurrus" as the correct answer, it was quite interesting. The question was to describe the word, i.e., a sound that is created as leaves blow in the wind. Four options were
- Apricity,
- Petrichor,
- Susurrus,
- Eudaemonia.
While Ken Jennings had an idea about Susurrus being the correct answer, they went with the 50/50 lifeline. After that, they went with Susurrus as their final choice, which won them the grand prize.
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New episodes of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire air every Wednesday on ABC.
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