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How many on here knew the answer to the million pound question that Tarrant asks the geezer that won it this week?

Who was the boxer that hit the gong at the beginning of all Rank Organization Films.

Bombadier Billy Wells.

I certainly didn't

who were the other options?

Ulysses wrote:who were the other options?

Sorry i dont know, said in the paper its on over this week and next, so wont know the 4 choices till then.

I knew it was a boxer, but not sure of his name.

When somebody told me it was a boxing question I felt sure I would know it. When he told me the question I honestly did not have a clue.

i knew it..... shame about some of the other questions..

They once had a question for £125,000: Who was world heavyweight champion between 1978 and 1985? I have to admit, I squirmed at seeing it.

No way I would have got that.

No way I would have got that - the Rank question I mean

was that the million pound question???????? jezzzus thats a piece of cake.
my dad told me that when i was about 10 and i have never forgotten it.
wells wasnt the only one to hit the rank gong but he was the only boxer
so yes, gimme the money.

carl dane - circus strongman - was the original gonger for rank, he did it from 1932 - 1948.
every 3 years they had to to film him doing it again coz the film kept rotting away!
billy wells then took over.
but most rank films you'll see will be carl dane, so if the question was "who gonged on all the rank films" as you state it did then the question is wrong.

I knew that, my dad told me that when I was a kid.

He is of the age to know who Bombadier Billy Wells is but
there were quite a few people who banged the rank gong!

Yes, I knew it. He wasn't the only man to strike the gong for Rank...happened to read the obituary of another who died recently.

Then again, I quite like trivia.

harrygreb wrote:carl dane - circus strongman - was the original gonger for rank, he did it from 1932 - 1948.
every 3 years they had to to film him doing it again coz the film kept rotting away!
billy wells then took over.
but most rank films you'll see will be carl dane, so if the question was "who gonged on all the rank films" as you state it did then the question is wrong.

Fvck me it seems as though pedantry is your hobby,,,maybe your old man should of sent you to law school. I did not say who gonged all the rank films. Read it again I said all the rank organisation films as Rank organisation was taken over and later became Top Rank. Is that OK with you? Or is there something else you want to correct? Wierdo

I am sure I read it in boxing news some time ago, but forgot.

Depends on the other choices if I would've guessed...

Billy Wells banging the gong is (I thought) a fairly well known piece of trivia to boxing fans.

Baz Deskins wouldn't have known it though. :P

Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:Yes, I knew it. He wasn't the only man to strike the gong for Rank...happened to read the obituary of another who died recently.

Then again, I quite like trivia.

Yes I heard about him on BBC radio on the world service channel. Quite an interesting character.

If you didnt know the answer your not a true boxing fan

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:If you didnt know the answer your not a true boxing fan

If you didn't know the answer your not a true boxing anorak you mean.

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:If you didnt know the answer your not a true boxing fan

well you'll be pleased to know that there are 5 of you "true" boxing fans on here then.

i knew for the same reason as the guy whose dad told him.my dad told me this years ago,though he did say that others had done it as well.

As a kid I was told it was my grandad, who though called William certainly wasn't a Bombardier.

DP

andy, the question posed was "who was the boxer who hit the gong on all rank organisation films?"

now, i dont watch the show meself so i can only take your word for it.
the question does not mention "top rank" or any take over bids, so therefore, as there were a number of gongers that did it, billy could not have done all the films. simple as that. i'm not having a pop at you but i understand that the programme often gets the questions a bit sloppy. this seems to be the case here.