Lord of the Rings(movies) quesiton

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My wife and I occasionally play the Lord of the Rings movie Trivial Pursuit, which includes a DVD set of questions. Wonderful game, by the way. Much better than that “Screen it” crap.

Anyway, here is one of the on screen questions.

“Which of the below did not call the ring ‘precious’?”

A. Gandalf
B. Bilbo
C. Gollum
D. Boromir
E. Isildur

Now, I answered Gandalf, even though I thought both he and Boromir never called it precious. The game said the only answer is Boromir, which my wife agreed with.

My response was that, in my memory, Gandalf only refers to others calling the ring precious. He does so a few times, including:

“Precious? It’s been called that before,” when he spoke to Bilbo.

and

“It has become precious to me…” when reading from Isildur’s ancient writings.

I say that he never called it precious, but only commented on others, therefore both Boromir and Gandal are acceptable.

What do you think?

2

You’re right.

Gandalf:
Precious? It’s been called that before, but not by you.

Gandalf: (thinking about the ring after Bilbo leaves)
A precious… Precious…

Gandalf: (reading about Isildur, voiceover)
The One Ring, which shall be an heirloom of my kingdom. All those who follow in my bloodline shall be bound to its fate, for I will risk no hurt to the Ring. It is precious to me…

3

Oh, does this one count? I don’t think he’s calling it precious. I think he is mulling over what others have called it.

We even checked to make sure of the wording of the question. It definitely read:

“Which of the below did not call the ring ‘precious’?”

4

I thought sure Borimir did as he was falling prey to the Ring.

5

Uh, I totally accept that Boromir did not call it precious. I’m asking about whether the Gandalf answer should be considered acceptable as well.

FirarTed, what quote are you thinking of? Movie only, remember.

6

Nope. This is rules lawyering of the worst sort, it’d get you nothing but derisive laghter in my local pub TP.
The actual question asked should be rephrased as “Which one of the below never had the syllables “pr-es-sh-us” pass between their lips in reference to the Ring in any way”? rather than the “which of these never referred to the Ring, personally, as *their *Precious” version you are shooting for. The fact that Gandalf calls it that as a second-hand reference is the kind of gotcha that the TP writers often go for.

7

I mis-remembered that in the last half-hour of FOTR, when Boromir was getting close to attacking Frodo, that he referred to the Ring as “precious”. However, now I think I interpolating when Elrond was yelling at Isildur to destroy the Ring & he replied “No. It is… precious.”

8

Didn’t Gandalf keep mumbling the Word over and over while perched in front of the fire (waiting for Frodo to return from the party)?

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This was my initial thought as well, but on further consideration, do those syllables ever actually pass through the lips of the actor who plays Isildur, or is it only actually spoken aloud in Gandalf’s quote that was referenced earlier?