# Can you tell them apart? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208 "2009-07-25T07:05:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/1 "2009-07-25T07:05:00Z")
Here’s a picture of [King George V and Tsar Nicholar II.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Tsar_Nicholas_II_%26_King_George_V.JPG) Can you tell which is which without looking it up? ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/2 "2009-07-25T08:02:01Z")
I’d have to say the one on the left is Adam after a few weeks of not shaving(his face), the one on the right is Jamie after a few weeks of not shaving (his head). You can tell because of the hairlines. My guess here: the filename lists them correctly from left to right. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/3 "2009-07-25T08:12:45Z")
A better question is: who is the better looking of the two? Who is the better dressed? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/4 "2009-07-25T08:51:23Z")
My guess is: [spoiler]Russia on left, England on right. My reason is that the guy on the left has more swirlies and fur in his outfit. The top of his boots having the two dangling puffs and the lace design on his thighs are the key items. Also helps that the guy on the right looks a bit like Hugh Laurie.[/spoiler] Personally, I would say that the guy on the left is better looking if you just mean his face. Neither outfit does much for me. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/5 "2009-07-25T09:13:39Z")
The guy on the left is Nick, the right is George. How do I know? The English are much more organized. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/6 "2009-07-25T09:42:45Z")
Oddly enough I recently watched a show about the Windsors, and I remember thinking what sullen looking fella that George V was. So I was able to tell them apart since the guy on the left is better looking. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/7 "2009-07-25T09:43:30Z")
That guy has more cords and braids on him than the inside of a server room. If he was ever in a suicidal mood he could hang himself from his own uniform. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/8 "2009-07-25T10:13:45Z")
I’ve seen similar photos of their respective mothers (who were sisters, born the Princesses Alexandra and Dagmar of Denmark), dressed exactly alike and hard to tell apart. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/9 "2009-07-25T10:15:15Z")
According to Wikipedia, they were first cousins through their mothers. Additionally, George V and Wilhelm II of Germany were first cousins through Queen Victoria (George’s father’s side). Just, y’know… sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/10 "2009-07-25T10:17:09Z")
This was the subject of the Final Jeopardy clue seen [here](http://tdciago.110mb.com/jeoparchive/101703.html). ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/11 "2009-07-25T13:08:03Z")
I was wrong. And I thought I knew. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/12 "2009-07-25T13:56:19Z")
I’d say the right hand person is King George V. I hope you let us know eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/13 "2009-07-25T14:05:24Z")
Without stealing Argent Towers thunder, it is easy to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/14 "2009-07-25T14:06:40Z")
Wiki confirms I guessed right; George V is on the right, Nicholas II is on the left. I went on the basis that the Ruskie would be the one wearing fur. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/15 "2009-07-25T15:43:49Z")
I guessed George was on the right because he has that slightly pop-eyed look that I associate with that generation of British royals. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/16 "2009-07-25T15:59:32Z")
I guessed correctly as well, on the same basis as **Cazzle.** **Mr. Kobayashi** got the right answer, but the reason is wrong: According to [this site](http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/collections/relax-with-stamps/), the monarchs switched uniforms for the occasion. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/17 "2009-07-25T16:00:40Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Here’s a picture of [King George V and Tsar Nicholar II.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Tsar_Nicholas_II_%26_King_George_V.JPG) Can you tell which is which without looking it up? Without looking at any other posts: I believe the Tsar is on the left, as I’ve seen many stamps of the British Empire from George V’s reign, and the guy on the right is more reminiscent of the monarchical portraits on those stamps. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Kobayashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4af34b/32.png) [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/18 "2009-07-25T16:56:16Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I guessed correctly as well, on the same basis as **Cazzle.** > > **Mr. Kobayashi** got the right answer, but the reason is wrong: > > According to [this site](http://www.philatelicdatabase.com/collections/relax-with-stamps/), the monarchs switched uniforms for the occasion. Ha,those wacky royals and their ways. **Cazzle** also points out a discernible difference in their facial structures, their eyes are quite different. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/19 "2009-07-25T17:41:59Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > A better question is: who is the better looking of the two? Who is the better dressed? Well, right now the guy in white. Ask me again after Labor Day. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208/20 "2009-07-25T17:51:50Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > Well, right now the guy in white. > > Ask me again after Labor Day. You win. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-them-apart/504208.md?page=2)