king of research - season 2

gah I am getting some effed up GIS searches for shit like "queen with bearded man"and "tony blair moustache championships" and so on. GOod god.

yeah me too xpost.

squinting at rabbis saying NO, you're out, your beard is not long enough.

Ahshit, forgot the glasses rule!

Oliver Sacks and the Queen:

http://www.anorak.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/PA-6593662.jpg
http://www.anorak.co.uk/362129/news/oliver-sacks-old-age-is-a-time-of-freedom-and-exploration.html/

(its ok her back is to camera right? I mean its obvious its the queen)

ah fuck so did I. King Fizzles the Shit of Research.

That Koop beard'll be hard to beat :/

Shit sorry about posting the img, didnt see that bit.

Koop beard's already been beaten imo

Sorry scratch that here's a better one:

Obama and Rabbi Israel Mier
http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/03/22/lebanon-hezbollah-idINDEE92L05P20130322

So tempted to post a picture of the President of Finland with a man dressed as Father Christmas but am choosing to interpret the requirement as real beards.

I think lex's beardyman is a touch longer than mine. THis *is* going to be contentious I reckon!

Former head of state (Vatican) Joseph Ratzinger with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople

OK thats 2 pics now with hands over the end of the beard. Heh.

Does the head of state have to have been head of state at the time the photo was taken, or can it be someone who later became head of state/former head of state?

Sardar Swaran Singh, Minster for External Affairs, and take your pick from Zulfiqur Ali Bhutto or Indira Ghandi.

Disappointingly trimmed.

I think I've found one anyway, ayatollah khomeini with hussein ali montazeri

http://www-tc.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/assets_c/2009/12/montazeri+khomeini-thumb-160xauto-1239.jpg

took me ages to find out who the Sardar was, he's always pictured standing behind Benazir, so I thought he was a man-in-waiting or something. xpost

Rules:

1) Head of state must be current at time of photo. So far, I think all are good, but helpful to give citation if head for a short time.
2) Candidate must identify man with beard (so far all have, no problem)

Oh, I've found a better one: Barack Obama and Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/President_Barack_Obama_meets_with_Greek_Orthodox_Ecumenical_Patriarch_Bartholomew_I_crop.jpg

Sorry, meant to ask: if we've already submitted an entry, but find another dude with MOAR BEARD are we allowed to post that as well, to shore up our position?
(Sorry for all the questions)

bendis, beard claimed already!

yes, subsequent posting allowed up to deadline, if improves the entry.

beard poaching.

Oops, sorry ShariVari

I don't think we've seen any of these before? Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal (L), President Shimon Peres (2R), head of the Jewish ultra orthodox political party Eli Yishai (C) and Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church Theophilos III (R) attend a ceremony held at the President’s house in Jerusalem in honour of the leaders of the different Christian communities in Israel. December 28, 2011.

http://www.vosizneias.com/assets/uploads/news_photos/thumbnails/600_nxs59dsweba3v3k9pykjfrx23mrikk4g.jpg

Fouad Twal is the entry obv, being the one with beard and glasses

Oh crap, Twal is the gut second from the left, not the one with the beard, sorry.

My apparent inability to read proving something of a handicap here.

yes, subsequent posting allowed up to deadline, if improves the entry.

i didn't like this rule last time and don't like it now :(

heh, i found that bartholomew/obama picture and compared his beard to filaret's beard for an insane length of time

Ovadia_Yosef and Shimon Peres

http://www.radioislam.org/islam/english/jracism/Rabbi_Ovadia_Yosef-Peres.jpg

Gonna be a lotta rabbis up in this thread.

i'm with lex, multi-go rule is bogus

1) because if you happen to be a bit busy for the time period you're disadvantaged
2) worse than that if someone finds and posts like 10 entries that's gaming the system against later entrants who find their pool of options reduced

agree, getting beard anxiety already.

lex & NV otm - otherwise it's more 'king of being on the internet for ages'.

Yes its an interesting point actually. Its hardly *research* if we see other responses and just get do overs. The key here might be "you only get one go - so take the time and get it right". I dunno. I'm not objecting, but its an interesting idea.

Anyway - Bush & Friend

2) Candidate must identify man with beard (so far all have, no problem)

Santa Claus

I can think about changing it if people think it's bad. I think it has encouraged good research before in rounds like 'The ___ ___ of ____', where candidates really dug in to find better and better answers, once they realised that the fire was fierce in their rivals! But maybe it's wrong for earlier rounds, where repeat posts with tiebreaker concerns can lock out latecomers?

Could there be a limit to the number of entries? Like you get one repeat entry but that's it, maybe on the second day of the round to make it fairer for people who are not around in the morning when the question is announced?

3 goes each like some field events in athletics

ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown with ex-Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams

Patriarch Kirill I and President Vladimir Putin.

Getting antsy now, I found a better one after searching for a bit longer, but I don't want to post until we get the final call re.acceptable number of entries

the beard round! this plays right into my skillset tbh

I see that ShariVari got to (and discounted) Santa Claus before me - clearly a more discerning researcher. I'll be back with a proper one...

Dalai Lama & Dean Evenson

German president Joachim Gauck with Rabbi Shneur Trebnik

I may need to up my beardage quotient :-(

Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef & President Shimon Peres, 14 August 2013