SATCH FREAKY friday/ long names

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Madagaspar sprinter,Asian HJer

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Jean-Louis Ravelomantasoa, early 1970's frequently featured on "CBS Sports Spectacular".

Bijan

[6 5.5hjsteve]

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bijan beat me to it but then I am supposed to be working...

how about a High Jumper with a looooong name.... cannot remember the country though ?

[6 5.5hjsteve]

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Oh !!! Now I see you are ASKING about him too !!

That's easy, it is Nagalinham Etheravesinham although I am sure I do not have it spelled correctly.

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>Oh !!! Now I see you are ASKING about him too !!

That's easy, it is
>Nagalinham Etheravesinham although I am sure I do not have it spelled
>correctly.

THINK it was SRI LANKA nee CEYLON

[Guest]

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I googled "Nagalinham Etheravesinham" and Mr. Google came out and laughed at me. He was very rude and insulting. I've never heard of a name anything like that, so that Trivia Question is invalidated for violating the TRQ (Tafnut Recognition Quotient) factor. I have to at least be able to slap my forehead and go, "Oh yeah, I HAVE heard of that guy!" Like J-LR, of indoor fame.

[6 5.5hjsteve]

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>I googled "Nagalinham Etheravesinham" and Mr. Google came out and laughed at
>me. He was very rude and insulting. I've never heard of a name anything like
>that, so that Trivia Question is invalidated for violating the TRQ (Tafnut
>Recognition Quotient) factor. I have to at least be able to slap my forehead
>and go, "Oh yeah, I HAVE heard of that guy!" Like J-LR, of indoor fame.

tn, this goes back to the 60's. I'll do a little research when I get home on him, checking some world lists in T&FN.

[Guest]

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Steve, you forget that I too go back to the 60's, well mid-60's. Are you even more geezerly than I?

[gh]

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Nagalingam Ethirveerasingham (sometimes spelt without that last h).

And he scored in the NCAA for what school?

[6 5.5hjsteve]

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>Nagalingam Ethirveerasingham (sometimes spelt without that last h).

And he
>scored in the NCAA for what school?

I half guess at UCLA....

[Guest]

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Wow - looky here
http://www.cantyd.org/english/awardsofe ... lingam.asp

and gh - the 'sometimes spelled without the last h' made me spit up my Pepsi I was laughing so hard.

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You wanna laff even harder? Go to the story in that link and he has the "h" in the headline and it's gone in the body copy!

[6 5.5hjsteve]

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So I was correct with UCLA.

Looks like Satch and I ( and Garry of course ) are the only ones that knew this guy waas REAL !

[gh]

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So who is the major league baseball player who had the longest name ever? (standard baseball trivia)

[Guest]

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Eric Stuckenschneider? (I cheated)