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The term 'Siamese Twins' comes from these famous conjoined twins from Thailand. They were born in 1811 and were joined at the lower chest by a narrow band of flesh through which their livers were connected. They shifted to the US in 1829 where they made a small fortune as circus attractions. What were their names?

Chang and Eng & Eng and Chang. On the night of January 17, 1874, Chang died due to a cerebral clot and soon Eng also died due to the blood pooling up in his brother's body.

One of the most difficult lives was lead by Millie and Christine McCoy. During their childhood they were kidnapped and sold many times. However they had a highly successful career in show business where they were known as _____________.

The Two-headed Nightingale. They were joined at the back and at the hips. They died within hours of each other in 1912 at the age of 61.

The famous conjoined sisters Daisy and Violet Hilton (1908-69) starred in a scandalous movie in which one sister stands accused of murder, but questions are raised as to the fairness of sending her to jail if her innocent sister must go as well. Name the movie?

Chained for Life. Interestingly all three pairs of twins- Eng and Chang Bunker, Millie and Christine McKoy as well as Violet and Daisy Hilton lived most of their adult lives in North Carolina.

The most famous conjoined twins in mainland Europe were Giacomo and Giovanni Tocci who later became the inspiration for which Mark Twain classic?

Those Extraordinary Twins. Chang and Eng & Giacomo and Giovanni lived for 63 years while Millie and Christine McKoy & Violet and Daisy Hilton lived for 61 years.

Going back in time, the wealthy Biddenden Maids lived for 34 years in Kent, England. What were their names?

Mary and Eliza & Eliza and Mary. They left 20 acres of land for the church upon their death.

Yvonne and Yvette McCarthur were another set of conjoined twins who were joined at the head but were able to lead a life of successful Gospel singers in Long Beach, California. When they died in 1993 how old were they?

43. At 38, they enrolled in college to study nursing, but could never graduate.

Russian conjoined twins Masha and Dasha were the oldest living conjoined twins at the start of 2003. In 1950 when they were born, their mother was told that she had given birth to still born babies. What was the truth?

They were sent to an institute near Moscow to be studied by Soviet scientists.. Although Masha and Dasha have 4 arms, they have only 3 legs although they are able to walk on 2. Despite sharing their blood it has been seen on numerous occasions that when one of them acquires an infectious disease(e.g. measles) the other remains unaffected despite the presence of the bacterium in her blood!

In 1993 Angela and Amy Lakeburg were two conjoined twins born in Indiana. A surgery was attempted to separate them as it was established that they could not survive together. What was the outcome?

Both died. Their death raised powerful questions about the ethical and economic costs of separation (over a million USD).

One of the most recent cases of successful separation of conjoined twins is that of Maria Teresa & Maria de Jesus. They were operated at UCLA in 2002 and are from ____________.

Guatemala. According to doctors at UCLA, Maria Teresa suffered a neurological setback in early July 2003 while her sister is fine.

Laleh and Ladan Bijani, the Iranian twins died on the operating table while being separated by surgeons at which world famous hospital?

Raffles. The twins shared the blood supply to their brains and thus it was difficult to separate them. But they wanted to live separate lives so the surgeons (lead by doctor Keith Goh) decided to undertake the extremely risky operation.