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Conjoined Twins

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Conjoined Twins game quiz
"Conjoined twins have an incidence of about 1 in every 200,000 live births. What else do you know about them?"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Most conjoined twins are female. True or false?
    True
    False


2. In what location are most conjoined twins connected?
    Lower torso
    Mid-torso
    Head
    Upper back


3. In 1974, conjoined twins Clara and Altagracia Rodriguez were separated in a lengthy procedure. The surgery went well and Clara now lives in the Dominican Republic. Unfortunately, her sister Alta died at the age of three. How?
    She choked on a bean
    She had multiple organ failure
    She had an overwhelming infection of Y. pestis
    She had additional anomalies that caused her to develop respiratory distress syndrome


4. What is the term for twins joined at the coccyx and sacrum?
    Pygopagus
    Omphalopagus
    Ischiopagus
    Parapagus


5. What is the term for a baby born with one body, one head, and two faces?
    Dicephalus
    Gross
    Dipygus
    Diprosopus


6. In what century were the first conjoined twins successfully separated?
    17th
    20th
    12th
    15th


7. Chang and Eng Bunker, the widely heralded conjoined twins from Mekong, Siam, were born on May 11, 1811. Although they remained inextricably bound their whole lives, could they have been separated?
    Yes
    No


8. Approximately how many separations of conjoined twins have been attempted?
    1,000
    500
    20
    200


9. In what country would one be most likely to come across a set of conjoined twins?
    China
    India
    United States
    Australia


10. Which of these movies is about a fictional set of conjoined twins?
    Twin Falls Idaho
    Twin Town
    Twin Cousins
    Siamese Twin Pinheads


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Compiled Jun 28 12