Question
Mark Twain originated the legend that these two men simultaneously took each other as prisoners at the Seven Oaks, though both were actually Confederate slaveholders. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these brothers whose marriage to the Yates sisters was sensationalized in Northern papers. A New-York Tribune article used a fictional story about these conjoined twins as a metaphor for the antebellum North and South.
ANSWER: Chang and Eng Bunker [or the Bunkers; prompt on answers indicating the “original” Siamese twins]
[10m] The Bunkers lived in this state, which was also home to the enslaved, conjoined McKoy twins. It’s not Arkansas, but Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the last major Confederate force following this state’s Battle of Bentonville.
ANSWER: North Carolina [or NC]
[10e] North Carolina-born politician William King was called the “Siamese twin” of this bachelor president, who also politely declined a gift of elephants from King Mongkut of Siam. This president succeeded Franklin Pierce.
ANSWER: James Buchanan (King and Buchanan were rumored to have a same-sex relationship.)
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
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