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The Gunpowder Plot

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(18 votes)
11 questions
English
Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot; for there is a reason why gunpowder and treason should ne'er be forgot.
1
48 random squares

The Gunpowder Plot was a conspiracy to blow up where?

House of Lords

Buckingham Palace

Pizza Express, Woking.

Tower of London

39% got this right

2
Time-lapse

In what year did the Gunpowder Plot occur?

1500
1605
1850

Hard  29% got this right

3

Which King was the primary target of the plot?

James

James I

James VI

James VI and I

James the First

James the Sixth

James the Sixth and First

35% got this right

James was the 6th Scottish King of that name and the 1st of England.
4

Was the Gunpowder Plot successful?

No

Yes

58% got this right

5

Who was the leader of the plot?

Robert Catesby

Guy Fawkes

Robert Wintour

Thomas Percy

Hard  25% got this right

As portrayed here by Kit Harington, a descendant of his.
6

How was the plot discovered?

Anonymous letter from a plotter to his brother-in-law

A priest was told in confession

Overheard by servants

The plan was left on a pub table

40% got this right

Baron Monteagle was forewarned by plotter Francis Tresham not to attend parliament.
7

Which member of the conspiracy was caught red-handed in the undercroft with the gunpowder?

Fawkes

Guido

Guido Fawkes

Guy

Guy Fawkes

69% got this right

8

What name did Guy Fawkes give when he was discovered?

John Johnson

Ian Gunpowder

James Jameson

Robert Robertson

Hard  27% got this right

9

What punishment was Fawkes sentenced to?

Hanged, drawn and quartered

Beheading

Burned at the stake

Community Service

43% got this right

10

What was his cause of death?

Broken Neck

Disembowelment

Lack of head

Spontaneous Combustion

51% got this right

He jumped from the gallows from a sufficient height to break his neck, he was still quartered anyway.
11

Finally, what film of 2005, based on a graphic novel by Alan Moore, had a main character who wore a mask of Fawkes?

V For Vendetta

B For Benzema

M For Mandela

Z For Zendaya

74% got this right

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