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Test your knowledge of one of the most famous events in British history with our Gunpowder Plot quiz! Explore the thrilling conspiracy of 1605 and discover how much you really know about Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators.
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The 5th of November marks the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, when a group of English Catholics conspired to blow up the House of Lords during the State Opening of Parliament. …in the year..
1505
1595
1605
1655
The Conspirators were unhappy about the persecution and penalties placed upon them as Catholics living in a Protestant country. The plot would have wiped out the English Protestant ruling classes including members of the aristocracy, the Church of England and their principal target…
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
James I
James II
The Conspirators were led by Robert Catesby, a prominent Catholic nobleman. The initial 5 conspirators met at a pub in London to discuss their plans called the…
Deer and Doe
Dog and Bone
Wig and Pen
Duck and Drake
More conspirators were asked to join the plot, including the nobleman Thomas Percy, cousin to the powerful Earl of Northumberland.
The Conspirators rented a house in Westminster whose cellar lay directly under the Houses of Parliament.
More conspirators were asked to join the plot, including the nobleman Thomas Percy, cousin to the powerful Earl of Northumberland.
The Conspirators rented a house in Westminster whose cellar lay directly under the Houses of Parliament.
The plan was to fill the cellar with Gunpowder which would then be lit by Guy Fawkes. After the explosion the Conspirators planned to...
Invite the Cathoilc Spanish King Philip III to take the English Throne.
Kidnap the King's daughter Elizabeth and put her on the throne.
Create a secular Republic.
Make the Catholic Pope in Rome head of state.
However the week before the opening of Parliament, the plot was discovered when…
An arrested catholic priest revealed the existence of the plot under torture.
One of the Conspirators had cheated on his wife, who took her revenge by informing the authorities of the plot.
An anonymous letter was sent to a prominent Catholic nobleman, Lord Monteagle, warning him to stay away from the opening of parliament. Suspecting danger, he passed it on to the authorities.
One of the Conspirators got cold feet and betrayed his co-conspirators to the authorities in order to save his own life.
The letter warned of a ‘terrible blow’ to parliament…and the plot of an explosion at the opening of parliament was suspected! A search was organised of all the buildings in and around parliament. This initial search found:
A stack of firewood, tended by a servant.
A group of young men who claimed they were renting the rooms in order to attend the opening of Parliament.
A stack of weapons with a bill of purchase signed by Guy Fawkes
Nothing amiss, the letter presumed a hoax
That 'servant' was Guy Fawkes who gave his masters name as one Thomas Percy. Percy was a known Catholic and so aroused the suspicions of the authorities. A second search was ordered where on 4th Nov, Guy Fawkes was discovered in the cellar with how many barrels of gunpowder?
10
36
56
150
With the arrest of Fawkes, news spread of the plot the remaining conspirators fled to their estates in the Midlands.
Fawkes was questioned and tortured by order of the King. After two days he confessed to the plot.
With the arrest of Fawkes, news spread of the plot the remaining conspirators fled to their estates in the Midlands.
Fawkes was questioned and tortured by order of the King. After two days he confessed to the plot.
On his arrest Fawkes gave a false name as.....
John Johnson
Robert Smith
James Williams
Guido Fawkes
The remaining conspirators were besieged at Holbeche House in Staffordshire. Arriving late they...
Hid all their valuables in the grounds of the house.
Wrote a letter to the King to plead for their lives
Took hostages from the nearby village in order to bargain for their lives.
Spread out the damp gunpowder they had stolen earlier in front of the fire to dry it, causing an explosion.
The resulting explosion blinded John Grant and injured the other conspirators. They waited for the King's men to arrive.
On the morning of the 8th November, the house was besieged and in the following gun battle both Robert Catesby their leader and Thomas Percy were killed.
The resulting explosion blinded John Grant and injured the other conspirators. They waited for the King's men to arrive.
On the morning of the 8th November, the house was besieged and in the following gun battle both Robert Catesby their leader and Thomas Percy were killed.
The rest were arrested and brought to London. Of the original 13 conspirators 8 were brought to trial. They were all found guilty of High Treason and sentenced to death by being hanged, drawn and quartered. But did this include Guy Fawkes..?
Yes
No
Fawkes was sentenced to this death but despite his weakened state from torture, jumped from the gallows on the way to his execution, breaking his neck and dying before he suffered his fate.
Even Robert Catesby and Thomas Percy who had died in the siege were exhumed and decapitated. Their heads displayed outside the House of Lords.
Fawkes was sentenced to this death but despite his weakened state from torture, jumped from the gallows on the way to his execution, breaking his neck and dying before he suffered his fate.
Even Robert Catesby and Thomas Percy who had died in the siege were exhumed and decapitated. Their heads displayed outside the House of Lords.
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