Are you a bright spark or a damp fuse? (COMPLETED)

[memory man]

Answer as many as you want, and I will post answers tomorrow.



Q.1. In what year did the Gunpowder Plot take place?

Q.2. Where was Guy Fawkes from?

Q.3. How many barrels of gunpowder are said to have been hidden under the House of Lords?

Q.4. Who was the ringleader of the Conspiracy?

Q.5. Who was monarch at the time of the gunpowder plot?

Q.6. Who received a letter of warning about the planned attack on the House of Lords?

Q.7. what did Guy Fawkes and his fellow plotters intend to do at the state opening of parliament?

Q.8. what do children ask for when they take their guy around the streets?

Q.9. Guy Fawkes joined the Spanish army and changed his name to…?

Q.10. Where was the shoot out which ended the attempted rising in the Midlands following the discovery of Fawkes and the Plot?

Q.11. what happened to the Monteagle letter?

Q.12. what was the religion of the conspirators?

Q.13. Who visited the Houses of Parliament on the State Opening of Parliament? (This still happens today)

Q.14. what happens as a consequence of Guy Fawkes’ plot today?

Q. 15. How do people celebrate Guy Fawkes’ night these days?

[ApusApus]

Q1 - 1605

Q2 - York

Q3 - 36


Shane

[jen]

6 = Lord Monteagle

9 - Guido

[Jimgward]

Q12. Roman Catholic - as opposed to Anglican Catholic - as England became....

[jagwheels]

4 - Robert Catesby
11 - Retained in the public office
14 - Parliament cellars are searched

[memory man]

Before I post the last 3 answers...………………..

Does anyone want to try 7, 10 & 13.

[jagwheels]

10 - Holbeach house
13 - The monarch

[memory man]

That just leaves number

[jen]

7 = Blow up House of Lords

[memory man]

Well done everybody. All correct.

Here are all the answers.


Q1. a) 1605
Q2. c) York
Q3. b) 36
Q4. b) Robert Catesby
Q5. a) King James I
Q6. b) Lord Monteagle
Q7. b) Blow up the House and kill the King
Q8. c) A penny for the Guy
Q9. c) Guido
Q10. c) Holbeach House
Q11. b) Kept in the public records office
Q12. a) Roman Catholic
Q13. a) The King
Q14. b) The cellars of the Houses of Parliament are searched before the State opening of Parliament
Q15. b) By having bonfires and fireworks

[jagwheels]

Thanks's Brian for another topical quiz