The Gunpowder plot

When did the Gunpowder plot take place?

• 5 November 1605

• 4 November 1605

• 5 December 1605

• 5 November 1603

Who were the plotters?

• Protestants

• Catholics

• Soldiers

• Foreign mercenaries

Who was the leader of the plotters?

• Guy Fawkes

• King James I

• Robert Catesby

• Lord Monteagle

What did the plotters want to blow up?

• The Palace

• The Houses of Parliament

• The House of Commons

Who was the target?

• Mary I of Scotland

• King James I of England

• Queen Elizabeth the I

• Lord Monteagle

How many barrels of Gunpowder where found underneath Parliament?

• 35

• 36

• 37

• 34

How was the plot revealed?

• The guards found Guy Fawkes accidentally.

• An anonymous letter was sent to Lord Monteagle.

• Lord Monteagle was a conspirator and he confessed.

• Robert Cecil was a conspirator and he confessed.

How did King James find the names of the plotters?

• By torturing Guy Fawkes, King James' government learnt the names and identities of his co-conspirators.

• It was written in a letter.

• The guards found all of them in the cellar.

• They all confessed.

What happened to the plotters?

• They were put in prison.

• They were let go.

• The English authorities killed or captured most of them. The ones who were captured were sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered.

• They broke their necks.

Who was King James I chief advisor in 1605?

• Francis Tresham

• Lord Monteagle

• Robert Cecil

• Robert Catesby