Gunpowder plot traditional account

Who was the leader of the plotters?

• Guy Fawkes

• King James I

• Robert Catesby

• Lord Monteagle

Who proposed the idea of using gunpowder to blow up the House of Lords?

• Thomas Percy

• John Wright

• Thomas Wintour

• Guy Fawkes

Where did Guy Fawkes go to join the army?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Scotland

Who was the target?

• Mary I of Scotland

• King James I of England

• Queen Elizabeth the I

• Lord Monteagle

Who was James I's mother?

• Mary I

• Mary Queen of Scots

• Elizabeth

• Elizabeth II

Who was King James I chief advisor in 1605?

• Francis Tresham

• Lord Monteagle

• Robert Cecil

• Robert Catesby

Why was the Gunpowder Plot delayed by a year?

• The plotters changed their mind

• The plague had returned to London

• The plan was discovered

• The Great Fire of London

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.

Who was thought to sent the warning letter about the plot?

• John Wright

• Thomas Percy

• Guy Fawkes

• Francis Tresham