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WorksheetsThe Gunpowder plot
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
