WorksheetsJames I: Life & Gunpowder Plot
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 3mins
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
What did the plotters want to blow up?
The Palace
The Houses of Parliament
The House of Commons
How many barrels of Gunpowder were found underneath Parliament?
35
36
37
34
How was the Gunpowder 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.
When did James I become King of England?
1600
1601
1602
1603
What religion was James I?
Catholic
Protestant
Tick any names that were involved in the Gunpowder Plot (there are 3)
Thomas Percy
Thomas Wentworth
Robert Catesby
Guy Fawkes
Thomas Cranmer
When did the Stuart Era begin?
When James I succeeded Elizabeth I
When Elizabeth succeeded Mary
When James I succeeded Elizabeth II
Who was James I's mother?
Mary I
Mary Queen of Scots
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II
Before becoming the King of England, James was the ruler of which country?
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
James had the view that he was...
under the law
lawless
a law in itself
above the law
Who was 'Jinglin' Geordie?'
James' 'favourite', George Villiers
James' cousin, Prince George
James' court jeweller, George Heriot
James' cousin from Newcastle
Who was Robert Carr?
one of James' 'favourites'
one of the Gunpowder plotters
James' father
James' cousin
Apparently James' book about witches, 'Daemonologie', may have helped Shakespeare write his play called...
(a)
One piece of bling which James liked to wear was...
a ruby-studded letter 'J' for James
a sapphire-studded letter 'R' for 'rex'
a solid-gold belt buckle in the shape of a goose
a diamond-studded letter 'A' for Anna
Who did James blame for his near-death experience in a violent sea-storm?
Neptune
the weather
witches
the English
Who was James' wife?
(a)
