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Gunpowder Plot

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Question 1
Let's start with an easy one... what happened on the 5th of November 1605?




Question 2
Whom did the plotters intend to kidnap on the 5th of November?




Question 3
Around the late 1500's / early 1600's, how many major plots were hatched to put the Catholics back in power?





Question 4
The Gunpowder Plotters pretended to be part of a 'hunting party' - where did they ride from?




Question 5
Who was the ringleader of the Gunpowder Plot?




Question 6
Where was King James' daughter, Princess Elizabeth, living while the plot was being hatched?




Question 7
To which safe place was the nine year-old Princess Elizabeth quickly moved when the plot was discovered?




Question 8
While making their plans at the Bull Inn, the plotters were actually only 400 yards from where the Princess was being kept....


Question 9
When James became the first Stuart King in 1603, which royal 'house' came to an end?




Question 10
Palace Yard stood until 1940 when it was demolished by a single bomb in the Blitz....


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