KIDS QUIZ
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS
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An American hero who fought in the Civil War in the 19th century. Guy Fawkes Day is on the fourth Thursday in November.
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A man who wanted to blow up the Parliament in London in the 17th century. Guy Fawkes Day is 5 November.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Every 5 November in Britain on Guy Fawkes Day, we remember the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes and fellow Catholic conspirators attempted to blow up Parliament and assassinate James I of England.
Detailed explanation-2: -Who was Guy Fawkes? Guy Fawkes was an English conspirator in the 17th-century Gunpowder Plot, an unsuccessful plan to blow up Westminster Palace with King James I and Parliament inside. He joined in this plot in retaliation for James’s increased persecution of Roman Catholics.
Detailed explanation-3: -The plot centred around five conspirators, Robert Catesby, Thomas Winter, Thomas Percy, John Wright and Guy (or Guido) Fawkes, later joined by Robert Keyes and seven other known accomplices, who determined to blow up of the House of Lords in 1605.
Detailed explanation-4: -Guy Fawkes & the Gunpowder Plot The plan of the Gunpowder Plot was to blow up the Houses of Parliament during the State Opening and kill the king in hopes that his daughter, Elizabeth, would take the throne and marry a Catholic prince.