Culture and traditions practice question
The traditional celebration on 5 November, with fireworks, remembers:
- The failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605Correct answer
- The end of the Second World War
- The Queen's birthday
- The Great Fire of London
Why
Bonfire Night marks the failure of Guy Fawkes and others to blow up Parliament in 1605.
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