40 Bonfire Night quiz questions and answers

The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to blow up the Parliament of which country?

The monarch may not enter which chamber of Parliament, a rule dating back to 1642?

Across which river was the plotters' gunpowder ferried to Westminster?

Which monarch tried to arrest five MPs by entering the House of Commons with soldiers in 1642?

Which official of the House of Lords has the door of the Commons chamber shut in their face at the State Opening of Parliament?

In which year was most of the old Palace of Westminster destroyed by fire?

What is the oldest surviving part of the Palace of Westminster, begun under William II in 1097?

Which daughter of James I did the plotters plan to put on the throne?

Which Gunpowder Plotter rented the cellar beneath the House of Lords, with Guy Fawkes posing as his servant?

The daughter of James I whom the plotters hoped to put on the throne was living at Coombe Abbey near which city?

A traditional Bonfire Night guy is usually made from what, stuffed with newspaper or straw?

Which treat on a stick, coated in a hard shiny red sugar shell, is a Bonfire Night favourite?

Which graphic novel by Alan Moore and David Lloyd features a masked anarchist hero who wears a Guy Fawkes mask?

Guy Fawkes was arrested in the early hours of which date in 1605?

What name is given to the American campfire treat of a toasted marshmallow and chocolate squashed between two graham crackers?

What phrase did children traditionally call to passers-by while showing off a homemade effigy in the days before 5 November?

Guy Fawkes fought as a soldier for which country in the Low Countries before joining the plot?

What is the dark, brittle sweet made with black treacle, also called plot toffee or treacle toffee, eaten on 5 November?

Bonfire Night on 5 November is a long-standing tradition in which Canadian province, once Britain's oldest overseas colony?

What false name did Guy Fawkes give when he was arrested?

What is the name of the hand-held firework that fizzes with sparks and can be waved to write your name in the air?

In India, bonfires are lit on the eve of which Hindu spring festival, famous for people throwing coloured powder?

In which US state's desert is the Burning Man festival held, ending with the burning of a giant wooden figure?

Which singer had a 2010 hit single called Firework?

What is the name for the large spherical firework fired from a mortar tube at professional displays?

In which country is the Yi Peng festival, famous for releasing thousands of glowing sky lanterns?

What is the art of making fireworks called?

Which Gaelic festival marking the start of summer is celebrated with a fire festival on Edinburgh's Calton Hill on 30 April?

Lohri, a bonfire festival held each January to mark the end of winter, is especially associated with which region of India?

Which Spanish city on the Costa Blanca holds the Hogueras de San Juan, a bonfire festival in late June?

Which Australian city's harbour bridge and opera house form the backdrop to a famous New Year's Eve fireworks display?

Londoners first lit bonfires on the night of 5 November 1605 to celebrate what?

Which American singer had a 1989 hit with 'We Didn't Start the Fire'?

The alchemists who first discovered gunpowder are said to have been searching for what?

What does the abbreviation TNT stand for, the name of a powerful explosive?

Shetland, home of Up Helly Aa, was ruled by which country until it passed to Scotland in 1469?

Which Charles Darwin book was first published on 24 November 1859?

James I attacked which habit in his 1604 pamphlet A Counterblaste?

In Germany, New Year's Eve, famous for its fireworks, is named after which saint?

Which metal, as fine filings, is usually mixed into the coating of a sparkler to create its gold sparks?