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Life in the UK Test Practice Question · Ho & Duck: Key Facts — Society

The annual celebration of Bonfire Night marks the anniversary of the unsuccessful Gunpowder Plot, which occurred in which year?

Correct answer: 1605

The historical origin of Bonfire Night dates to 1605, when Guy Fawkes and a group of Catholic allies unsuccessfully conspired to destroy the Palace of Westminster and assassinate the Protestant monarch using explosives.

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