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One-Eye

http://www.oup.com/uk/academic/online/library/quiz/

1. Which Northamptonshire-born man first devised the Gunpowder Plot?

Answer = Robert Catesby
(he may have been born in Warwickshire)

2. Infamous conspirator Guy Fawkes was hanged for his role in the Gunpowder Plot of November 5th 1605. Which of the following did Fawkes say?

Answer = D. "A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy"

3. Why was Guy Fawkes unknown in London prior to the Gunpowder Plot fiasco?

Answer = A. He had not lived in England for around ten years. He had served as a soldier abroad.

4. What is "rocket cheer"?

Answer = At Princeton University: a cheer imitating the sounds associated with the setting off of a firework rocket

Midnighter

Found the following on my local library's website, and it looks like membership of a library might be required to enter. Sorry, but I don't have time to look for the answers.

Oxford University Press

1. Which Northamptonshire-born man first devised the Gunpowder Plot?

A. ????

Infamous conspirator Guy Fawkes was hanged for his role in the Gunpowder Plot of November 5th 1605. Which of the following did Fawkes say?

A. "For the first time in our history, it is possible to conquer poverty"
B. "We must be the change we wish to see in the world"
C. "Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power"
D. "A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy"

3. Why was Guy Fawkes unknown in London prior to the Gunpowder Plot fiasco?A. He had not lived in England for around ten years. He had served as a soldier abroad
B. He had been in prison
C. He had changed his name following a previous conspiracy
D. He had been living abroad to care for a sick relative
4. What is rocket cheer?

A. ????

Ke11iott

dupe of this one?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5368314