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BONFIRE NIGHT
1. | The Gunpowder Plot was an attempt to kill which English King? |
2. | In which country did fireworks originate? |
3. | Who wrote the novel The Bonfire Of The Vanities? |
4. | What was the purpose of the original wheel that Catherine Wheel fireworks were named after? Bathing, Torture or Heating Rooms? |
5. | What is the name of the substance with the chemical formula KNO3 that is a component of gunpowder? |
6. | Which 2006 film, starring Natalie Portman, featured a modern day Guy Fawkes character plotting to destroy the Houses of Parliament? |
7. | Which is the only property on a Monopoly board that doesn't contain any of the letters from "Bonfire" in its name? |
8. | In what year was Guy Fawkes executed? |
9. | With the initials R.C., what was the name of the leader of the men involved in the Gunpowder Plot? |
10. | Also with the initials R.C., what name is given to the firework that consists of a tube sending out a shower of sparks and a succession of coloured balls of fire? |