United KingdomSociety 19 · A modern society
Why do many people in the UK set off fireworks on 5 November?
- aTo remember a failed plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605Correct answer
- bTo celebrate the end of the First World War and the return of soldiers
- cTo celebrate the defeat of the Spanish Armada in the year 1588
- dTo mark the start of the new tax year and the end of winter
Why?
Bonfire Night recalls the plot by Guy Fawkes and a group of Catholics to kill the Protestant King James I by blowing up Parliament in 1605. The plot failed, and people still celebrate with bonfires and fireworks.
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