Chapter 4 · 100 questions
A modern, thriving society
Customs and festivals, sport, the arts, food and the places and institutions of modern Britain.
Sample questions
On what date is Bonfire Night celebrated in the United Kingdom?
- · 31 October
- ✓ 5 November
- · 11 November
- · 25 December
Bonfire Night is held on 5 November each year to commemorate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
The Gunpowder Plot, which Bonfire Night commemorates, was a failed attempt to blow up which building?
- · Buckingham Palace
- · The Tower of London
- ✓ The Houses of Parliament
- · St Paul's Cathedral
Guy Fawkes and his conspirators planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament in November 1605.
Remembrance Day is observed on 11 November. What event does it primarily mark?
- · The end of the Second World War
- ✓ The armistice that ended the First World War
- · The Battle of Britain
- · The D-Day landings in Normandy
Remembrance Day marks the armistice signed on 11 November 1918 that ended the First World War.