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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
Correct answer
The Houses of Parliament
Guy Fawkes and his conspirators planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament in November 1605.
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