Bonfire Night and Remembrance Day
Study note
Two important dates fall close together in November. Bonfire Night is held on 5 November and remembers the failure of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when Guy Fawkes and a group of fellow Catholics tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament. People mark the night with fireworks and bonfires, and the day is sometimes called Guy Fawkes Night.
Remembrance Day takes place on 11 November and honours the men and women who died fighting for the UK and its allies in wars. The date was chosen because the First World War ended at eleven o'clock on 11 November 1918. Many people wear a red paper poppy and observe a two-minute silence, and wreaths are laid at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Keep the two days apart by linking 5 November with fireworks and 11 November with poppies.
Memory tip: 5 Nov = fireworks (Bonfire Night); 11 Nov = poppies (Remembrance Day).
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What is celebrated on 5 November?
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Bonfire Night and Remembrance Day: questions, answers and explanations
1. What is celebrated on 5 November?
- Remembrance Day
- Bonfire Night
- New Year
- St George's Day
Correct answer: Bonfire Night
Bonfire Night on 5 November marks the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot.
2. On Remembrance Day, 11 November, many people wear which symbol?
- A rose
- A thistle
- A poppy
- A daffodil
Correct answer: A poppy
People wear a poppy on Remembrance Day to honour those who died in wars.
3. On which date is Remembrance Day held in the UK?
- 5 November
- 25 December
- 23 April
- 11 November
Correct answer: 11 November
Remembrance Day, honouring those who died in wars, is on 11 November.
4. Bonfire Night, on 5 November, marks the failure of which 1605 plot?
- Jacobite
- Glorious
- Mayflower
- Gunpowder
Correct answer: Gunpowder
Bonfire Night marks the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot.
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