Houses of parliament Flashcards
Original name for Houses of Parliament
Palace of Westminster
When did you gunpowder plot take place?
1605
What went did they want to blow up?
Why?
Official State Opening, King James 1 and all MPs in attendance.
Retaliation for Kings persecution of catholics.
Why was the plot discovered?
A member said they shouldn’t kill any catholics. Sent letter so a secretly catholic mp warnings him. The mp turned it in.
What happened to Guy Fawkes ?
Captured and tortured for 2 days until he gave up the others.
Managed to break neck before being hanged drawn and quartered.
That’s why guy Fawkes night
Stages of being hanged, drawn and quartered.
Hanged until almost dead.
Genitals cut off and burned in front of them.
Guts pulled out with hook and burned.
Hearts torn out.
Heads chopped off.
Bodies cut into 4 prices and out on public display.
The gunpowder rhyme?
Remember, remember the 5th of November where gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.
When was parliament almost destroyed by fire?
Style of new building?
Who by?
How many rooms?
1834
Neo-Gothic
Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin
> 1000
What is Big Ben?
How much does it weigh?
Why does it have an odd sound?
The bell (the clock tower)
13.8 tonnes
A crack
