Friday, November 5, 2010

Question 382: F**K You (Happy X Day on Nov 5th)


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Born and Brought up in York, X's father died when he was 8. He mother later married a recusant Catholic, which had a significant bearing upon him later in his life.
Described as "a tall, powerfully built man, with thick reddish-brown hair, a flowing moustache in the tradition of the time, and a bushy reddish-brown beard", and that he was "a man of action ... capable of intelligent argument as well as physical endurance, somewhat to the surprise of his enemies."

Today is the 405th anniversary of a significant event in X's life.
Picture 2 is the after math of that event

Question:

1) Id the picture
2) Id X
3) What is X famous for.
4) What does the 2nd pic depict
5) How is it connected to the title

7 comments:

Nanda said...

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot

VISAKA SIMHAN said...

Guy Fawkes and Gun Powder Plot
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AttitudeMonger said...

Guy Fawkes, famous for Gunpowder Plot. Knew it after seeing the hat!

Francis Brice Dsouza said...

The picture is the day of the failed plot of bombing Britain's parliment of houses..

x is guy fawkes

x is famous for his gun powder plot or aka Powder Treason plot


title is the second name of x,ie guy fawk


is it correct ?

Anonymous said...

X- Guy Fawkes
Event- Gunpowder Plot

Anonymous said...

Remember remember the 5th of November,
The gunpowder treason and plot ,
I can think of on reason ,
Why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot

Siddarth Pai said...

Answers:

1) The execution of Guy Fawkes
2) Guy Fawkes
3) Gun powder treason
4) Fawkes with his co-conspirators
5) FAWK you