Many Brits may know the famous chant of “Remember, remember, the 5th of November” – but research has found that as many as one in six (16%) believe the Gunpowder Plot is just a story, and didn't really happen.
Over a quarter of clueless adults (27%) know little to nothing about the infamous failed attempt to blow up King James I and his government in 1605.
And whilst it was the Houses of Parliament that were targeted and almost reduced to rubble, 23% mistakenly believe that Buckingham Palace was the target of the treasonous plot.
