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🔥 The Great Fire of London – Year 2
History · Year 2 (KS1) — practises key facts about the Great Fire of London in 1666, from Pudding Lane to Pepys
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In which year did the Great Fire of London happen?
1066
1766
1666
1606
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In what kind of building did the Great Fire of London start?
A school
A palace
A church
A bakery
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What was the name of the street where the fire started?
Oxford Street
Pudding Lane
Downing Street
Baker Street
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Why did the fire spread so quickly through London?
The streets were very wide and empty
Houses were wooden and built close together
Houses were made of stone and brick
It rained heavily all through the fire
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Samuel Pepys is famous for writing about the fire. What did he write?
A song
A newspaper
A play
A diary
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Roughly how long did the Great Fire of London burn?
About 4 days
About 4 months
About 4 hours
About 4 weeks
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To help stop the fire, people pulled down or blew up houses. Why?
To find water hidden under the houses
To build a wall around the River Thames
To let more wind blow the fire away
To make gaps so the fire had nothing to burn
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What was the name of the baker whose bakery the fire started in?
King Charles II
Thomas Farriner
Samuel Pepys
Christopher Wren
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Old St Paul's Cathedral burned down in the fire. Who designed the new St Paul's Cathedral?
Thomas Farriner
Christopher Wren
Isaac Newton
Samuel Pepys
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The Monument to the fire is 202 feet tall. Why was it built to that height?
It took 202 workers to build it
The fire burned for 202 hours
It is 202 feet from where the fire started
The fire destroyed 202 houses
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