"Remember, Remember, the 5th of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot. I see no reason why gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot" 1. Guy Fawkes did not die from being hung, drawn and quartered: As he awaited his grisly punishment on the gallows, Fawkes leapt to his death - to avoid the horrors of having his testicles cut off, his stomach opened and his guts spilled out before his eyes. He died from a broken neck. 2. Guy Fawkes was not the Gunpowder Plot's ringleader: There