Do you have anything to say? Guy Fawkes: I don’t like blowing things up, not me squire. Guard: Ok. Come on, to the dungeon with you John Johnson. You are in trouble. Bad trouble. Rat ...

Public domain via Wikimedia Commons As Guy Fawkes walked to the gallows on January 31, 1606, doomed to execution for his part in an unsuccessful attempt to blow up London’s Houses of Parliament ...

but its origin is widely believed to come from Guy Fawkes, the mastermind behind the failed Gunpowder Plot. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Does the word "guy" come from the historical figure Guy Fawkes?