Question: Under whose reign did court presentations of young aristocratic ladies take place?
Answer: Edward VII

Question: What was the name for the ceremony where debutantes had their first introduction into society?
Answer: coming out

Question: Debutantes wore the feather of which bird in their hair?
Answer: ostrich feathers

Question: After WWII "coming out" ceremonies were replaces with what event?
Answer: less formal afternoon receptions

Question: Under whose reign were young debutantes presented to society at Court?
Answer: Edward VII

Question: What types of feathers did debutantes wear in their hair?
Answer: ostrich feathers

Question: What was the occasion where debutantes were presented to society called?
Answer: "coming out"

Question: After WWII what was the coming out ceremony replaced with?
Answer: less formal afternoon receptions

Question: Where do Investitures take place?
Answer: in the palace's Ballroom

Question: What year was The Ballroom built?
Answer: 1854

Question: Which room has The Ballroom replaced in terms of both use and importance?
Answer: the throne room

Question: What is the largest room in the palace?
Answer: the palace's Ballroom

Question: What does the Queen stand on during Investitures?
Answer: the throne dais

Question: Knighthood is given by being dubbed with what object?
Answer: a sword

Question: What is the largest room in the palace?
Answer: Ballroom

Question: The Ballroom replaced which other room in terms of importance and use?
Answer: the throne room

Question: Where do State Banquets take place?
Answer: the Ballroom

Question: In what month does the Queen entertain the diplomatic corps?
Answer: November

Question: What is used to set the dining table for formal dinners?
Answer: the Grand Service

Question: When was the Grand Service made?
Answer: 1811

Question: For whom was the Grand Service made?
Answer: the Prince of Wales

Question: Where do state banquets take place?
Answer: in the Ballroom

Question: When are state banquets held?
Answer: the first evening of a state visit by a foreign head of state

Question: What is the dining table laid with for state banquets?
Answer: the Grand Service

Question: Who was the Grand Service originally made for?
Answer: Prince of Wales

Question: Who designed the Royal Mews?
Answer: Nash

Question: Where is the Gold State Coach housed?
Answer: the Royal Mews

Question: Who designed the Gold State Coach?
Answer: Sir William Chambers

Question: When was the Gold State Coach first used?
Answer: 1762

Question: The Royal Mews houses which type of animal?
Answer: horses

Question: Where is the Gold State Coach kept?
Answer: the Royal Mews

Question: In what year was the Gold State Coach first used?
Answer: 1762

Question: What animals are kept in the mews?
Answer: horses

Question: In what year did Edward VII ascend to the throne?
Answer: 1901

Question: Kind Edward VII and Queen Alexandra's friends were know as what?
Answer: "the Marlborough House Set"

Question: Some thought that King Edward VII's redecoration choices were at odds with whose prior work?
Answer: Nash's

Question: Which king commissioned massive redecoration in the Belle Epoque cream and gold color scheme?
Answer: King Edward

Question: What were the group of friends of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra called?
Answer: the Marlborough House Set

Question: What was at odds with Nash's original work in the palace?
Answer: King Edward's heavy redecorations

Question: When did King Edward VII take the throne?
Answer: 1901

Question: What colors were used in the redecorations overseen by King Edward VII?
Answer: Belle époque cream and gold

Question: Under whose reign did the last major building works take place?
Answer: King George V

Question: The principle facade of the East Front is made from what type of stone?
Answer: Portland stone

Question: Which king preferred official entertaining and royal duties to lavish parties?
Answer: George V

Question: Who added and restored furniture to The Royal Collection?
Answer: Queen Mary

Question: Who was responsible for decorating The Blue Drawing Room?
Answer: Queen Mary

Question: Who redesigned Blore's 1850 East Front?
Answer: Sir Aston Webb

Question: The refaced facade was made from what type of stone?
Answer: Portland stone

Question: Which king placed more emphasis on official entertaining and royal duties instead of lavish parties?
Answer: George V

Question: What collection did Queen Mary take an interest in by adding and restoring pieces?
Answer: Royal Collection of furniture and art

Question: Who decorated the Blue Drawing Room?
Answer: Queen Mary

Question: Who lived at Buckingham Palace during WWI?
Answer: King George V and Queen Mary

Question: Where were valuable items from Buckingham Palace taken during WWI?
Answer: Windsor

Question: The king refrained from doing what during the war?
Answer: alcohol

Question: In what year was the north-west pavilion turned into a swimming pool?
Answer: 1938

Question: Who persuaded the king to lock the wine cellars during WWI?
Answer: David Lloyd George

Question: Buckingham Palace was untouched during which war?
Answer: World War I

Question: Where were valuables evacuated to during the war?
Answer: Windsor

Question: What did the King give up during the war?
Answer: alcohol

Question: Who convinced the king to lock the wine cellars?
Answer: David Lloyd George

Question: What was the north-west pavilion converted into in 1938?
Answer: swimming pool

Question: How many times was the palace bombed in WWII?
Answer: nine times

Question: What was destroyed in 1940?
Answer: the palace chapel

Question: Which monarchs were in residence at Buckingham Palace during WWII?
Answer: King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

Question: The bombing of Buckingham Palace showed what to the public?
Answer: the common suffering of rich and poor

Question: What was destroyed in one of the bombing that hit the palace in WWII?
Answer: the chapel

Question: The King and Queen were filmed doing what after a bombing?
Answer: inspecting their bombed home

Question: The royal family was seen as sharing what with their subjects after the bombings?
Answer: their subjects' hardship

Question: What is the date of the Battle of Britain Day?
Answer: 15 September 1940

Question: What did Ray Holmes think the German pilot was going to bomb?
Answer: the Palace

Question: What type of airplane was the German craft Holmes rammed into?
Answer: Dornier Do 17 bomber

Question: After the war what did Holmes become?
Answer: King's Messenger

Question: What year did Ray Holmes die?
Answer: 2005

Question: What is September 15, 1940 known as?
Answer: the Battle of Britain Day

Question: What did Ray Holmes believe the German pilot was targeting?
Answer: the Palace

Question: What did Holmes do to stop the German Plane?
Answer: ram it

Question: What type of aircraft was the German Plane?
Answer: Dornier Do 17 bomber

Question: When did Holmes die?
Answer: 2005

Question: What type of energy makes an incandescent light bulb glow?
Answer: electric current

Question: Which part of the incandescent light bulb is heated?
Answer: wire filament

Question: What part of a halogen light bulb supplies electric current?
Answer: feed-through terminals or wires embedded in the glass

Question: What provides the electricity to most light bulbs?
Answer: a socket

Question: Which type of light bulb uses inert gas?
Answer: incandescent light bulb

Question: Are incandescent bulbs more or less efficient than most electric lighting?
Answer: less efficient

Question: What percentage of energy does a standard light bulb actually convert to visible light?
Answer: 2.2%

Question: Which is more efficient: compact fluorescent or LED lights?
Answer: LED

Question: How long does a typical incandescent light bulb last?
Answer: 1,000 hours

Question: What happens to the energy that an incandescent bulb does not convert into light?
Answer: The remaining energy is converted into heat.