Question: Queen Victoria hosted which type of balls?
Answer: lavish costume balls

Question: Before Prince Albert died what sort of entertainment was held at Buckingham?
Answer: musical entertainments

Question: Which composer played there on three occasions?
Answer: Felix Mendelssohn

Question: Who performed Alice Polka in honor of Princess Alice?
Answer: Johann Strauss II

Question: What type of balls did Queen Victoria hold?
Answer: lavish costume balls

Question: When year did Prince Albert die?
Answer: 1861

Question: What forced the Queen to return to London?
Answer: public opinion

Question: What was the fate of Buckingham after the left?
Answer: the palace was seldom used, even neglected.

Question: Where were court functions held upon the Queens return to London?
Answer: Windsor Castle

Question: What did Queen Victoria do in response to his death?
Answer: left Buckingham Palace

Question: Which house did Queen Victoria stay at after she left Buckingham?
Answer: Osborne House

Question: What happened to Buckingham after Queen Victoria left?
Answer: palace was seldom used, even neglected

Question: Where did Queen Victoria hold court functions during this time?
Answer: Windsor Castle

Question: How many principle bedrooms does the palace have?
Answer: 52

Question: How many bathrooms are there?
Answer: 78

Question: A large bow is a large feature of the facade in which stateroom?
Answer: the Music Room

Question: How long is the Picture Gallery in yards?
Answer: 55 yards

Question: Which rooms has large white marble statues of Prince Albert and Queen Victoria?
Answer: The Guard Room

Question: What is the floor space of the palace?
Answer: 77,000 m2 (830,000 sq ft)

Question: How many staterooms does the palace have?
Answer: 19 state rooms

Question: How many bathrooms does the palace have?
Answer: 78 bathrooms

Question: How many offices does the palace have?
Answer: 92 offices

Question: The 1855 Room is name for which European emperor?
Answer: Emperor Napoleon III of France

Question: Which room is named for visit of Tsar Nicolas I of Russia?
Answer: 1844 Room

Question: Guests attending the Queen's Garden Parties will mostly likely see which room?
Answer: Bow Room

Question: Where are the suites located that the Queen and Prince Phillip use?
Answer: the north wing

Question: Which rooms are used for less formal entertaining such as luncheons or private audiences?
Answer: the semi-state apartments

Question: What is the name of the slightly less luxurious staterooms located underneath the State Apartments?
Answer: semi-state apartments

Question: What type of entertaining are the semi-state apartments used for?
Answer: less formal entertaining

Question: Who is the 1844 Room named after?
Answer: Tsar Nicholas I of Russia

Question: Who is the 1855 Room named after?
Answer: Emperor Napoleon III of France

Question: Where are the Queen and Prince Phillip's apartments located?
Answer: the north wing

Question: Where did many of the fittings for the new east wing come from?
Answer: Brighton Pavilion

Question: When was the new east wing built?
Answer: Between 1847 and 1850

Question: What is the theme for the new east wing?
Answer: oriental

Question: The red and blue Chinese Luncheon Room has what as a main feature?
Answer: large oriental chimney piece

Question: Who designed the chimney piece in The Yellow Drawing Room?
Answer: Robert Jones

Question: What was Blore building between 1847 and 1850?
Answer: the new east wing

Question: Many rooms in the new east wing are in what style?
Answer: oriental

Question: Parts of the Brighton Banqueting and Music Rooms from Brighton Pavilion make up which Buckingham Room?
Answer: The red and blue Chinese Luncheon Room

Question: Which room has the famous balcony used by the royals?
Answer: Centre Room

Question: What is the main theme of the Centre Room?
Answer: Chinese

Question: Which Queen enhanced the Chinese theme of the Centre Room in the 1920s?
Answer: Queen Mary

Question: The lacquer doors in the Centre Room were brought from Brighton in which year?
Answer: 1873

Question: The Principle Corridor features which type of doors?
Answer: mirrored doors

Question: Which room feature the famous balcony?
Answer: Centre Room

Question: Which designer did Queen Mary work with to enhance the Centre Room?
Answer: Sir Charles Allom

Question: The Principle Corridor has which type of doors?
Answer: mirrored doors

Question: What year were the lacquer doors brought from Brighton?
Answer: 1873

Question: Where do foreign heads of stay usually stay in Buckingham Palace?
Answer: the Belgian Suite

Question: What floor are the Belgian Suites located?
Answer: ground floor

Question: The Belgian Suite is located at the foot of which staircase?
Answer: the Minister's Staircase

Question: How are the rooms of the Belgian Suites linked?
Answer: by narrow corridors

Question: What is the style of the saucer domes in the Belgian Suite?
Answer: the style of Soane

Question: Where do foreign heads of stay at Buckingham Palace?
Answer: the Belgian Suite

Question: The Belgian Suite is located at the bottom of which staircase?
Answer: Minister's Staircase

Question: On which floor is the Belgian Suite located?
Answer: the ground floor

Question: How are the rooms in the Belgian Suite connected?
Answer: by narrow corridors

Question: The saucer domes are in whose style?
Answer: the style of Soane

Question: Aside from being the home of the monarchy and a tourist attraction, what else is Buckingham Palace known for?
Answer: art gallery

Question: Who made the palaces gilded railings and gates?
Answer: Bromsgrove Guild

Question: How many people work at Buckingham Palace?
Answer: more than 800

Question: Buckingham Palace is also the London Residence for which Duke?
Answer: Duke of York

Question: Who is Buckingham palace home to?
Answer: the British monarchy

Question: Who completed the palaces gilded railing and gates?
Answer: Bromsgrove Guild

Question: In what year were the railings and gates completed?
Answer: 1911

Question: How many people work at Buckingham Palace?
Answer: 800 people

Question: Buckingham Palace is actually owned by whom?
Answer: Crown Estate

Question: Where can the public view items from the Royal Collection?
Answer: Queen's Gallery

Question: What was located on the site that is now the Queen's Gallery?
Answer: chapel

Question: What part of the palace has been open to the public every August and September and other select dates since 1993?
Answer: The palace's state rooms

Question: Who owns Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle?
Answer: Crown Estate

Question: Where can the public view the Royal Collection?
Answer: at the Queen's Gallery

Question: Since when have the palaces rooms been opened to the public?
Answer: since 1993

Question: How many people visited the palace in the 2014.2015 fiscal year?
Answer: 476,000 people

Question: What is the official dress code today at Buckingham Palace?
Answer: there is no official dress code

Question: Which Queen tried and failed to raise the hemline of her dress after WWI?
Answer: Queen Mary

Question: Which King was horrified to see the Queen's hemline raised a few inches?
Answer: King George V

Question: The hemline of daytime skirts were allowed to rise after which year?
Answer: 1936

Question: The knee breeches men formerly wore to the palace were of what era's design?
Answer: 18th-century design

Question: From what century were men's knee breeches worn at Buckingham designed in?
Answer: 18th-century design

Question: What were women obliged to wear in their hair?
Answer: tiaras or feathers

Question: Which queen wanted to shorten her skirt's hemline?
Answer: Queen Mary

Question: Which King was horrified to see the raised hemline on the Queen?
Answer: George V

Question: What is the dress code today at Buckingham?
Answer: there is no official dress code