Question: What was Buckingham House known as when Queen Charlotte resided there?
Answer: "The Queen's House"

Question: Which two architects were commissioned to enlarge Buckingham in the 19th century?
Answer: John Nash and Edward Blore

Question: For whom was Buckingham house originally built?
Answer: Duke of Buckingham

Question: Who bought Buckingham House in 1761?
Answer: King George III

Question: Who enlarged the house in the 19th century?
Answer: John Nash and Edward Blore

Question: When did the palace become the London residence for the monarchs?
Answer: 1837

Question: What colors were added in the partial redecoration overseen by King Edward VII?
Answer: Belle Époque cream and gold

Question: What original colors from the 19th century were used on the advice of Sir Charles Long?
Answer: brightly coloured scagliola and blue and pink lapis

Question: How many rooms does the palace have?
Answer: 775 rooms

Question: In which style are many of the smaller reception rooms furnished in?
Answer: Chinese regency style

Question: What house were many of the furniture and fittings brought from?
Answer: Carlton House

Question: Who suggested the use of brightly coloured scagliola and blue and pink lapis?
Answer: Sir Charles Long

Question: Who oversaw the redecoration that used a Belle Époque cream and gold colour scheme?
Answer: King Edward VII

Question: Smaller reception rooms are decorated in which style?
Answer: Chinese regency style

Question: Furniture and fittings were brought over from which house?
Answer: Carlton House

Question: Which river runs underneath the palace?
Answer: river Tyburn

Question: The site of the palace was once owned by which queen consort in the late Saxon times?
Answer: Edith of Wessex

Question: Who did William the Conqueror give the site of the palace to?
Answer: Geoffrey de Mandeville

Question: The site was passed to monks from which abbey?
Answer: Westminster Abbey

Question: The site of the palace formed part of which Manor in the Middles ages?
Answer: Manor of Ebury

Question: What was the name of the village that grew at Cow Ford?
Answer: Eye Cross

Question: Who gave the site to the monks of Westminster?
Answer: Geoffrey de Mandeville

Question: What was the name of the manor that previously existed on the site?
Answer: Manor of Ebury

Question: Which property tycoon inherited the property in the late 17th century?
Answer: Sir Hugh Audley

Question: Which village had fallen into decay?
Answer: Eye Cross

Question: Who established a mulberry garden on the property?
Answer: James I

Question: What product did the mulberry garden produce?
Answer: silk

Question: Who suggests that the mulberry garden is likely a place for debauchery?
Answer: Clement Walker

Question: What about the palace was subject to speculation in the 17th century?
Answer: the freehold

Question: Which village had fallen into decay but the 17th century?
Answer: Eye Cross

Question: Who sold off part of the Crown Freehold?
Answer: James I

Question: What type of garden did James I create?
Answer: mulberry

Question: What did the mulberry garden produce?
Answer: silk.

Question: Who built the first house on the site?
Answer: Sir William Blake

Question: Which owner developed much of the garden still seen today?
Answer: Lord Goring

Question: What was Lord Goring's garden known as?
Answer: Goring Great Garden

Question: Under which king did the Royal Family regain the freehold title of the property? 
Answer: King George III

Question: Which king failed to execute Goring's freehold document before fleeing to London?
Answer: King Charles I

Question: Who owned the first house built on the site?
Answer: Sir William Blake

Question: Who developed what is much of today's garden at Buckingham?
Answer: Lord Goring

Question: What was the name of Lord Goring Garden?
Answer: Goring Great Garden

Question: Which king fled to London leaving allowing the Royal family to keep it's freehold on the property?
Answer: King Charles I

Question: In what year did William Winde design the house which forms the core of the palace?
Answer: 1703

Question: Who sold Buckingham house in 1761?
Answer: Sir Charles Sheffield

Question: How much did George III pay for the house?
Answer: £21,000

Question: In what year was the leasehold of the Mulberry site due to expire?
Answer: 1774

Question: How many flanking service wings did the original Buckingham House have?
Answer: two

Question: The house which is the core of Buckingham was first built for who?
Answer: Duke of Buckingham and Normanby

Question: Who designed the house for the Duke of Buckingham?
Answer: William Winde

Question: How many flanking service wings did Buckingham House have?
Answer: two

Question: Who bought Buckingham House in 1761?
Answer: George III

Question: How much did George III pay for Buckingham House? 
Answer: £21,000

Question: What did King George IV originally want the structure to be?
Answer: a small, comfortable home

Question: King William thought about converting the palace into what after a fire destroyed the Palace of Westminster in 1834?
Answer: new Houses of Parliament

Question: Which architect helped modify the house into a palace?
Answer: John Nash

Question: In what year was Nash removed as architect?
Answer: 1829

Question: Who was hired in 1830 to finish the work on the palace?
Answer: Edward Blore

Question: What year did remodeling of Buckingham House begin?
Answer: 1762

Question: What was George IV's original plan for the house? 
Answer: a small, comfortable home

Question: What year did the king decide to make it into a palace?
Answer: 1826

Question: Who was the main architect that transformed the house into the palace?
Answer: John Nash

Question: Who did King William IV hired to finish the work after Nash was fired?
Answer: Edward Blore

Question: Who was the first monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace?
Answer: Queen Victoria

Question: Who died before the palace was completed?
Answer: William IV

Question: Buckingham became a principle residence for the Royal Family in which year?
Answer: 1837

Question: What was the problem with chimneys in the palace?
Answer: the chimneys smoked

Question: At the end of which year were most of the design problems of the palace rectified under Prince Albert?
Answer: 1840

Question: When did Buckingham officially become the principle royal residence?
Answer: 1837

Question: Who was the first monarch to reside there?
Answer: Queen Victoria

Question: Who died before seeing Buckingham Palace's completion?
Answer: William IV

Question: What was the problem with the palace's chimneys?
Answer: the chimneys smoked

Question: Who dealt with the design faults of the palace?
Answer: Prince Albert

Question: Who designed the new wing for the palace in 1847?
Answer: Edward Blore

Question: The new wing was built by whom?
Answer: Thomas Cubitt

Question: What is the East front of the palace known as?
Answer: "public face" of Buckingham Palace

Question: The East Front contains what famous feature?
Answer: the balcony

Question: Who was the student of Nash that designed the ballroom wing?
Answer: Sir James Pennethorne.

Question: Who designed a new wing for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert when they felt they needed more space?
Answer: Edward Blore

Question: Who built the new wing?
Answer: Thomas Cubitt

Question: What is considered the public face of the palace?
Answer: The large East Front

Question: What other wing was built during this time?
Answer: The ballroom wing

Question: Which of Nash's students designed The Ballroom?
Answer: Sir James Pennethorne

Question: The palace frequently hosted which type of events prior to the death of Prince Albert?
Answer: musical entertainments

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

Question: Which piece of music by Johann Strauss was first performed at Buckingham in honor of Princess Alice?
Answer: Alice Polka