Premier League Quiz

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1. Which English club is nicknamed 'The Robins' and features a robin bird on its crest?

   • Bristol City
   • Crystal Palace
   • Forest
   • Norwich
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   Answer: Bristol City

   Bristol City are 'The Robins'; a robin has featured on their badge (1976-1994 and again from 2019). Forest are the Tricky Trees, Norwich the Canaries, Palace the Eagles.

2. What shirt number did Roy Keane famously wear at Manchester United for most of his career?

   • 7
   • 16
   • 8
   • 14
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   Answer: 16

   Keane wore #16 for nearly all of his United captaincy (1993-2005); when Cantona retired in 1997 he turned down the #7 shirt, which went to David Beckham.

3. Which former Leeds United boss took charge of England's national team in 1974 — only to leave controversially in 1977 for a UAE role?

   • Alf Ramsey
   • Ron Greenwood
   • Don Revie
   • Bobby Robson
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   Answer: Don Revie

   Revie won two league titles with Leeds before succeeding Alf Ramsey as England manager.

4. Which club won the first ever Women's Super League title in 2011?

   • Man City
   • Arsenal
   • Liverpool
   • Chelsea
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   Answer: Arsenal

   The North London side dominated the early WSL era, winning the first two editions in 2011 and 2012 before Liverpool took the next two.

5. Harry Kane won back-to-back Premier League Golden Boots in 2015-16 and 2016-17 — how many total has he won?

   • Three
   • Four
   • Two
   • Five
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   Answer: Three

   He sits one Golden Boot behind all-time leader Thierry Henry.

6. Which English club was relegated from the Premier League EARLIEST ever in 2024-25 — with seven games still to play?

   • Everton
   • Southampton
   • Ipswich
   • Leicester
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   Answer: Southampton

   Southampton's relegation was confirmed on 6 April 2025 after a 3-1 loss at Spurs — the earliest ever in PL history, with seven games to spare. They had just 10 points at that point, on course to challenge Derby's record-low tally (11 points in 2007-08).

7. How many Premier League goals did Sergio Agüero score in his 2011-12 debut season at Manchester City?

   • 25
   • 21
   • 23
   • 19
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   Answer: 23

   Agüero scored 23 in his first PL season, capped by his title-winning stoppage-time goal against QPR.

8. Which club was the first to win the Premier League title on goal difference?

   • Man City in 2012
   • Man United in 1993
   • Arsenal in 1998
   • Chelsea in 2010
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   Answer: Man City in 2012

   The first Premier League title decided on goal difference came after a remarkable stoppage-time turnaround on the final day.

9. What shirt number did Patrick Vieira wear at Arsenal for most of his career (1996-2005)?

   • 5
   • 4
   • 8
   • 6
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   Answer: 4

   Vieira wore #4 throughout his Arsenal spell. He kept the same number at Juventus, then switched to #14 at Inter Milan and #24 at Manchester City.

10. Between his two Chelsea stints (2004-07 and 2013-15), José Mourinho managed TWO other clubs — which two?

    • Porto and Inter Milan
    • Real Madrid and Manchester United
    • Inter Milan and Barcelona
    • Inter Milan and Real Madrid
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    Answer: Inter Milan and Real Madrid

    Mourinho left Chelsea in 2007, managed Inter Milan (2008-10, won the treble in 2010), then Real Madrid (2010-13, won La Liga 2012), before returning to Chelsea in 2013.

11. Who was Arsenal's top Premier League scorer in 2023-24 with 16 goals?

    • Jesus
    • Martinelli
    • Saka
    • Havertz
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    Answer: Saka

    Saka scored 16 Premier League goals, with Havertz close behind on 13 as Arsenal finished second.

12. How many points did Newcastle United accumulate in their famous 1995-96 title challenge that they still lost?

    • 78
    • 75
    • 77
    • 82
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    Answer: 78

    Newcastle led by 12 points in January but a slump cost them — they finished on 78, four behind United's 82.

13. Liverpool's unbeaten home league run ended at Anfield in 2017 — which club ended it?

    • Crystal Palace
    • Chelsea
    • Burnley
    • Man City
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    Answer: Crystal Palace

    A South London club ended a 21-month unbeaten home run with a 2-1 win in April 2017.

14. Which club won the Premier League with the fewest points of any champion — 75 points in 1996-97?

    • Liverpool
    • Man Utd
    • Arsenal
    • Chelsea
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    Answer: Man Utd

    That 75-point total remains the lowest for any Premier League champion in the three-points-per-win era.

15. Which of these Premier League seasons had the highest average goals per game?

    • 1992-93
    • 2022-23
    • 2018-19
    • 1999-00
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    Answer: 2022-23

    2022-23 set a 380-game record with 1,084 goals — about 2.85 per game — edging the 2018-19 mark of 2.82, before 2023-24 raised it again.

16. What shirt number did Gianfranco Zola wear throughout his Chelsea career (1996-2003)?

    • 21
    • 7
    • 10
    • 25
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    Answer: 25

    Zola wore #25 at Chelsea, a number he had also worn at Napoli and Parma. It sat unused for years until Moisés Caicedo took it in 2023 with Zola's blessing.

17. Who received a red card for Arsenal in the 2005 FA Cup final vs Manchester United?

    • Pires
    • Gilberto
    • Vieira
    • Reyes
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    Answer: Reyes

    Jose Antonio Reyes was dismissed for a second bookable offence in extra time, yet Arsenal still won on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

18. Which player was the FIRST to win the Premier League with two different clubs?

    • Nicolas Anelka
    • Carlos Tevez
    • Ashley Cole
    • Henning Berg
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    Answer: Henning Berg

    A Scandinavian defender claimed the milestone first.

19. Who was the second player (after Alan Shearer) to reach 100 Premier League career goals — doing so for Manchester United in February 1999?

    • Giggs
    • Dwight Yorke
    • Sheringham
    • Andy Cole
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    Answer: Andy Cole

    Cole reached his 100th PL goal in a 1-1 draw vs Arsenal at Old Trafford on 17 February 1999.

20. Who scored the first ever Premier League hat-trick — in Leeds United's 5-0 win over Tottenham on 25 August 1992?

    • Cantona
    • Les Ferdinand
    • Ian Wright
    • Alan Shearer
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    Answer: Cantona

    Eric Cantona scored 3 for Leeds vs Spurs at Elland Road. He had already scored a hat-trick in the Charity Shield that August (vs Liverpool 4-3).

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