Football quiz: Premier League hat-tricks

1. Who has scored the most hat-tricks in the Premier League?

   1. Wayne Rooney

   2. Alan Shearer

   3. Thierry Henry

   4. Robbie Fowler

2. Who is the only Scotland player to have a scored a hat-trick in the Premier League in the 21st century?

   1. Steven Fletcher

   2. Darren Fletcher

   3. Steven Naismith

   4. Robert Snodgrass

3. Which club has scored a record 38 hat-tricks in the Premier League?

   1. Arsenal

   2. Manchester United

   3. Newcastle

   4. Liverpool

4. Who is the only player from the US to have scored a hat-trick in the Premier League?

   1. Landon Donovan

   2. Cobi Jones

   3. Claudio Reyna

   4. Clint Dempsey

5. Who was the first player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League?

   1. Brian Deane

   2. Teddy Sheringham

   3. Eric Cantona

   4. Gordon Strachan

6. Three English players have scored hat-tricks for three different clubs in the Premier League. Which of these players hasn't?

   1. Kevin Campbell

   2. Les Ferdinand

   3. Teddy Sheringham

   4. Andy Cole

7. Who is the only player to have scored three hat-tricks against the same club?

   1. Alan Shearer

   2. Luis Suárez

   3. Andy Cole

   4. Michael Owen

8. Which club was Alan Shearer playing for when he scored five hat-tricks in one season?

   1. Southampton

   2. Blackburn Rovers

   3. Newcastle United

9. Only one of these teams has scored a hat-trick in the Premier League. Which one?

   1. Hull City

   2. Swansea City

   3. Watford

   4. Crystal Palace

10. Who holds the record for the fastest Premier League hat-trick – at two minutes and 56 seconds?

    1. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

    2. Riyad Mahrez

    3. Robbie Fowler

    4. Sadio Mané

Solutions

1:B - Shearer scored 11, with Fowler second on nine, 2:C - Seven Scots have scored hat-tricks in the league but six of those came between 1992 and 1998., 3:A - Kevin Campbell was the first, in 1993, and Alexis Sánchez was the most recent, in 2016., 4:D - For Fulham in a 5-0 win against Newcastle in 2012, 5:C - For Leeds against Tottenham in August 1992., 6:D - Although he is one of the few players to have scored five goals in a Premier League game., 7:B - Against Norwich City. Suárez also scored hat-tricks against Wigan and West Brom, 8:B - Shearer scored hat-tricks against Coventry, Nottingham Forest, West Ham, Bolton and Tottenham in the 1995-96 season – but Blackburn didn't win the league., 9:D - Yannick Bolasie scored one for Palace against Sunderland in 2015, 10:D - Mané scored three goals in less than three minutes against Aston Villa in 2015.

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