Question: On which date did Chelsea host an entirely foreign starting line-up and therefore become the first team to do so?
Answer: 26 December 1999

Question: On which date did Arsenal name a fully foreign 16-man squad for a match?
Answer: 14 February 2005

Question: Why did the Home Office change it rules regardin work permits in 1999?
Answer: In response to concerns that clubs were increasingly passing over young English players in favour of foreign players

Question: What was one of their changes?
Answer: A non-EU player applying for the permit must have played for his country in at least 75 per cent of its competitive 'A' team matches

Question: What was another requirement of foreign players?
Answer: his country must have averaged at least 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings over the previous two years.

Question: Could a club appeal a requirement?
Answer: If a player does not meet those criteria, the club wishing to sign him may appeal.

Question: In which year did the Home Office tighten rules on granting work permits to foreign football players?
Answer: 1999

Question: For what percent must a player play of the competitive A team matches for which he was available for selection in the previous two years to get a work permit from the Home OFfice?
Answer: 75

Question: Over the last two years, what rank must a player's team average at least in order for them to receive a work permit from the Home Office?
Answer: 70th place

Question: What can a club do if a player they wish to sign does not meet the Home Office's work permit requirements?
Answer: appeal

Question: When are the transfer windows?
Answer: The two transfer windows run from the last day of the season to 31 August and from 31 December to 31 January.

Question: Can players be transferred under an emergency outside the transfer windows?
Answer: Player registrations cannot be exchanged outside these windows except under specific licence from the FA, usually on an emergency basis.

Question: What new rule was put into practice during the 2010-11 season?
Answer: As of the 2010–11 season, the Premier League introduced new rules mandating that each club must register a maximum 25-man squad of players aged over 21,

Question: Why was this new rule put into effect?
Answer: This was to enable the 'home grown' rule to be enacted,

Question: When can a player be transferred?
Answer: Players may only be transferred during transfer windows that are set by the Football Association.

Question: During which time can a player be transferred from one European football league to another?
Answer: transfer windows

Question: How many transfer windows are available each year from the Football Association?
Answer: two

Question: On which basis are transfers outside of transfer windows licenced?
Answer: emergency

Question: What is the maximum number of players able to be registered to a Premier League team?
Answer: 25

Question: How many of a 25-member Premier League squad must be from the UK or Ireland?
Answer: 8

Question: Have transfer fees been increasing over the past years?
Answer: The record transfer fee for a Premier League player has risen steadily over the lifetime of the competition.

Question: What was the record breaking transfer fee in 1996?
Answer: Alan Shearer made a record breaking £15 million move to Newcastle United in 1996.

Question: In 2009, what was the transfer fee for Cristiano Ronaldo?
Answer: Manchester United's sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for £80 million in 2009,

Question: What was the transfer fee for Gareth Bale in 2013.
Answer: Tottenham Hotspur selling Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for £85 million in 2013,

Question: What was Luis Suarez's transfer fee in 2014?
Answer: Liverpool selling Luis Suárez to Barcelona for £75 million in 2014.

Question: Who was the first British player in the Premier League to receive a transfer fee greater than £3 million?
Answer: Alan Shearer

Question: Who was the first British player in the Premier League to receive a transfer fee greater than £15 million?
Answer: Alan Shearer

Question: Who paid £15 million to transfer Alan Shearer to their club?
Answer: Newcastle United

Question: In which year did Newcastle United pay £15 million to transfer Alan Shearer to their club?
Answer: 1996

Question: For how much did Tottenham Hotspur sell Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for in 2013?
Answer: £85 million

Question: Who is the Golden Boot award given to each season?
Answer: The Golden Boot is awarded to the top Premier League scorer at the end of each season.

Question: Who has the record for most goals in the Premier League?
Answer: Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260

Question: How many players have achieved 100 goals?
Answer: Twenty-four players have reached the 100-goal mark

Question: How many different players have won the top scorer title?
Answer: 14 different players from 10 different clubs have won or shared the top scorers title.

Question: Who has the record for scoring the most goals in single season?
Answer: Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively.

Question: To whom is the Golden Boot award given to?
Answer: the top Premier League scorer

Question: Who holds the record for the most goals in the Premier League?
Answer: 260

Question: How many players have 100 goals or more in the Premier League?
Answer: Twenty-four

Question: How many different players have won or shared the top scorer title in the Premier League?
Answer: 14

Question: Who had scored four overall scoring titles as of the 2006 season?
Answer: Thierry Henry

Question: What is the Premier League Championship trophy based on?
Answer: The design of the trophy is based on the heraldry of Three Lions that is associated with English football.

Question: Where on the trophy can two of the lions be seen?
Answer: Two of the lions are found above the handles on either side of the trophy

Question: Where can the third lion be seen?
Answer: the third is symbolised by the captain of the title winning team as he raises the trophy, and its gold crown, above his head at the end of the season

Question: What do the ribbons on the trophy mean?
Answer: The ribbons that drape the handles are presented in the team colours of the league champions that year.

Question: The Golden Boot is made of sterling silver, silver gilt and which semi-precious stone?
Answer: malachite

Question: On what type of metal band are the title-winning clubs listed on the Golden Boot?
Answer: silver

Question: What does the green colour of Malachite on the Golden Boot represent?
Answer: the green field of play

Question: How many lions are found on the Golden Boot?
Answer: Two

Question: Who symbolizes the third lion not found on the Golden Boot trophy?
Answer: the captain of the title winning team

Question: When did the Roman Republic begin?
Answer: 509 BC

Question: When did the Roman Republic end?
Answer: 27 BC

Question: What marked the beginning of the Roman Republic?
Answer: the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom

Question: When was Cleopatra defeated at the Battle of Actium?
Answer: 31 BC

Question: What do most consider to be the event that ended the Roman Republic?
Answer: Roman Senate's grant of extraordinary powers to Octavian

Question: Who elected consuls in the Roman government?
Answer: citizens

Question: Who eventually became full members of the aristocracy?
Answer: leading plebeian families

Question: What were Rome's legislative structures eventually turned into?
Answer: the Justinian Code

Question: What was the senate that advised consuls in the Roman government comprised of?
Answer: appointed magistrates

Question: What went hand and hand with military success?
Answer: political success

Question: What factor is considered by some to be the main driving force behind the expansion of Rome?
Answer: inter-state factors