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UK Town and City Trivia - Sheffield

Can you guess these facts about the UK city of Sheffield?
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Last updated: December 4, 2025
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Nickname of Sheffield due to its industrial heritage in making a particular alloy
Steel City
Inventor of a way of making the above alloy that greatly improved Sheffield's fortunes
Henry Bessemer
Largest of the rivers that flows through Sheffield
Don
Sheffield theatre best known for hosting snooker's most prestigious tournament
Crucible
Art and design museum that houses Sheffield's 'metalwork collection'
Millennium Gallery
Route number of the road that connects Sheffield with Glossop via the Snake Pass
A57
Sheffield-born musician and front-man of the 'Britpop' band Pulp
Jarvis Cocker
Sheffield's two professional football teams
Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield United
Name given to metal items made by fusing a thin sheet of silver on to copper
Sheffield plate
Sheffield born athlete who won Olympic heptathlon gold in 2012
Jessica Ennis-Hill
1997 film, set in Sheffield about unemployed workers who set up a striptease act
The Full Monty
Sheffield-born football player who went on to play for Leicester City and England
Jamie Vardy
One of two universities in Sheffield
Sheffield Hallam
Rock band from Sheffield who had a hit with 'Do I Wanna Know?'
Arctic Monkeys
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