1) This refers to pots used for both cooking and storing food. However, utensils used only for cooking, such as frying pans, are considered a utensil whose primary function is prohibited on Shabbat. Therefore one could only move a frying pan if one needs the space its resting in, or one needs to use it for a permitted purpose, but not to protect it from damage or theft. Of course, if the frying pan contained food when Shabbat began, it would not be considered ''muktzeh'' (See Mishna Berurah 308:20). 2) This includes a Megillah scroll (see Mishna Berurah 308:22). 3) This doesn't include animal food.

1) Therefore it's like an act of building, which is prohibited on Shabbat. Others say that nullifying the functionality of the container is the same as demolishing, which is also prohibited (See Mishna Berurah 510:20; see also Chapter 75:11). 2) As already stated, all animals are ''muktzeh''. 3) Between sunset and the appearance of three stars on Friday afternoon.

1) One should be careful not to make a hole when taking the dirt or sand, for that would be a violation of the prohibition against ploughing or, according to some, against building (See Mishna Berurah 308:143). Dirt and sand that have not been set aside are considered inherently muktzeh and may not be handled for any purpose on Shabbat. 2) This is true even if the owner's intention was to use the dirt on Shabbat; since he scattered it where others will step all over it, it becomes nullified and is considered part of the floor (Mishna Berurah 308:144). See the Biur Halachah 308:38 for a discussion as to whether this applies only to dirt floors. 3) One should be careful not to kill a fly in the process.