JUST FOR FUN SHED TRIVIA



JUST FOR FUN SHED TRIVIA

|1. |Which children’s author told his grandchildren and children his shed was filled with ferocious wolves to enable him to|

| |write his novels in peace? |

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| |JM Barrie |AA Milne |Roald Dahl |

|2. |What percentage of men admit to going to their shed to avoid their partners? |

| |15% |26% |35% |

|3. |What is the most common type of shed in the Bible? |

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|4. |In which month is National Shed Week? |

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|5. |A 15 year old got arrested in 1995 for trying to build what in his parents shed? |

| |Nuclear reactor |Cannabis Factory |Full size robot |

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|6. |The word Shed comes from the Anglo-Saxon word meaning what? |

| |Shelter |Shade |Shack |

|7. |What percentage of Brits own a shed? |

| |48% |55% |67% |

|8. |True or False the parody book fifty sheds of grey outsold the original novel? |

| |True |False |

|9. |In Slavic Folklore Baba Yaga is a witchlike creature that lives in sheds and is feared for…. |

| |Stealing Cattle |Kidnapping Children |Casting Curses |

|10. |What percentage of men admin to preferring to spend time in their sheds than with their in laws? |

| |21% |57% |82% |

|11. |What is most often “shed” in Shakespeare? |

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|12. |Which English city is the band Shed Seven from? |

| |York |Liverpool |Manchester |

|13 |Whose shed is now a Grade II listed building? |

| |Benjamin Britten |Edward Elgar |J M W Turner |

|14. |Where was the worlds largest Shed and who owned it? |

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|15. |The Ancient Egyptian deity Shed was God of what? |

| |Danger |Gardens |Travel |

|16. |In what year did the first Men’s Shed open in Australia? |

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|17. |Which football team started in 1857 with a potting shed as their base? |

| |Manchester United |Sheffield FC |Aston Villa |

|18. |Which playwright built a revolving shed to make best use of natural daylight when writing? |

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| |George Bernard Shaw |Alan Ayckbourn |Harold Pinter |

|19. |When was the first recorded use of the word Shed? |

| |1481 |1501 |1532 |

|20. |The Guinness Book of Records includes which shed related record? |

| |Largest shed |Oldest Shed |Fastest Shed |

Answers are available from MDCVS staff and will be published on the Shed website on Tuesday 23rd September

maldonshed.btck.co.uk

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