Can you solve the tricky chess rebus puzzle below by ciphering the hidden meaning?

What is red and smells like blue paint?

I have one of the three numbers: 1, 2, or 3 in my mind. I speak only truth. You can ask me just one question for which I will only reply in yes or no or don't know. What question will you ask from me so that you are able to know the number?

You walk into a room where there are three primates held in their respective cages:
1) A lion who is eating the flesh of a goat.
2) An orangutan who is playing with blocks.
3) A donkey who is sitting idle.

Who is the most intelligent primate in the room?

It can't be seen, can't be felt, can't be heard, and can't be smelt.
It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills.
It comes first and follows after, Ends life, and kills laughter.
What is it?

What number divided by 4 is the same as that number minus 4?

In which direction should the missing arrow point?

What word begins and ends with an E, but has only one letter?

Decode below three cipher riddles:

26 L of the A
7 D of the W
1000 Y in a M

A very interesting trivia question for all.

Why do men's shirts have their buttons on the right side and women's have buttons on the left-hand side?