Decode below three cipher riddles:

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

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

I go up and I go down.
I go up towards the beautiful sky and down toward the green ground.
I am present tense.
I am past tense too
Children love me.

Who Am I?

Why is the longest human nose just 11 inches?

What can go through glass without breaking it?

Which fur should we be getting from the Lion?

John speaks the truth only once a day in a week. Below are a few hints for you:

First: Days are Sunday, Monday and so on.
Second: One day he says, "I lie on Monday and Tuesday".
Third: On the next day, he says, "Today is either Thursday, Saturday or Sunday".
Fourth: On the next day, he says, "I lie on Wednesday and Friday".

Can you identify the day on which he speaks the truth?

What is red and smells like blue paint?

As a whole I am both
safe and secure.

Behead me and I become
a place of meeting.

Behead me again and I am
the partner of ready.

Restore me, and I become
the domain of beasts.

What am I?

What number should come in place of the question mark below?