Can you decipher the following common phrase?

T M C
A U O
H S M
W T E

Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands? What is it?

Mr. Buttons was all set to go to the village of Buttonland to meet his friend. So, he packed his bags and left for the village at 5 in the morning. Upon travelling on a road for miles, he came across a point where the road diverged into two. He was confused on which road to take. He gazed around and he saw two owls sitting on a branch. He thought he could ask for directions for the village from the two owls. So he went to the tree. There he saw a sign which read, "One owl always lies, and one is always truthful. They both fly away if you ask them more than 1 question."
Mr. Buttons was caught in the dilemma of what to ask? And from which owl to ask, since he only had one question. What should Mr. Buttons ask?

Andrew sees a very rare bird named "Ruppell's vulture". Soon Andrew was dead. Can you explain the mystery, Mr. Sherlock?

Most people think of me as money. But when they find me in the water, they won’t get any money out of me. What am I?

Decode below three cipher riddles:

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

John was piloting a plane behind a car but was never able to overtake it. Why?

What brings you down but never up?

A seven-year-old kid challenged his classmates that he can make the number one disappear by adding something to it.

How can he do that?

In one of the popular batman series movie "Batman Forever", there was a riddle that goes like "Tear me off and then scratch my head and I was red then and now I am back. Who am I?