What does below science rebus mean?

Ag Ag Ag
Ag SPOON Ag
Ag Ag Ag

A man hijacks an aeroplane transporting both passengers(8 of them) and valuable cargo. After taking the cargo, the man demands nine parachutes, puts one of them on, and jumps, leaving the other eight behind. Why did he want eight?

In the given figure, move three matchsticks so that the resulting figure contains two rectangles.

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

In a kingdom, King George did not allow any citizen to visit the world outside. Also, only a person with proper paperwork was allowed to enter or he was sent back. A wooden bridge was what connected the kingdom to the world. The king had appointed a sharpshooter who would check the every five minutes on the bridge to check. After checking, he would go back to his hut and return exactly after five minutes again. The bridge took 9 minutes to cross.

A merchant was able to escape the kingdom without harming the shooter. How?

Decode below three cipher riddles:

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

I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?

Today, I celebrated my 32nd birthday but I was born in 1972.
How is this possible?

What is the next shape from answers A, B, C, and D figure?

I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?