The initial letters from the nursery rhyme, Hickory Dickory Dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory, dock.
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Puzzle 266
What is the minimum number of queens required on a chessboard such that all squares are attacked?
Answer
In the phrase 'my bucket and your spade', the gap between 'my' and 'and' is the same as the gap between 'and' and 'spade', namely one word.
Indeed, this logic can be continued to give the following sentence. In the first sentence the gap between 'and and' and 'and and' is seven words, et cetera.
And, 1412 = one one, one four, one one, one two = 11141112.
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