Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2024 February 2

= February 2 =

SAT Study Guide With Holmes and Watson
In the early 1990s, a study guide (in the United States) for the SAT existed in which the author explained the test preparation concepts using a narrative (or "frame story") in which the characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson attempted to solve the test questions. Does anyone recall or know where to find that book? Thank you. If this is not the correct reference desk/forum, please let me know. --216.15.56.15 (talk) 02:45, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Dual carriageway
This highlights two railway stations between which the journey on foot (9 minutes) is up to two hours shorter than the journey by train. Are there any similar stations? The journey at times when people want to travel is much longer than the journey at times when they don't because the service between Stratford and Southend Central only functions late at night and at weekends. I know that you can reach London from Bury St Edmunds or Oxford in much the same time setting off in either direction but this is something different. 2A00:23C7:2B14:A201:2DD5:2589:987E:3A6 (talk) 16:04, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Not reliable sources by WP standards, but there have been various threads about this on RailUK Forums over the years. This is one with quite a lot of suggestions.  For more, and for discussions of similar quirks, use the Search function and some appropriate keywords (threads like this are always prefixed "Trivia:", so I did a search on Trivia station distance, for example (without quotes).  Hassocks 5489 (Floreat Hova!)  16:12, 2 February 2024 (UTC)
 * There are several London Underground journeys that are much quicker on foot, but maybe not with the differential quoted by the OP. Alansplodge (talk) 17:58, 2 February 2024 (UTC)