epic fail in tok essay.

anyways. i started reading Outliers and it’s actually quite interesting (unlike doing tok essays… fail.) came by a question on an IQ test for geniuses. Can you guess the answer? [i'll put the answer on my next post]

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“Teeth is to Hen as Nest is to _______”?

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(please don’t look it up and then triumphantly answer and revel in your genius. No.)

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Another question that should be on reach for the top:

fastest way to become barred from entering a nuclear reactor? eat 4 bananas.

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the answer is “mare”.

The expression “as scarce as hen’s teeth” means that it doesn’t exist (because they don’t). The original meaning of “mare’s nest” is something illusory–or doesn’t exist.

In addition to the parallel meaning between the two expressions or idioms, there is also a parallel construction, with a possessive in each case: hen’s teeth; mare’s nest.

This is important in an analogy question, which requires an exact parallel for the answer to be correct (A is to B as X is to Y).

As Justin pointed out, it’s definitely not fair because it’s cultural… but oh well, if you had the same reasons, I suppose that makes you 50% of a genius. or 99.9999%. Take your pick.