The London mayor, Boris Johnson, has proven that a high IQ and an Eton education are of little help when someone asks the cost of a cash tube fare from Angel to London Bridge live on air.
After struggling for a minute to answer the question on an LBC radio phone-in, Johnson also failed two questions from a quiz presented like an IQ test and refused to attempt to answer a third, saying: “No one said IQ is the only measure of ability”.
It was his first public appearance since he caused controversy by suggesting some people struggle to get on in life because of their low IQs, adding that the bigger cornflakes tended to end up at the top of the packet .... http://www.theguardian.com
