Step 1 : Introduction to the question "1. A person who has failed a test or lost a challenge is said to be what?"
...1. up on a limb 2. down for the count 3. down the up staircase 4. up to no good "Down for the count" comes from the sport of boxing when a competitor has been knocked down or out by an opponent or cannot continue in a match. The boxing referee counts to ten; and if the faltering competitor cannot get up before the count of ten and return to the match, he or she is "counted out" by the referee and loses the match.
