The second person was smart because he recognized "Iodine" as the element rather than the more commonly-known ("tincture of") antiseptic. The class was chemists.
If the second person had said, "Mercurochrome", the list would be very different indeed.
“Faith moves mountains, but only knowledge moves them to the right place” -- Joseph Goebbels
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