Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:


1)  This curmudgeon supposedly said, "Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad."

2)  This tenor player often played with Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith.

3)  In the periodic table, "I" stands for this element.


Answers:

1)  W.C. Fields - Although a very commonly attributed to Fields himself, this is derived from a statement which was actually first said about him by Leo Rosten during a roast at the Masquer's Club in Hollywood in 1939, as Rosten explains in his book, The Power of Positive Nonsense (1977) "The only thing I can say about W. C. Fields ... is this: Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad."

2)  Stanley Turrentine

3)  Iodine