Jeff Foxworthy
publication date: Friday, August 8, 2025 (part of August 2025)
category: Comedy
clue: This blue-collared comedian is revered for his extensive work defining the hypothetical qualifications for redneck status, and has proposed a narrow, 5th-grader-based definition of intelligence.
explanation: Foxworthy's best-known comedy routine is known for the repeated line, "you might be a redneck." He hosted the game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? for multiple stints beginning in 2009. more…
intended difficulty: very easy
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and LaVonne Lemler
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