Personal Details
He works for The Times newspaper in London and has set the weekday times2 quiz since July 2005. In 2001 Bjortomt was the joint winner of The Guardian's overall Student Journalist of the Year award. He has a History degree from the University of Nottingham and a Postgraduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism from Nottingham Trent University.
Bjortomt is currently a question setter for University Challenge.
He regularly appears in amateur productions in his home town Littlehampton, recently appearing as Omar Little in a re-enactment of thirteen of the best scenes from The Wire.
His parents are Norwegian and Filipino. He has two younger sisters and a younger brother.
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