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Sandra Birgitte "Sandi" Toksvig OBE (, (:ˌsand̥i ˈtˢʌɡ̊sʋiːˀ); born 3 May 1958) is a British-Danish writer, actor, comedian, presenter and producer on British radio and television, and political activist. Toksvig was the host of ''The News Quiz'' on BBC Radio 4 from 2006 until June 2015. She also presented the quiz show ''1001 Things You Should Know'' on Channel 4 television in 2012-13 and began hosting a revived series of the same channel's classic game show ''Fifteen to One'' on 5 April 2014. In 2016 she will take over from Stephen Fry as host of the popular BBC television quiz show ''QI''. She is joint founder of the Women's Equality Party (established in March 2015), was installed as Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth in October 2012, and is the current president of the Women of the Year Lunch. ==Early life== Toksvig was born in Copenhagen. Her father, Claus Toksvig, was a foreign correspondent for the Danish television channel Danmarks Radio, so Toksvig spent most of her youth outside Denmark. Her mother, Julie Anne Toksvig (née Brett) was British. In 1969, while her father was covering the Apollo 11 Mission, Toksvig held hands with Neil Armstrong's secretary as Armstrong stepped onto the moon. She attended Tormead School, an independent girls' school near Guildford, when her father was based in London. Her first job was a position as a follow spot operator for the musical ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' at the age of 18. She studied law, archaeology and anthropology at Girton College, Cambridge, graduating with a first-class degree and receiving two prizes for outstanding achievement (The Raemakers and the Theresa Montefiore Awards). One of her law tutors was Lord Denning.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=QI - Series I - Inequality - British Comedy Guide )〕 Her elder brother, Nick Toksvig, attended Hull University and was a friend of journalist and Beirut hostage John McCarthy, with whom Sandi Toksvig undertook a yachting adventure around Britain in 1995. Her sister Jenifer Toksvig is a musical theatre author and lyricist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sandi Toksvig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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