CJ de Mooi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

CJ de Mooi

British quizzer

Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1969

Place of Birth: Barnsley, England, United Kingdom

Profession: chess player, autobiographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Connagh Joseph "CJ" de Mooi (pronounced [d? mo?i?]; born Andrew Paul Booth on 5 November 1969) is a British professional quizzer and television personality.
He first appeared on television quiz show Eggheads in 2003, as one of five original members of the show's eponymous team.
In December 2011, de Mooi announced he had left Eggheads permanently to pursue an acting career.
He appeared in broadcast episodes until August 2012 and was replaced on the show by Dave Rainford.
However, he returned to a new, short-lived format of Eggheads in 2014 called Revenge of the Egghead.
He stated he returned because of his 'love of the show'.
He then returned to the main version of Eggheads replacing Daphne Fowler. In 2016, De Mooi was accused of sexual assault but was subsequently cleared.
He stated that he had been dismissed from Eggheads and had relocated to South Africa, to pursue a career in acting.
In September 2016 he was arrested on suspicion of a murder allegedly committed in 1988, under a European Arrest Warrant issued in the Netherlands, regarding claims reported to have been made in his autobiography.
In October 2016, a judge at Westminster Magistrates' Court declined the extradition request and said a European arrest warrant should never have been issued.