Febo Conti (25 December 1926 – 16 December 2012) was an Italian TV and radio presenter and actor. Born in

Bresso Bresso (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan. At the 2001 census the municipality had a population of 26,255 inhabitants and a population densit ...

, Conti started his career as radio-host in Radio Italia Nord, and then in

RTSI Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana (; RSI, abbreviated as RTSI until 28 February 2009) is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation, part of SRG SSR. RSI handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programs in Italian ...

. He was best known as host of the RAI TV

quiz show A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or demonstrative and are typically directed by a host, sh ...

''Chissà chi lo sa?'' (trad. "''Who knows, who knows?''") that put in front two teams of students from different schools with an encyclopedia as the prize. The show was a huge success and it was broadcast for thirteen years. Conti was also co-founder and, between 1975 and 1980, manager of the theme park

Gardaland Gardaland Resort is an amusement park located in northeastern Italy. Opened on 19 July 1975, the resort includes Gardaland Park, Gardaland Sea-Life, Legoland Waterpark, Gardaland Hotel, Adventure Hotel and Magic Hotel. It is adjacent to Lake Ga ...

. He joined the

Grand Orient of Italy The Grand Orient of Italy (GOI) ( it, Grande Oriente d'Italia) is an Italian masonic grand lodge founded in 1805; the viceroy Eugene of Beauharnais was instrumental in its establishment. It was based at the Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome, Italy fr ...

in 1966 and became Grand Master in 1973.

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* Italian male film actors 1926 births Italian male writers Italian male stage actors Italian television presenters 2012 deaths Italian radio presenters People from the Metropolitan City of Milan Male actors from Lombardy Italian businesspeople {{Italy-actor-stub