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

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

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. He was best known as host of the

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''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

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. He joined the

Grand Orient of Italy The Grand Orient of Italy (GOI) () is an Italian masonic grand lodge founded in 1805; the viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais was instrumental in its establishment. It was based at the Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome, Italy from 1901 until 1985 and is no ...

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-film-actor-stub