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First episode date 1986 Audio format Stereophonic sound | 6.5/10 IMDb Directed by Helgi Jóhannesson Country of origin Iceland Executive producer Andrés Indriðason | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Presented by Jon Gustafsson & Þorgeir Ástvaldsson (1986)Hermann Gunnarsson (1987)Vernharður Linnet (1988-1989)Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (1990)Stefán Jón Hafstein (1991-1994)Ómar Ragnarsson (1995)Davíð Þór Jónsson (1996-1998)Logi Bergmann Eiðsson (1999-2005)Sigmar Guðmundsson (2006-2008)Eva María Jónsdóttir (2009-2010)Edda Hermannsdóttir (2011-2013)Björn Bragi Arnarsson (2014-) Similar Spaugstofan, Áramótaskaupið, Kastljós, Game show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gettu betur (English: Make a Better Guess) is an Icelandic team quiz show, broadcast on public television channel RÚV. Each team consists of three students from each of Iceland's gymnasiums. Two teams play against each other in each episode. Two preliminary rounds are broadcast on radio station Rás 2, followed by televised quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds on RÚV. Thirty schools participated in the 2011 season. The current host is Björn Bragi Arnarsson.
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Gettu betur was first held in 1986. Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík has won the contest 20 times overall, first in 1988, and then eleven times in a row, from 1993 to 2003, from 2007 to 2010 and in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016. The only other school to win more than once is Akureyri Junior College, with three wins.
Board game
A competitive trivia board game based on the show was introduced in 2001, containing over 2000 question cards. A lighter family edition was also published subsequently.
Appearances in popular culture
The show has a prominent role in the plot of Arndís Þórarinsdóttir's 2011 novel Játningar mjólkurfernuskálds.
