Gettu betur | |
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Genre | Game show |
Created by | Jon Gustafsson, Steinar J. Lúðvíksson |
Developed by | Andrés Indriðason |
Directed by | Helgi Jóhannesson |
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 (2014-2018) Kristjana Arnarsdóttir (2019-) |
Theme music composer | Magnús Kjartansson |
Country of origin | Iceland |
Production | |
Executive producer | Andrés Indriðason (1991 - present) |
Production locations | RÚV Studios, Reykjavík, Iceland (current) |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | Approx. 60 minutes |
Production company | RÚV |
Original release | |
Network | RÚV |
Release | 1986 present | –
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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 one of Iceland's high schools or colleges. Two teams play against each other in each episode. Two preliminary rounds are broadcast on radio station Rás 2, followed by televised quarter-final, semi-final and final rounds on RÚV. Thirty schools participated in the 2011 season. The current host is Kristjana Arnarsdóttir.
Gettu betur was first held in 1986.[1] 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 schools to win more than once are Menntaskólinn á Akureyri, with three wins and Kvennaskólinn í Reykjavík with two.