Gettu betur

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Gettu betur
Format	Quiz show
Created by	Sjónvarpið
Starring	Sigmar Guðmundsson (host, 2006-) and Páll Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (judge, 2008)
Country of origin	Iceland
Broadcast
Original channel	Sjónvarpið
Original run	1986 – present

Gettu betur (English: Better guess) is a top-rated annual Icelandic quiz show, broadcast by Sjónvarpið. The contestants are three in each team, students from Iceland's gymnasiums. There are five rounds of knock-out, the first two are broadcast on radio and then the quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals on television. Around 30 schools participate every year.

Gettu betur was first held in 1986. Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík has won the contest 14 times overall, first in 1988 and then 11 times in a row, from 1993-2003, both years included and again in 2007 and 2008. Seven other schools have won the contest.