A Brisbane teen, Jennifer Mai from Brisbane State High School in year ten, has won the brainiest student award at the 2018 Australian Brain Bee Award.
137 students from 43 schools in the state competed in the challenge, narrowing down to ten finalists facing off in two rounds of live questioning.
A group of three emerged: Jennifer, runner-up Meghan Camp from Kirwan State High School and third-placed Markus Brits from Westside Christian College.
But because all were neck-and-neck until the final round judges were forced to go to a tie-break to produce a clear winner.