PUZZLE THREE - BRAIN OF 2008 COMPETITION

Part 1 - Jack, Demetria, Jules, Dan and Jane were five students who travelled to New Mexico together but split up when they arrived. Travelling back to the airport after their adventures, they left a load of stuff on the bus shown on the table below. Can you work out from what is shown & the clues below the picture, what they did, where each one stayed and what items probably belonged to each one. Most information deduced wins top score.

'The Truth is out there.'

OR --Part 2 - A short story of 1000 words or less using five items from the table and at least two of the characters. Most inventive & entertaining also wins top score.

Jack, the Mathematics student spent so much time playing and supporting games both online and off, his mother had to buy his backpack in the local Cribb's Causeway Mall. He wasn't the guy who wanted to attend the Thunder in the Desert Event but paid $9-00 for chile and sopapillas at a restaurant at a place he was drawn to because of its game-sounding name.

The Ecologist, Anthropology student and his Line-Dancing History student wife chose separate accommodation in different areas to suit their individual interests.His smoking didn't suit where he was staying at Farmington and her strumming irritated fellow residents at the ranch where she stayed. She fractured her ankle at the famous 'Mutton-Bustin' nearby.

Demetria had been named after her dad's favourite filmstar who, coincidentally had been born where Demetria stayed and where she found some fun gifts for her family. She was disappointed the Rocketry guy wasn't interested in meeting up with her especially to visit one local place of interest. Demetria's studies took her to Socorro.

Jules was not the guy who stayed with a FLARE member nor does he carry a photo of the 'Countess of Abbingdon'.

The guy who stayed at the hotel with hi-speed internet advertised and who lost all his cash at a local casino, was not the myopic Rocketry student guy who had a ghostly encounter at a Mesilla restaurant though the names of the hotel, casino and restaurant were similar. Neither of them stayed at Cerrillos.

The female student who went to Fort Sumner was not the person who bought the $7-50 30-day RoadRUNNER card.