Puzzle: Mr. Willard verifies that students really did solve the previous puzzle correctly and then hands them a pen. On the outside of the pen is a note congratulating the teams on finishing Puzzle 1.
[Solution: Contestants realize they need to open the pen to obtain a piece of paper. On the piece of paper is printed:
KEVIN=6930 CHRIS=1368 JASON=X
Go to jchase.com/X
Contestants go to the web address to find the next puzzle. Each number is the least common multiple of the indices of each letter in the name (a=1, b=2, etc.). X=3990]
Hint 1: They say that writing can open up your mind.
Hint 2: Can I buy a vowel? And maybe a consonant too?
Hint 3: Despite everything that may divide us, human beings have a penchant for looking at what we have in common.