School Bus Scramble
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Help! It's Miss Appleday's first day of school, and she has to make sure all her first graders get on the right buses and go home with the right backpacks. Most of her students are safely on their buses, but she still has four students to send on their way. Can you help Miss Appleday remember the students' first and last names, which backpack to give each child, and which school bus will take each child home?
First names: Joaquin, Ray, Reiko, Shantel,
Last names: Diamond, Galvez, Johnson, Rivero
The buses are labelled by color: Green, Grey, Magenta, Red
Backpacks: Hello Kitty, Powerpuff Girls, Power Rangers, Scooby-Doo
1. Reiko loves her Hello Kitty backpack which was a birthday gift from her grandma. She remembers which bus color is hers because it starts with the same letter as her last name.
2. Two students have alliterative first and last names.
3. The boy who loves Power Rangers does not take the Grey Bus.
4. Ray moved over the summer and doesn't take the Red Bus anymore. He's grumpy today because he has to use his older sister's "girly" backpack (he wrecked his own yesterday playing tug-of-war with the dog).
5. Young Mr. Johnson rides the Green Bus to school.
6. The Scooby-Doo backpack was left on the Red Bus this morning. Luckily, the bus driver found it and brought it into the school.
Answer
Joaquin Johnson takes the Green Bus and carries a Power Rangers backpack.
Ray Rivero rides the Magenta Bus and is grumpy about carrying his sister's hand-me-down Powerpuff Girls backpack.
Reiko Galvez remembers that she rides the Grey Bus and loves her Hello Kitty backpack.
Shantel Diamond left her Scooby-Doo backpack on the Red Bus this morning.
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Comments
Yankeejimg 
May 21, 2007
| It was a fun teaser. But, I don't really think Joaquin Johnson is alliterative.  |
Smeraldina   
May 21, 2007
| Hee! Fair enough. I was thinking just in terms of J +J, but you make a good point. Glad you enjoyed it, anyway. It's my first one, and I appreciate the feedback.  |
Smeraldina   
May 21, 2007
| Ooh! And if anyone can help me fix the typos, I really appreciate it.  |
chaskey   
May 21, 2007
| Good one! I had to do this seemingly simple one twice, because I misread the first clue in my haste to be smart. Trickier than it first appears.  |
Nishoo
May 21, 2007
| Nice and Easy one..but very well done. Great Job ..especially the alliterative clue (JJ and RR) |
HarryPutter   
May 21, 2007
| pretty nice but not beautiful  |
tintiniscool   
May 21, 2007
| Great job on your first teaser! Easy, yet fun!  |
mathmaniac   
May 21, 2007
| great job! i got through everything but wasnt finished and was like, oh crap i missed something! the alliteration had skipped by me, lol!! great job, i liked it!  |
Madelulabelle   
May 22, 2007
| Good one! I actually managed to get it! |
locomom   
May 27, 2007
| Thanks for the teaser. Congrats on it being your first one! I hope you make lots more of them.  |
NiseyD 
Jun 15, 2007
| slightly confusing .. I thought it was what they did own! like on the summer he didnt catch the red bus .. what summer holidays I thought? So normally he would catch the red bus being the answer & his sisters Powder puff girl bag wasnt his so why was it the answer? sorry I read it in a totally different light! fun though well done! |
MorbidLies   
Jul 27, 2007
| fun i got confused once, but it was because i was reading the clues the wrong way. |
chickwithbrains  
Sep 10, 2007
| that was a fun one -- different types of clues are always refreshing!  |
smartsandsoccer   
Dec 22, 2007
| I kave no idea why i couldn't figure out Reiko and Ray's last names, but besides that good teaser.  |
caberet   
Sep 12, 2009
| Ray Rivero is alliterative but the only other option, Joaquin Johnson, is not. While they do both start with the same letter, the "Js" are pronounced totally different from each other. Other than that, nice puzzle. |
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