APPROPRIATE FOR MINERS
COMPUTER CONNECTIONS
E BEFORE I
KINGS & QUEENS
COLORS OF THE RAINBOW
THERE'S AN EMOJI FOR THAT
200

A mining co. can get a Kimberley process certificate showing that these gems have been mined in a conflict-free environment

diamonds
200

Term for a system of interconnected computers & devices; a LAN is a "local area" one

network

200

A pale brown color

beige

200

This title was given to the rulers of ancient Egypt who were considered both monarchs & gods

pharaoh

200

Sad or gloomy

blue

200

A person in this seated, cross-legged yoga position

lotus

🧘

400

First name of Mr. Strauss, who heard California needed sturdy pants & filled the gap for miners, making a fortune

Levi

400

Nations get their own domain extensions; .dk is the one for this country

Denmark

400

From the Arabic for "old man", it's a tribal or village leader in parts of the Middle East

sheik

400

As she stepped up to the guillotine in 1793, this queen apologized to the executioner for stepping on his foot

Marie Antoinette

400

Unseasoned; verdant

green

400

For Trekkies, there's this gesture favored by Mr. Spock

live long and prosper (or the Vulcan salute)

🖖

600

The respiratory affliction coal-workers' pneumoconiosis is also known as "black" this body part

lung

600

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee gets questions like "Why are links" this color? ("There is no reason")

blue 

600

A organic compound composed of one or more chains of amino acids

protein

600

King Bhumibol reigned for 70 years in this Asian nation once known as Siam

Thailand

600

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Fear of Communists in early 1950s U.S. politics was this "scare"

red

600

This primate has 5 emojis, including smiling, hearing no evil, seeing no evil & speaking no evil

monkey

🐒🙈🙉🙊🐵

800

After 69 days deep in the Earth, in 2010 Florencio Avalos became the first of 33 miners rescued in this South American country

Chile

800

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Your online shopping cart couldn't stay up to date without these data packets that help websites track you

cookies

800

The French national anthem gets its name from this port city

Marseille

800

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia claimed descent from the Queen of Sheba & this Biblical king

Solomon

800

A sensational type of journalism

yellow

800

A man in a suit defies gravity & is doing this synonym for floating, from the Latin for "light"

levitating

🕴️

1000

In 1986 Britain ended its decades-long practice of using these birds as sentinels in coal mines

canaries

1000

Microsoft's Internet Explorer uses "favorites" where other browsers use this word from the non-wired world

bookmarks
1000

Clearly, you're under this type of close observation

surveillance

1000

Due to legislative action of 1707, she was officially the last monarch of independent Scotland

Queen Anne

1000

New Jersey's state flower

violet

1000

Tree choices include evergreen & this type that, by definition, sheds its leaves annually

deciduous

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