1960s AMERICA

THE LAW
PARTY!

WORDS BEFORE WORDS

LONDON
200

At the 1964 World's Fair, Henry Ford II unveiled this pony car with a price near $2,300; Detroit ran wild as 400,000 sold in year one

the Mustang

200

2 main types of this in a divorce are legal (who makes big decisions about the kid's life) & physical (whom the moppet lives with)

custody

200

A website for this annual German event lists stats like visitors: 7.2 million & foiled mug thefts: 111,000

Oktoberfest

200

Bean,
market,
widow

black

200

The official London residence of the monarch, it has 775 rooms, including 19 state rooms

Buckingham Palace

400

Frank Weatherman, the last inmate to leave this island prison upon its 1963 closure, said it "never was no good"

Alcatraz

400

In general, an NDA, short for this agreement, is not enforceable against you if you're testifying under subpoena

non-disclosure agreement

400

Each year more than a million people hit the Cordão da Bola Preta ("cord of the black ball") to party at the center of this city

Rio de Janeiro

400

Carpet,
saucer,
colors

flying

400

Here's a view of this spot of about 350 acres, the site of national celebrations

Hyde Park

600

Let me stand next to your fire! 1967's Summer of Love reached a peak when Jimi Hendrix set his guitar ablaze at this pop festival

the Monterey Pop Festival

600

Many people trying to sue over the same thing may be certified as this group to prevent unfair variations in their outcomes

a class

600

Check out Loy Krathong, the festival of lights, held in places like Chiang Mai & Ayutthaya in this nation

Thailand

600

Climbing,
salt,
star

rock

600

This insurance biggie goes back to a group of underwriters who would meet at a local coffeehouse in the late 1600s

Lloyd's of London

800

23 days after Gagarin's flight in 1961, Alan Shepard lit the candle on this NASA project with a 15-minute suborbital journey

Mercury

800

All states have implied consent laws, so applying for a driver's license means agreeing to let police test this

your blood alcohol level

800

An article about these 2-word parties gone wrong included one dad-to-be causing $8 million in damages in a Tucson fire

a gender reveal

800

Clip,
towel,
money

paper

800

Its dome dominating London's skyline, it's been called Christopher Wren's Magnum opus

St. Paul's Cathedral

1000

In 1962 James Meredith became the first African-American student at this Southern university

the University of Mississippi

1000

The 2022 Dobbs Supreme Court decision mentions these 9th Amendment rights, a term for those protected but not specified

unenumerated rights

1000

Cool party, man... Ray Charles was on the bill in 1980 for this north-of-the-border city's first jazz festival

Montreal

1000

Winter,
family,
option

nuclear

1000

The name of this thoroughfare that connects the city & Westminster means shore, from its location near the Thames

the Strand