It's when a term paper is supposed to be submitted or a baby is expected to be born
a due date
The young orphan protagonist in "Great Expectations" is known by this 3-letter name
pip
Puerto Rico & Cuba are known for light-bodied forms of this liquor; Jamaica goes heavier
rum
In the 1960s this U.S. port city was the place where Haight became love & the Dead, Grateful
Starting in the 19th c., these agreements named for a Swiss city set humane norms for prisoners & noncombatants during wartime
The Geneva Convention
This flower/body part mash-up describes a coward
lily livered
"Dragonfly in Amber", a sequel to this novel, finds Claire back in the 1960s, seeking what happened to Jamie in the 1740s
outlander
This blue ribbon beer company also provides hard coffee & stronger seltzer
pabst
2020 obituaries of football Hall of Famer Fred Dean noted he was 68 & had 13 of these, 3 generations removed from him
great-grandchildren
This disease that killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century alone was declared eradicated in 1980
small pox
This North American bird went the way of the dodo in 1914
passenger pidgeon
In the title of a Seth Grahame-Smith parody novel, Abe Lincoln has this unusual title job added to his traditional duties
vampire hunter
Mexicans drink the most per capita of this spirit named for a Jalisco town; Americans, the most overall
tequila
Paid $200K to play this "Untouchables" role if De Niro said no, Bob Hoskins asked, "You got any more films you don't want me to be in?"
Now held in the same host cities as the related games, these international athletic competitions began in 1960
the paralympics
Parsley, tarragon & chives give this salad dressing the color that's in its name
green garden
Daphne du Maurier described it as "the influence of a first wife on a second... until wife 2 is haunted day and night"
Rebecca
Pat O'Brien's in New Orleans is famous for this stormy cocktail that has its own tall glass
hurricane
Straight out of sci-fi, the pharyngeal jaws on this type of eel enable it to eat prey whole
a moray eel
The Magna Carta's guarantee of no punishment "without the lawful judgment of his peers" led to this right also in the Sixth Amendment
Trial by Jury
Shelley's ode to this calls it "thou breath of autumn's being"
west wind
A Confederate Army deserter takes a long walk home to his beloved Ada in this Charles Frazier novel
cold mountain
I'll take Manhattan ..and this spirit in this classic recipe
bourbon
This war started in 1337 & ended in 1453
the hundred years war
Starting in 1901, this steel man's philanthropic efforts distributed about $350 million to help schools, libraries & others
carnegie