No Parsi party is complete without a good whiskey. Be it a lagan, navjote, house-warming, or just another Tuesday eve, some Bawaji, somewhere, is pouring a neat one, muttering, “Hopefully the day will start making sense now!” Honouring ‘World Whiskey Day’ which happens to be today, 17^th May, 2025, we present a quiz guaranteed to raise your spirits! So, pour yourself a peg, sit back, and find out if you’re a casual sipper or the honorary ‘Single Malt Maestro’ of the family!

1. What is the legendary ‘Parsi Peg’?
A) 30 ml of whiskey, followed by 30 ml of whiskey… but who’s measuring?
B) Whatever fills the glass, till that one uncle yells: “Bas! Bas! Saala overflow thaij!!”
C) Spiritually, it’s half a bottle. Emotionally, it’s the whole thing.

2. What’s the most likely thing a Parsi uncle says before their first drink at a party?
A) “Where’s the good stuff? I didn’t come here for DSP!!”
B) “Dikra, make it strong… Today’s stress needs premium fuel.”
C) “Not going to have much today. Liver needs TLC” and going on to guzzle 6 pegs in the next 2 hours!

3. Which of these is definitely not a whiskey, but could be your boozard neighbour’s Wi-Fi password?
A) Glen-Live-It
B) Pateti Punch
C) Black Dog Tiger

4. You walk into a lagan and they’re serving only wine. You:
A) Immediately start looking for the uncle with the hip flask.
B) Start asking loudly, “Where’s the real daaru?”
C) Start a petition for better Parsi-party standards.

5. What do Parsis lovingly call someone who drinks a little too much at functions?
A) Bevdo Behram
B) Chaakto Chhagan
C) Aapro ‘Jimmy Walker’

6. What’s the ideal pairing for whiskey at a Parsi function?
A) Kolmi-na-kawaab with Freny aunty’s deadly judgmental stare
B) Peston uncle, who insists whiskey cures cholesterol
C) Total silence – it’s not just a peg, dikra, it’s a prayer!

7. What happens when you say, “I don’t drink,” at a Parsi gathering?
A) Aunties start whispering that you’re in rehab
B) Someone shoves a Bacardi in your hand saying, “Try rum, it’s medicinal.”
C) You’re politely asked to leave the family WhatsApp group

8. What’s the Parsi definition of a “light drinker”?
A) Only drinks 4 times a week
B) Has only 2 pegs before dinner
C) Keeps saying, “last one” and then goes for another… and another…

9. What’s the universal sign that the whiskey has ‘kicked in’?
A) Breaking into dance moves qualifying as Visual Assault
B) Attempting to sing ‘My Way’ in falsetto
C) Offering unsolicited life advice to Zorro, the neighbour’s dog

10. What happens when two Parsis compare whiskey collections?
A) One pulls out a bottle older than your grandfather’s clock!
B) An intense argument over the correct pronunciation of ‘Laphroaig’
C) We hear proclamations like, “You wouldn’t understand, Bawa! This a limited edition”

11. What’s the ideal beverage for a Parsi Sunday brunch?
A) Choi, like a decent civilian!
B) Beer with Akoori and sausages.
C) Leftover whiskey from last night’s party

12. What’s the Parsi cure for a hangover?
A) A cold shower followed by a justification speech about how there would be no hangover if people served ‘asli’ whiskey.
B) Asking Sakkubai to make strong fudna-ni-choi followed by a head-massage
C) Another small peg (Nipping the hangover in the peg… umm bud!), while sitting in the living room with your glares on.

13. You find Pappa pouring himself a peg at 11:00 am. You…
A) Judge him silently while checking if he used your best Glen
B) Join him
C) Say, “It’s ok! It’s 6:30 pm in Samoa right now!”

14. What does the term “neat” mean to a Parsi?
A) No ice, No soda
B) Straight from the bottle
C) A well-ironed Dugli

15. Which of these is the most accurate translation of, “Aai Whiskey toh ekdum paisa vasool chhe!”
A) This whiskey is excellent value for money
B) This whiskey is worth 10-years of therapy
C) I will drink this whiskey at my own wedding AND funeral!