The Great Milwaukee Quiz, a collaboration between OnMilwaukee.com and M Magazine, has been a great Milwaukee success, creating a buzz around town.

In fact, one group enjoyed it so much, it made a day of it. On Saturday, Sept. 8, MINI Cooper Car Club of Southeastern Wisconsin -- or The Milwaukee MINIS for short -- started by Wade and Theresa Nemetz in 2006, got together to do a mobile version of the quiz.

A parade of Minis might have conjured images of "The Italian Job," but these drivers were coursing through Brew City, not Turin (or Venice, if you're a fan of the remake).

"Our recent event was quite unique and ended with each participant completing the OnMilwaukee.com Great Milwaukee Quiz," says Theresa Nemetz. "The Brew City MINI Tour (was) not a scavenger hunt or twisty curvy drive, but rather a great event for anyone with kids, anyone who loves Milwaukee and anyone who loves their Mini. We even had several non-Mini Cooper owners join us that read about the event on OnMilwaukee.com's calendar. They had mini-vans, so close enough!"

Nemetz said the group gathered for a meeting at 9:30 a.m. and then started the event with a group photo in front of the Milwaukee Art Museum.

"We then scrambled in different directions throughout the city, visiting Brady Street at Sciortino's for cannoli, Old World Third Street for Usinger's sausage and Wisconsin Cheese Mart cheese, and The Windmill on Howard Avenue for a cornflower -- a traditional British flower in honor of the British car."

Other stops included St. Francis Seminary, the Riverwest car graveyard, and the East Side boathouse.

"Our final destination along the Mini adventure was 'Mini' bowling at Koz's," Nemetz says, "and then we met for lunch together at Friday's Front Row inside Miller Park."

We understand why these folks love Milwaukee and enjoyed the quiz, but what makes them so passionate about the Mini Cooper?

"The Mini Cooper has struck a chord with car lovers throughout Wisconsin," says Nemetz. "There have been approximately 4,000 sold in Wisconsin and it has won numerous awards including receiving four stars from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in its crash and rollover tests.

"Originally designed in 1959 by an eccentric British genius who was later knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his success, the company was bought out by BMW in 2000. BMW decided to maintain the Mini's overall design but added some of its renowned German engineering to make the MINI one the world's most innovative modern cars."