Quiz about the 9th Arrondissement (Paris)

How much do you know about the French capital's 9th Arrondissement?
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33rd quartier of Paris
Saint-Georges
34th quartier of Paris
de la Chaussée-d’Antin
35th quartier of Paris. The latter part of its name also refers to a cultural district (Moulin Rouge, Sacré-Cœur) in the adjacent 18th arrondissement
du Faubourg-Montmartre
36th quartier of Paris
de Rochechouart
The 9th is named "Opéra" due to the presence of two celebrated opera houses. Name either one
Garnier | Bastille
Gaston Leroux novel and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that is set in one of mentioned operas
The Phantom of the Opera
Name of a luxurious retail chain and of its flagship store, which opened in 1893.
Galéries Lafayette
Grand boulevard which is named after the baron who oversaw Paris' vast urban renovation in the 1860s
Boulevard Haussmann
Inspired by Madam Tussaud's in London, the Musée Grevin features sculptures of famous people. What material are they made of?
Wax
This impressionist painter finished A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" shortly before his death in 1883
Édouard Manet
Which African-American entertainer caused a sensation in 1926 by dancing in a bikini skirt? (it also happened at the Folies-Bergère cabaret)
Josephine Baker
French New Wave director who spent his child in the 9th and set most of his movie "The 400 Blows" there
François Truffaut
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