Fond of the Fondas Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Longest Day

Henry Fonda played General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in "The Longest Day", a 1962 movie about the D-Day invasion. It was based on the book by Cornelius Ryan. The movie featured a large cast of top actors including John Wayne, Richard Burton and Sean Connery, as well as Fonda.

The photo is of Stonehenge on a June 21st, the longest day of the year.

Answer: The China Syndrome

Along with Jack Lemmon and Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda starred in "The China Syndrome", a movie about a TV reporter investigating safety coverups at a nuclear power plant. She was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 52nd Academy Awards. The film was released 12 days before the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident in Pennsylvania.

Answer: Finding Graceland

In the movie "Finding Graceland" Bridget Fonda (Peter Fonda's daughter) played the Marilyn Monroe impersonator from a Mississippi casino who hitched a ride with a man who had already picked up a man identifying himself as Elvis Presley (Harvey Keitel). As they got closer to Memphis, the driver (Jonathon Schaech) wasn't sure who was for real and who wasn't.

Answer: Cannonball

Peter Fonda's character in "The Cannonball Run" was "Chief Biker". It wasn't a big role in the picture which had a mostly all-star cast including Burt Reynolds, Roger Moore and Farrah Fawcett. The movie was based on some real, clandestine cross-country auto races in the 1970s, organized and written about by automotive journalist Brock Yates.

Answer: Navy

Fonda played Lt. Doug Roberts, a U.S. Navy cargo officer who wanted to see front line duty but was stymied by his captain, played by James Cagney. Finally getting a transfer to a destroyer near the end of the war, his former shipmates found out he had been killed in a kamikaze attack on his new ship.

Answer: Klute

Jane Fonda played Bree Daniels (Bree = Brie cheese: get it?) opposite Donald Sutherland's portrayal of the title character in "Klute". Klute, a private detective, enlisted Daniels' help to find a murderer.

Answer: The Wild Angels

Peter Fonda never really stretched much as an actor. "The Wild Angels" was the first movie to associate him with the American counterculture and hopped-up motorcycles, a genre he returned to often over the years. Co-starring Nancy Sinatra, the movie involved sex, fights and drugs. Fonda's style in this movie set him up for his seminal role of Wyatt in "Easy Rider". "The Wild Angels" set the tone for biker movies which continued well into the 1970s.

Answer: Doc Hollywood

Fonda had a small part in "Doc Hollywood", starring Michael J. Fox and Julie Warner. She played the mayor's daughter who left South Carolina for the fast life of Beverly Hills, California. Fonda worked in film and television until 2003, when she retired from the industry.

Answer: Barefoot in the Park

"Barefoot in the Park" was Neil Simon's longest-running play. It became a hit movie when he adapted it for film. Fonda and Redford (he was in the Broadway production) played a newly-married couple in New York City, getting to know life and each other.

Answer: On Golden Pond

"On Golden Pond" produced Henry Fonda's only Oscar in his 100 films. The movie, filmed mostly on Squam Lake, New Hampshire, also produced an Oscar for co-star Katharine Hepburn. Fonda's daughter, Jane, was also in the movie, playing the somewhat estranged daughter of Henry Fonda's character, Norman Thayer. The Fondas had the same kind of relationship in real life as the movie characters.