Livin' on a Prayer: The Bon Jovi Quiz

Bon Jovi was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and the Garden State features heavily in the band's music and identity.

Record executives anglicized the name John Bongiovi to come up with the name Bon Jovi.

Jon Bon Jovi recorded "Runaway" before the band was even formed, but the song still became the band's first hit once the group got together.

Bon Jovi's first album was named after the band and featured the songs "Runaway" and "She Don't Know Me."

When "Bon Jovi" came out in 1984, the band consisted of Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Tico Torres, David Bryan, and Alec John Such. McDonald joined the band in the '90s.

Bon Jovi's second album, "7800 Fahrenheit," came out in 1985 and enjoyed commercial success but got little love from the critics.

The 1986 release "Slippery When Wet" was Bon Jovi's biggest album yet, selling in excess of 14 million copies.

"Slippery When Wet" featured some of Bon Jovi's best-known hits, but "I'll Be There for You" wasn't one of them.

Bon Jovi paid homage to its home state with the 1988 release "New Jersey," which sold more than 7 million copies.

"New Jersey" spawned five Top 10 hits, including "Born to Be My Baby," "Bad Medicine" and "I'll Be There for You."

The band went on a hiatus in 1989 and didn't release any new music as a group until 1992.

During the band's hiatus, Jon Bon Jovi created the soundtrack for "Young Guns II." The album, titled "Blaze of Glory" earned the singer both Oscar and Grammy nominations.

The song "Bed of Roses" from the "Keep the Faith" album was a new direction for the band, and it ended up being a hit on the adult contemporary charts.

"Crush" came out in 2000. Hit songs like "It's My Life" helped the album sell more than 8 million copies.

The 2002 release "Bounce" features songs like "Everyday" and "Right Side of Wrong."

"Who Says You Can't Go Home" is on the 2005 album "Have a Nice Day."

When Jennifer Nettles and Bon Jovi shared a duet on "Who Says You Can't Go Home," it helped Bon Jovi take home their first Grammy.

Featuring the song "(You Want to) Make a Memory," "Lost Highway" was released in 2007.

Both LeAnn Rimes and duo Big & Rich are featured on "Lost Highway," but Taylor Swift isn't.

"The Circle," which came out in 2009, includes the songs "Live Before You Die" and "Love's the Only Rule."

Jon Bon Jovi was a co-owner and founder of the Philadelphia Soul, a member of the Arena Football League.

Sambora famously quit the band in 2013. In a 2016 interview, Jon Bon Jovi admitted that he hadn't even seen Sambora in three years.

After 32 years with Mercury, Bon Jovi finally jumped ship. Its final album on the label was the 2015 release "Burning Bridges."

The band has sold more than 37 million albums in the U.S. since it got its start in 1984.

In more than 30 years in the business, Bon Jovi has sold more than 120 million albums worldwide.

Before it was Bon Jovi, the band briefly considered the name "Johnny Electric."

"You Give Love a Bad Name" almost went to a band called Loverboy, but Bon Jovi wisely kept the song for itself.

Bon Jovi was nominated — but not inducted — just once in its first seven years of Hall of Fame eligibility.

Jon Bon Jovi's first recorded track is the 1980 classic "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas."

"Burning Bridges" featured both "Blind Love" and "Who Would You Die For," but "Fast Cars" came from another Bon Jovi album, "The Circle."