Nutrition quiz: Mmmm bacon

A recent headline on MSNC.com that grabbed us had nothing to do with health care, national security, the economy or even Tiger Woods. It was: "Bacon Our National Food Crush." Mmmm, bacon. Can't you just smell a quiz coming up?

1. The MSNBC story was spawned by KFC's release of its Double Down sandwich, which features bacon, cheese and "sauce" between two original-recipe chicken breasts. What's the calorie count?

a) 1,380

b) 830

c) 540

2. Fattening as that sandwich is, it pales compared with the Wendy's Baconator Double (two quarter-pound beef patties, six strips of bacon), which weighs in at how many calories?

a) 1,380

b) 980

c) 830

3. A Chicago Sun-Times food blogger recently wrote about bringing which dessert treat to her daughter's school?

a) Bacon chocolate chip cookies

b) Maple bacon lollipops

c) Bacon cheesecake

4. Maple bacon lollipops, made by Lolliphile, are a real candy treat. The company recently added which ingredient to make the bacon pops even more appetizing?

a) Scrambled eggs

b) Caffeine

c) Vodka

5. JD Foods has come out with a kosher condiment called bacon salt, featuring "Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor." How many calories are in a quarter-teaspoon (1 gram) of bacon salt?

a) 0

b) 10

c) 100

6. According to the "Supermarket Guru" website, between 2005 and 2009, the number of bacon burgers offered at the nation's restaurants rose by what percentage?

a) 12.5 percent

b) 35 percent

c) 66.2 percent

ANSWERS: 1: c; 2: c; 3: a; 4: b; 5: a; 6: b.

Sources: www.msnbc.msn.com;bacontoday.com; ChicagoSun-Times,baconsalt.com;www.lollyphile.com;www.supermarketguru.com