# miscellaneous **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 13, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscellaneous/259737 "2004-08-13T19:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@daga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daga)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscellaneous/259737/1 "2004-08-13T19:50:14Z")
hi. i came across the following today that i didnt understand / know. could anyone help me with this, please? what is macaroni defense? what is a death valley curve on a graph? why is the us dollar called greenback? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscellaneous/259737/2 "2004-08-13T19:53:58Z")
> [@daga](#): > > why is the us dollar called greenback? A US dollar is called a greenback because the back of it is printed using green ink. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscellaneous/259737/3 "2004-08-13T19:56:05Z")
> [@daga](#): > > hi. i came across the following today that i didnt understand / know. could anyone help me with this, please? > what is macaroni defense? > what is a death valley curve on a graph? > why is the us dollar called greenback? You mean like on a test or quiz? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscellaneous/259737/4 "2004-08-13T20:03:49Z")
Without wishing to lead a horse to water, but there’s a fantastic [thing](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=macaroni+defense&btnG=Search) [called](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=%22death+valley+curve%22&btnG=Search) [google](http://www.google.com/search?lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=us%20dollar%20called%20greenback) which answers many of life’s little mysteries. ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscellaneous/259737/5 "2004-08-14T01:43:34Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > Without wishing to lead a horse to water, but there’s a fantastic [thing](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=macaroni+defense&btnG=Search) [called](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=%22death+valley+curve%22&btnG=Search) [google](http://www.google.com/search?lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=us%20dollar%20called%20greenback) which answers many of life’s little mysteries. My my. aren’t you the helpful one, filling in the queries and making it all too easy. :rolleyes: Daga needs to learn how to do it himself by doing all by his lonesome. There is also [dogpile.com](http://dogpile.com), [askjeeves.com](http://askjeeves.com), [altavista.com](http://altavista.com) etc. Just ask. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscellaneous/259737/6 "2004-08-14T03:45:49Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > You mean like on a test or quiz? While we won’t do homework here, this hardly seems like a “homework” set of questions. > [@spingears](#): > > My my. aren’t you the helpful one, filling in the queries and making it all too easy. > > Daga needs to learn how to do it himself by doing all by his lonesome. > There is also [dogpile.com](http://dogpile.com), [askjeeves.com](http://askjeeves.com), [altavista.com](http://altavista.com) etc. Just ask. My, my. Aren’t we the _snarky_ one. Listen up, class! If a youngster comes here asking for homework help, then you’re correct. We don’t do homework(or windows). If someone comes here asking for crossword puzzle help or radio contest help, we allow that. It’s all(supposed to be) about fighting ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscellaneous/259737/7 "2004-08-14T03:57:06Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > It’s all(supposed to be) about fighting ignorance. Exactly. And if you look closely at my answer, there are two different ways of doing a google search. Now that’s learnin’. ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miscellaneous/259737/8 "2004-08-14T04:35:58Z")
While I wouldn’t send to my mother, nor am I suggesting that the OP necessarily go there, I did find [this](http://justfuckinggoogleit.com) amusing. _Not for those with an aversion to strong language/Probably not work safe._ -mdf