E: 31/05 Win ~ A Fuji J15fd Digital Camera with Underwater Case & Carry Case - Books

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Win a Fuji J15fd Digital Camera with Underwater Case and Carry Case + 20 runner-up prizes of new books Vanished Ocean or Not A Chimp.

For a chance to win, answer the following question by selecting A, B, or C. Read an excerpt from Vanished Ocean to help you answer.

One winning name and 20 runners up will be chosen at random from the correct entries after the closing date of 31 May 2010.

Please don't forget to complete your name and contact details.

Good luck!

When did the Tethys Ocean vanish?
5 million years ago
5.5 million years ago
6 million years ago

Answer ~ 5.5 million years ago

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bigbloke45

Answer ~ 5.5 million years ago

Thanks, MD. You turn your back and, when you look around, it's Gone! :rotfl:

chrriss

Tells the story of Tethys, an ocean named after the Greek sea nymth, which formed some 250 million years ago, and finally disappeared just six million years ago ?

Took this extract from the site which confirms the answer is

6 million years

weeowens

chrriss wrote: »

Tells the story of Tethys, an ocean named after the Greek sea nymth, which formed some 250 million years ago, and finally disappeared just six million years ago ?

Took this extract from the site which confirms the answer is

6 million years

I cannot copy/paste the relevant bit but I read it as five and a half million years ago

http://content.bbcmagazinesbristol.com/bbcfocusmagazine/OUP_Samples/Stow_Preface.pdf

Ten lines down?

The_Plush_Doormat

Continent ground against continent and Tethys was finally squeezed
out of existence just 5½ million years ago. But there is a very rich
legacy from this past ocean hidden in the rocks of many continents

Chrris thanks for your answer, but the comp. text actually tells you to read an extract from the Vanished Ocean. The above is verbatim, and it says 5 1/2 million years , and as BigBlokeykins remarked no time at all. You go for a swim, go back and get your towel, and lo and behold the ocean has disappeared

bigbloke45

Thanks, Plushywushykins, I quote you

"You go for a swim, go back and get your towel, and lo and behold the ocean has disappeared "

No good for the Germans, then? They put their towels out and then go in for breakfast, so probably never noticed it was there in the first place :cool: