There is that famous line in Back To The Future when McFly has travelled back in time and meets the professor building a time travelling car. "So who is president in 1985?" the professor asks. McFly replies "Ronald Reagan" at which the professor explodes with laughter and says "and who is Vice President, Jerry Lewis?"
Can you imagine if they found Lord Lucan still alive after hiding in Old Mother Shipton's cave for forty years and he asked who is running football and you had to tell him a bent swiss travel agent, an opera singer, an eighty eight year old german born american diplomat and Johann Cruyff, he would think you were taking the piss. His response would be "and where are they holding the World Cup - Qatar?"