A
quiz show named "World Forum" is hosted by
Eric Idle. He introduces his four guests,
Karl Marx (played by
Terry Jones),
Vladimir Lenin (played by
Peter Sellers on Flying Circus and
John Cleese in Live at The Hollywood Bowl),
Che Guevara (played by
Neil Innes on Flying Circus and
Michael Palin in Live at the Hollywood Bowl) and
Mao Zedong (played by William Tang in Flying Circus and by
Terry Gilliam in Live at the Hollywood Bowl). Despite announcing this event as a "unique occasion in the history of television" the host then simply starts asking these historical figures trivial quiz questions. Marx is asked which English football team is nicknamed "The Hammers". He has obviously no idea (in reality it's
West Ham United F.C.). Idle then asks Guevara a different question, namely in which year
Coventry City FC last won the
FA Cup? When Guevara also fails to give any answer at all Idle throws the question open to the other guests, but still receives no answer from any of then. Idle then says: "Well, I'm not surprised you didn't get that. It was in fact a
trick question: Coventry City have never won the FA Cup." (Coventry City has since
won the FA Cup.) With the scores all equal the second quiz round begins. Idle asks Lenin the name of the song by
Teddy Johnson and
Pearl Carr which won the
Eurovision Song Contest 1959. Lenin has no clue, so Idle once again throws the question open. Unexpectedly Mao rings his
buzzer and gives the correct answer: "
Sing Little Birdie" (The song actually finished second.). Idle then takes Marx to the
special gift section of the quiz. He is able to win a beautiful lounge suite if he is able to answer all questions correctly. The host announces that Marx has chosen questions on the
workers control of factories as his special subject. He asks Marx by what other development the industrial
proletariat is conditioned, to which Marx correctly answers: "The development of the industrial
bourgeoisie". Idle continues asking what kind of struggle the struggle of
class against class is, to which Marx again correctly replies: "A political struggle". The final question however turns out to be another sports question, when Marx is asked who won the
1949 FA Cup Final? As Marx desperately tries to reply unrelated things like "the worker's control of the means of production" and "the struggle of the urban proletariat" the host informs him that he lost and that the correct answer was in fact the
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. who beat
Leicester City F.C., 3–1. The broadcast closes with stock footage of a crowd cheering over a winning goal during an association football match. A caption announces that "next week" the four leading heads of state of the Afro-Asian Nations will be playing against
Bristol Rovers at
Molineux. ==Notes about the sketch==