QUESTION 2. Archibald Haddock is arrested in Borduria and has a trial. The jury system in Borduria is somewhat different than ours. In our system, lawyers interview many prospective jurors and select 12. In Borduria, the judge calls in 6 professors from the nearby college and 8 idiots from the street. The runner-up in the Miss Borduria beauty pageant randomly picks 6 of these 14 people for the jury. What is the probability that the jury will be 2 professors and 4 idiots? Bonus question: who is Archibald Haddock and where is Borduria? *** ***

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