Minor spoiler alert: IV pg 47 "Zonk"

[Otto]

German "Zonk":
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Zonk.jpg

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geh_aufs_Ganze!

2009/8/8 Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>:
> "What's behind the door where Carol is standing..." refers to Carol
> Maryl - Monte Hall's leggy but mute sidekick on pioneering game show
> "Let's Make a Deal" which exploited people's willingness to humiliate
> themselves on television through displays of greed and stupidity. A
> zonk was a gag prize: you lose.
>
> See also Cheech and Chong's parody "Let's Make a Dope Deal".
>