You need to answer a given question containing a blank (_). Your answer must be one of the two objects mentioned in the question, for example "trophy" and "suitcase". Your answer must not contain a word that is not present in the question. Please don't use articles (e.g., the, a) before the answer.

The hollyhocks in her garden needed plenty of sun and water to moisten the soil. She made sure to give them a lot of the _ .
water

Mike was hit by the gun at his foot then killed by the bat on his head, the effect of the _ was minimum.
gun

The professor preferred to teach with the books instead of the computers, because the _ were out of date.

computers