TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: James went to fill up the barrel with the bucket but found that the _ was full.

SOLUTION: barrel

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

SOLUTION: gun

PROBLEM: Those news announcers sold him a ticket but the ticket didn't work because the _ was a scam.

SOLUTION:
ticket