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: The game was destroyed when a surge voltage was supplied to it. The _ is strong.

SOLUTION: voltage

PROBLEM: Joe did a lot worse on the quiz last week than he did on the test today, because the _ was planned.

SOLUTION: test

PROBLEM: Julie couldn't use the rope to tie the rods together so she used a ribbon because the _ was a lot harder to knot.

SOLUTION:
rope