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.

Lonnie put mortar between the bricks with a spatula instead of a trowel, because the _ was inefficient.
trowel

They wondered if the blue powder or the red powder would dissolve faster, but they couldn't open the _ one.
blue

The mother picked more peaches than pears from the orchard, because her family disliked the _ .

pears