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 symptoms appeared in the nose now, not the mouth, as the _ was now infected.
nose

Jeffrey stole copper pipes and wires from the junkyard to sell, and he found the _ were more expensive to sell.
pipes

The oats that I had at the restaurant were better than my bananas, because the _ were old.

bananas