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.

[EX Q]: I had a meeting at a crowded and heated place, the AC was damaged. Luckily  it wasnt so _ so the temperature went down.
[EX A]: crowded

[EX Q]: Josie had a terrible cold, so she left her bedroom and went to the kitchen, because the _ was freezing.
[EX A]: bedroom

[EX Q]: Bart found a hundred bananas on the chairs and then put them on the counter tops to be eaten later by the committee. All because the _ were declining.
[EX A]:
counter tops