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 songs sounded inferior on the recording, compared to the live performance.  The _ was high in energy.
performance

While trying to figure out what movie to watch, James looked at VHS and DVDs. The _ were out dated.
VHS

Cheryl flushed her red eyes with the eyewash from the container until the _ was empty.

container