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.

Bob held his gerbil in the box instead of putting it on the floor because it was more loose on the _ .
floor

When deciding which oil to use for cooking, Thomas went with the peanut rather than the olive because the _ tasted unappealing to him.
olive

They made a tighter budget for the year, but revenue from sales still decreased because the _ was bad.

budget