At this point, Isamu was getting a bit nervous. He was sure the correct answer to the riddle was honey from within a lion carcass. But the way the sphinx asked him to clarify made him second guess himself - because while the answer was supposedly based on Samson’s actions, but the answer was technically given to the Philistines by his wife. Indeed, had the thirty men not plowed with his heifer, they wouldn’t have solved the riddle...

“What is sweeter than honey. What is stronger than a lion.” He repeated again, deciding to go with his original answer - albeit very hesitantly.