How many 5 year-olds could you take out?

[Seedler]

Time is ripe for this shit again:

The question: How many 5 year-olds could you take on at once?

The specifics:

- You are in an enclosed area, roughly the size of a basketball court. There are no foreign objects.
- You are not allowed to touch a wall.
- When you are knocked unconscious, you lose. When they are all knocked unconscious, they lose. Once a kid is knocked unconscious, that kid is "out."
- I (or someone else intent on seeing to it you fail) get to choose the kids from a pool that is twice the size of your magic number. The pool will be 50/50 in terms of gender and will have no discernable abnormalities in terms of demographics, other than they are all healthy Americans.
- The kids receive one day of training from hand-to-hand combat experts who will train them specifically to team up to take down one adult. You will receive one hour of "counter-tactics" training.
- There is no protective padding for any combatant other than the standard-issue cup.
* The kids are motivated enough to not get scared, regardless of the bloodshed. Even the very last one will give it his/her best to take you down.

I set my magic number at 40 (30 originally, but I've been working out), but upon reflection, I think I could take on a few more. How many could you take on?

[tesco]

I don't think it's as easy as you think it is...
Maybe 15-20.

[thewizeard]

it's a non starter for me...knocking kids unconcious...

[DanB]

Does beating a five year old up make you feel hard?

[Cheese]

I think you're being a tad optimistic with 40. I'd say about 10 would be a struggle.

It would be quite funny to watch some Canadian get beaten up by a bunch of 5 year-old fatties though.

[DanB]

The pool will be 50/50 in terms of gender and will have no discernable abnormalities in terms of demographics, other than they are all healthy Americans.

Is being a healthy American a discernable abnormality then?

[Virtualbody1234]

Zero. It's sick and cruel.

[manker]

I half-watched a Jackie Chan film on BBC1 last night, so I'm feeling kinda tough.

Put me down for 45

[Barbarossa]

5 year olds are quite small and puny. Even American ones, as they have only taken in 5 years worth of saturated fat. I reckon I could take down as many as you could throw at me, until I got hungry lyke.

[Cheese]

I'd disguise some Mexican midget wrestlers as children to show you all up.