Bill Gates quizzed on grocery store prices left people shocked he was so far off each time

Bill Gates was left baffled as he attempted to guess the price of regular items found at a grocery store during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

I think it is safe to say billionaires don’t exactly live normal lives like the rest of us.

And tech mogul Gates certainly showcased that during a segment on the chat show back in 2018.

Bill Gates was quizzed on the price of regular items found at a grocery store. (The Ellen DeGeneres Show)

According to Forbes, at the time of writing, the businessman has a net worth of $129.1 billion, and comes in at number seven on the 'The Richest People In The World' list.

As part of a game on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Gates was quizzed on the cost of common grocery store products.

If he got within a dollar, he basically got it right and if he guessed at least three out of five correctly, the studio audience would win a prize.

And boy, did Gates stun with some of his estimates.

For Rice-A-Roni, Gates guessed $5, much to the shock of the audience, when the correct answer was $1.

For Tide Pods, Gates was actually quite a bit under and went with $10 - the actual price was $19.97.

Finally getting into his stride for the third, dental floss, Gates guessed $4 when the correct answer was $3.78.

Gates thought a bag of Totino’s Pizza Rolls cost a whopping $22 dollars as the audience gasped and, alongside DeGeneres, hinted him to come down. He went down to $15 dollars before landing on $8 dollars. The correct answer was $8.98.

The final choice was T.G.I Friday’s Spinach and Artichoke Dip to which Gates confusingly asked the audience whether they thought it would be less than $10.

After a loud yes, he settled on $4 when the actual price was $3.66.

The billionaire was certainly a good sport about the whole thing. (The Ellen DeGeneres Show)

The billionaire was certainly a good sport about the whole thing, but I wouldn’t want to take him to go shopping with me (unless he was paying).

Some social media users did defend Gates though and said they didn’t manage to get many of the answers right either.

“I didn't guess any of them right, I must be a billionaire,” joked one YouTube user.

Another added: "Im no billionaire and I go grocery shopping every week. Still didn't get a single one."

While a third commented: "To be fair my non billionaire husband wouldn't have done much better."

And someone else wrote: "Even Bill Gates was surprised by the price of the detergent."

Topics: Bill Gates, Money, Shopping, Film and TV

Gerrard Kaonga

Gerrard is a Journalist at UNILAD and has dived headfirst into covering everything from breaking global stories to trending entertainment news. He has a bachelors in English Literature from Brunel University and has written across a number of different national and international publications. Most notably the Financial Times, Daily Express, Evening Standard and Newsweek.