I echo all of the sentiments and comments above. There is nothing worse than someone who asks a question that is clearly intended to "score points" when, as mentioned above, it is doing the opposite.
I had a series of questions that I would want answers to from the firms I was interested in. Some were personal, some were generic. Often, your generic questions are asked by others so you can wait to see what is pertinent to ask. But! As mentioned above, there's no point asking a question that can be cleared up online. If I had a deeply personal question and I felt it inappropriate to ask a panel, I'd simply wait until the next stage of the networking event (usually when the panel hit the floor) and ask then.