conducting a poll on your facebook page

You might ask: why would I do that? OR what kind of question do I ask?

You want your customers to interact on your page. And although you are promoting your business, the premise of Facebook is truly to be social. So instead of trying to do true research, it seems more acceptable and well received to ask questions such as: have your kids returned back to school yet and the give three options:
YES
NO
CHILD FREE.

If this poll engages your Facebook page fans they may stick around and click around on your Facebook Wall, or better yet, click through to your website.

This is a snapshot taken from Local 12's Facebook page.  This pool resulted in over 400 interactions and a handful of comments. My educated guess is that is many more visits and responses than a typical day.

One word of caution. Be sure to UNCHECK the box that says: Allow anyone to add options. Pizza Hut recently had a run in with a jokester which subjected them to some bad press until it was resolved. Save yourself the embarrassment by learning from their mistake.

Do you do polls/questions on your page? What questions have been most provoking? Please share in the comments.