I wrote up this complete app which is a Geography Game using Excel and MapPoint.

Excel opens MapPoint and opens a Form which floats above MapPoint and does all the game logic and MapPoint automation.

Download: http://www.MapForums.com/State_Indentifier_Game.zip

Explanation of all the code: http://www.mapforums.com/developing-state-identification-game-mappoint-e...

Have fun and post any questions or comments here, I will monitor this thread.