Congress Today is bringing some frivolity to help with all the serious educational sessions with two interactive games designed to challenge your observational skills and test your memory: a Search Game and a Match Game.

 

The Search Game: Find the Hidden Congress Icons

On Wednesday, May 13, and Friday, May 15, various Congress-themed icons will be locked away somewhere within the article webpages of Congress Today Online. The first person to crack the code and correctly identify where the icons are hidden, by commenting below that actual article, will unlock a prize.

How to Play

Visit CongressToday.org each day during Payroll Congress to stay up-to-date on live events—and to begin your search (Hint: Subscribe to Congress Today so you don’t miss a single clue). Each morning, review the previous day’s articles to search for two of the five possible hidden Congress icons (pictured below).

 

For example, Wednesday’s icons appear in Tuesday’s articles, and Friday’s icons will be hidden in Thursday’s articles.

Once you find the icons, leave a comment directly below the article in which you found them. In your comment, be sure to clearly describe where the icons are located on the page and include your email address so we can contact you if you win.

 

The Match Game: Test Your Memory

You’ll find the Matching Game in Congress Today Online on Tuesday, May 12, and Thursday, May 14. Register your name and email address to participate, and the game opens instantly in your web browser. Try to beat your best time to get ahead on the leaderboard for your chance to win!

How to Play

Once in the matching game, you’ll see a grid of cards displayed on the screen. Each card has a matching partner somewhere else on the board. Click or tap on one card and drag your cursor to a second card you believe is its match.

If the cards match, the connection will remain visible. If they don’t, the line will disappear, and you can try again. Continue until all pairs on the board are correctly matched.

The Matching Game will remain open for three hours both days it is posted. Try to be the fastest on the leaderboard to claim the win!

 

The Prizes

Each Search Game and Match Game challenge gives participants a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card, awarded to the first correct response for the Search Game and the fastest time for the Match Game. That's four chances in total; Good luck!