Votes are in, and it's close...
Mattrom@14 and patrich@18 tied with 3 votes and no likes (I prefer to use likes as tie-breaker). I have personal preference for patrich@18 because I like the term "own goal", but mattrom@14 gets gold on aesthetic grounds because of the consistent egg/bird imagery.
Four-way tie for third: buddy@2 (+ 1 like), jono@15, tyke51@21 (+1 like) and buddy@22 (+ 1 like). Buddy@23 also with 1 like. Based on overall preponderance of (votes + likes), buddy gets the bronze, and I slightly prefer clue 22.
Thanks for outstanding clues which made adjudication difficult. Cheers to the medalists!
Bronze: buddy@22
Queen, abandoning her dog without consent, disturbed the literati
Silver: patrich@18
Conservative own goal: hospital department invested in no scientific experts
Gold: mattrom@14
Eggheads cooing about nest building
Prizes...I've had issues with videos not displaying in UK, please mention any problems in that regard.
Comedy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYf5YPNnfRY (Jeeves disapproves)
Cinema:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caCA0rUMR6U (
Goodfellas, based on the book
Wiseguy)
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94_snrtKGt0 (He's Misstra Know-it-all)
GK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcfRe15I47I (The Irony of the Dunning-Kruger Effect)