Technically you are correct, but at least in this thread it’s been fine to start with whichever word you want after しりとり. However, everything after that first word must follow the rules.
次のは歴史的 (れきしてき) = Historical.
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詭策 (きさく ) =ruse, ploy
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クシャミ - bless you! 
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つくば - Tsukuba, a city in Ibaraki Prefecture
Huh… there is no kanji for this city.
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@Neon_Kitsune Tsukuba is just down the road from me. While it is mostly written in hiragana, the kanji is actually 筑波 - it’s home to the highest mountain in Ibaraki Prefecture - 筑波山 - which honestly isn’t very high. 
爆発 - explosion!
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繋ぎ - link, bond (not James)
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暁霧 (ぎょうむ ) = fog appearing at dawn
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矛盾 - むじゅん
Contradiction, inconsistency
Frick my bad shhh that didn’t count
村 - むら
Village
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楽勝 (らくしょう) - Easy victory/Piece of cake
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裏切り (うらぎり) = Backstabbing (as in Betrayal).
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陸前高田（りくぜんたかた）Rikuzentakata, a small city in Iwate Prefecture
Now that’s a long one!
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たっぷり- plenty, ample,full
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理論物理学 (りろんぶつりがく) = Theoretical Physics.
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·熊野三社· - the three main Kumano (熊野) shrines
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野外 (やがい) - outdoors
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石川（いしかわ）Ishikawa (Prefecture)
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惑星探査機（わくせいたんさき）space probe
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軌道 (きどう) - Trajectory
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浮名儲け (うきなもうけ) = gaining (in prestige, etc.) from being named in a love rumor
Japanese has some weird but cool words like this xD
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